Ryan Bailey (water polo)

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Ryan Bailey
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Bailey interacts with a Marine during his surprise visit for a combat water polo tournament at Camp Pendleton’s 13 Area Pool, September 12, 2012
Personal information
BornAugust 28, 1975 (1975-08-28) (age 49)
Medal record
Men's water polo
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Olympic Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2008 Beijing Team
Pan American Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2011 Guadalajara Team

Ryan Bailey (born August 28, 1975) is an American water polo player and Olympic silver medallist. He competed in the Summer Olympic games between 2000 and 2012.

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School

Bailey went to Millikan High School in Long Beach, California, and attended UC Irvine in Irvine, California. In college he was a four-time All-American, tallied 104 goals in his senior season, and was awarded the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Player of the Year in 1998. [1]

Olympics

He was a member of the United States men's national water polo team [2] for the 2000, 2004, 2008, and 2012 Summer Olympics. In the 2004 Athens Olympics, he scored two goals. In the 2012 London Olympics, he scored three goals. [3] He was part of the team for the 2008 Beijing Olympics, where, in the championship game, the USA team won the silver medal, ultimately defeated by Hungary. This is the highest finish ever in the Summer Olympics for USA Water Polo. He was the leading scorer for the US team at the 2012 London Olympics with 13 goals.

Professional

Bailey has played professionally for a number of European water polo clubs, and played in two European Championships : [1]

Awards

In 2019, Bailey was inducted into the USA Water Polo Hall of Fame. [4] [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Ryan Bailey Brief Bio". Archived from the original on 2013-03-09. Retrieved 2013-02-01.
  2. "USA Water Polo Men's National Team". Archived from the original on 2013-01-27. Retrieved 2013-02-01.
  3. Maese, Rick (2012-07-13). "London 2012 Olympics: U.S. water polo team aims to win a medal". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2023-02-17.
  4. "Ryan Bailey (2019)". usawaterpolo.org. USA Water Polo. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
  5. "Hall of Fame Inductees". usawaterpolo.org. USA Water Polo. Retrieved 18 September 2020.