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| Born | 1 March 1990 | |||||||||||
| Height | 182 cm (6 ft 0 in) | |||||||||||
| Weight | 88 kg (194 lb) | |||||||||||
| Sport | ||||||||||||
| Sport | Water polo | |||||||||||
| Club | Pinheiros | |||||||||||
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Vinicius Antonelli (born 1 March 1990) is a water polo player from Brazil. He was part of the Brazilian team at the 2016 Summer Olympics, [1] where the team was eliminated in the quarterfinals.
Anthony Lawrence Azevedo is a Brazilian-born American water polo player. He is a 2008 Olympic silver medalist and a five-time Olympian. Azevedo ranks fourth on the all-time scoring list in Olympic history, with 61 goals. Nicknamed "The Savior" at one point, he is considered to be one of the best American water polo players in recent memory. He was the former captain of the U.S. National Men's Water Polo Team. He is also a graduate of Stanford University.
Water polo has been part of the Summer Olympics program since the second games, in 1900. A women's water polo tournament was introduced for the 2000 Summer Olympics. Hungary has been the most successful country in men's tournament, while the United States is the only team to win multiple times at the women's tournament since its introduction. Italy was the first to win both the men's and women's water polo tournaments.
Final results for the water polo tournament at the 1932 Summer Olympics:
The Brazil men's national water polo team represents Brazil in international men's water polo competitions and friendly matches.
Slobodan Soro is a Serbian-born Brazilian water polo goalkeeper.
Cosimo "Nino" Antonelli was an Italian water polo player who competed in the 1956 Summer Olympics. He was born in Venice. In 1956 he was a member of the Italian team which finished fourth in the Olympic tournament. He played one match as goalkeeper.
Ratko Rudić is a retired Croatian water polo coach and a former water polo player. As of 2015, he has won 38 medals as a coach at major events, making him the most successful water polo coach in history, and second most successful team sport coach of all time. He won four gold medals, of which three consecutive, with three different national teams at the Summer Olympics, as well as three gold medals with three national teams at the World Championships, among many others. In 2007 was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame, described as "one of the best, if not the best, water polo coach to walk the deck of the pool".
Brazil competed at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships in Shanghai, China between July 16 and 31, 2011.
These are the rosters of all participating teams at the men's water polo tournament at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.
These are the rosters of all participating teams at the women's water polo tournament at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.
This article shows the rosters of all participating teams at the men's water polo tournament at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto. Rosters can have a maximum of 13 athletes.
Brazil competed at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships in Kazan, Russia from 24 July to 9 August 2015.
These are the rosters of all participating teams at the men's water polo tournament at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships in Kazan, Russia.
This article presents the national team appearances in the men's Olympic water polo tournament since the inaugural official edition in 1900.
This article presents the national team appearances in the women's Olympic water polo tournament since the inaugural official edition in 2000.
This article lists various water polo records and statistics in relation to the Italy men's national water polo team at the Summer Olympics.
This article lists various water polo records and statistics in relation to the Brazil men's national water polo team at the Summer Olympics.
The following articles list Olympic water polo records and statistics:
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