Water polo events were contested at the 1965 Summer Universiade in Budapest, Hungary.
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Men's | Hungary (HUN) | Soviet Union (URS) | Romania (ROU) |
The 2009 Summer Universiade, officially known as the XXV Summer Universiade, was celebrated in Belgrade, Serbia from July 1 to 12, 2009. The event has also been organised by a range of co-host cities mostly in Vojvodina, close to Belgrade. It was the largest sporting event ever to be organised by the city. At this Universiade the biggest star was the Russian rhythmic gymnast Evgeniya Kanaeva, who won 5 gold medals. Russia was the leading nation in the medal table, with the most gold medals (27) and most medals (76).
The 1999 Summer Universiade, also known as the XX Summer Universiade, took place in Palma de Mallorca, Spain.
The 1997 Summer Universiade, also known as the XIX Summer Universiade, took place in the island of Sicily, Italy.
The 1993 Summer Universiade, also known as XVII Summer Universiade or World University Games Buffalo '93, took place in Buffalo, New York, as the main site. For the first time in history the event was hosted by two countries, as some events were held in neighbouring cities in Canada.
Gregory Vaitl Boyer is a former American water polo player who was a member of the United States men's national water polo team and won a silver medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea.
Water polo events were contested at the 1997 Summer Universiade in the island of Sicily, Italy.
Water polo events were contested at the 1977 Summer Universiade in Sofia, Bulgaria.
Water polo events were contested at the 2005 Summer Universiade in İzmir, Turkey.
Water polo has been part of the Universiade program since the first games, in 1959. A women's water polo tournament was introduced for the 2009 Summer Universiade. Water polo was not included in 1975 and 1989.
Water polo events were contested at the 1991 Summer Universiade in Sheffield, England.
Water polo events were contested at the 1993 Summer Universiade in Buffalo, New York, USA.
Water polo events were contested at the 1995 Summer Universiade in Fukuoka, Japan.
Water polo events were contested at the 1999 Summer Universiade in Palma de Mallorca, Spain.
Ekaterina Valeryevna Prokofyeva is a Russian water polo player. She competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics for the Russian national team in the Women's event winning the bronze medal. She had previously competed at the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics.
Water polo was contested at the 2013 Summer Universiade from July 5 to 17 in Kazan, Russia.
The women's tournament of water polo at the 2013 Summer Universiade was held from July 5 to 17 in Kazan, Russia.
The men's tournament of water polo at the 2013 Summer Universiade was held from July 5 to 17 in Kazan, Russia.
Water polo was contested at the 2017 Summer Universiade from August 18 to 31 in Taipei, Taiwan.
Men's water polo at the 2017 Summer Universiade was held in Taipei, Taiwan, from 18 to 30 August 2017.
The water polo at the 2019 Summer Universiade in Naples has been played between 2 and 14 July. 20 water polo teams participated in the tournament.