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List Of Olympic Medalists In Water Polo (men)
Men's water polo has been part of the Summer Olympics program since 1900. Hungary men's national water polo team has won sixteen Olympic medals, becoming the most successful country in men's tournament. There are fifty-nine male athletes who have won three or more Olympic medals in water polo. Dezső Gyarmati of Hungary is the only athlete of either gender to win five Olympic medals in water polo. Abbreviations Medalists by tournament Overall multiple medalists As of the 2020 Summer Olympics, 59 male athletes have won three or more Olympic medals in water polo. By tournament The following table is pre-sorted by edition of the Olympics (in ascending order), name of the team (in ascending order), name of the player (in ascending order), respectively. Last updated: 11 August 2021. ;Legend * Team* – Host team Sources: * Sports Reference: Athlete Medal Leaders (1900–2016); * Official Results Books (PDF): 2000 (p. 27), 2004 (p. 89), 2008 (p. 79), 2012 (p.&nbs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Water Polo
Water polo is a competitive team sport played in water between two teams of seven players each. The game consists of four quarters in which the teams attempt to score goals by throwing the ball into the opposing team's goal. The team with the most goals at the end of the game wins the match. Each team is made up of six field players and one goalkeeper. Excluding the goalkeeper, players participate in both offensive and defensive roles. It is typically played in an all-deep pool where players cannot touch the bottom. A game consists mainly of the players swimming to move about the pool, treading water (mainly using the eggbeater kick), passing the ball, and shooting at the goal. Teamwork, tactical thinking and awareness are also highly important aspects. Water polo is a highly physical and demanding sport and has frequently been cited as one of the most difficult to play. Special equipment for water polo includes a water polo ball, a ball of varying colors which floats on the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frederick Stapleton
Frederick Stapleton (11 March 1877 – 9 November 1939) was an English water polo player and swimmer. He won a gold medal in water polo at the 1900 Summer Olympics and finished six and fifth in the 200 m freestyle and 200 m obstacle swimming, respectively representing Great Britain. See also * Great Britain men's Olympic water polo team records and statistics * List of Olympic champions in men's water polo * List of Olympic medalists in water polo (men) Men's water polo has been part of the Summer Olympics program since 1900. Hungary men's national water polo team has won sixteen Olympic medals, becoming the most successful country in men's tournament. There are fifty-nine male athletes who have ... References External links * 1877 births 1939 deaths Sportspeople from Nottingham English male freestyle swimmers English Olympic medallists English male water polo players Swimmers at the 1900 Summer Olympics Water polo players at the 1900 Summer Olympics Olympic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louis Laufray
Louis Alexandre Laufray (1 October 1881 – 4 February 1970) was a French freestyle swimmer. He competed in the men's 4000 metre freestyle event and the water polo at the 1900 Summer Olympics, winning a bronze medal in the latter. See also * List of Olympic medalists in water polo (men) Men's water polo has been part of the Summer Olympics program since 1900. Hungary men's national water polo team has won sixteen Olympic medals, becoming the most successful country in men's tournament. There are fifty-nine male athletes who have ... References External links * 1881 births 1970 deaths French male water polo players Olympic swimmers for France Olympic water polo players for France Swimmers at the 1900 Summer Olympics Water polo players at the 1900 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for France Olympic medalists in water polo Medalists at the 1900 Summer Olympics Swimmers from Paris French male freestyle swimmers 19th-century French people 20th-century ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alphonse Decuyper
Alphonse Decuyper (3 April 1877 – 7 June 1937) was a French male water polo player. He was a member of the Libellule de Paris water polo team. He won with the team the bronze medal at the 1900 Summer Olympics. See also * List of Olympic medalists in water polo (men) Men's water polo has been part of the Summer Olympics program since 1900. Hungary men's national water polo team has won sixteen Olympic medals, becoming the most successful country in men's tournament. There are fifty-nine male athletes who have ... References External links * 1877 births 1937 deaths French male water polo players Water polo players at the 1900 Summer Olympics Place of birth missing Place of death missing Medalists at the 1900 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in water polo Olympic water polo players for France Olympic bronze medalists for France {{France-waterpolo-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jules Clévenot
Jules Clévenot (7 June 1875 – 11 September 1933) was a French water polo player and swimmer. He won a bronze medal in water polo at the 1900 Summer Olympics and finished seventh and fourth in the 200 m freestyle and 200 m team swimming, respectively. See also * List of Olympic medalists in water polo (men) Men's water polo has been part of the Summer Olympics program since 1900. Hungary men's national water polo team has won sixteen Olympic medals, becoming the most successful country in men's tournament. There are fifty-nine male athletes who have ... References External links * 1875 births 1933 deaths Sportspeople from Bas-Rhin French male freestyle swimmers French male water polo players Swimmers at the 1900 Summer Olympics Water polo players at the 1900 Summer Olympics Olympic swimmers for France Olympic bronze medalists for France Olympic water polo players for France Olympic medalists in water polo Medalists at the 1900 Summer Olympics 19th-centur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Burgess
Thomas William Burgess (15 June 1872 – 2 July 1950) was the second person to successfully complete a swim of the English Channel after Matthew Webb. He performed the feat on 6 September 1911, on his 16th attempt.Staff"The Channel Swim: Burgess's Perseverance Rewarded After Fifteen failures" ''Poverty Bay Herald'', Volume XXXVIII, Issue 12581, 11 October 1911, Page 8. Accessed 5 August 2010. British by nationality, Burgess spent most of his life in France, and won a bronze medal with the French water polo team at the 1900 Olympics. In 1926 he coached Gertrude Ederle who became the first woman to swim the English Channel. Early life and education Burgess was born at 7 Lyndhurst Place, Rotherham, to Alfred Burgess, a blacksmith from Youlgreave, Derbyshire, and Camilla Anna Peat, a cook from Harthill, South Yorkshire. He had a younger sister, Winifred Edith Burgess, who was born in Rotherham on 11 May 1875. Their father worked for the Earl of Shrewsbury and accepted the Earl's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victor Sonnemans
Victor Jean Marie Sonnemans (25 October 1874 in Brussels – 3 October 1962 in Schaerbeek) was a Belgian water polo player and won silver medal at the 1900 Summer Olympics. See also * List of Olympic medalists in water polo (men) Men's water polo has been part of the Summer Olympics program since 1900. Hungary men's national water polo team has won sixteen Olympic medals, becoming the most successful country in men's tournament. There are fifty-nine male athletes who have ... References External links * Belgian male water polo players Olympic swimmers of Belgium Olympic water polo players of Belgium Olympic silver medalists for Belgium Water polo players at the 1900 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in water polo 1874 births 1962 deaths Medalists at the 1900 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Brussels {{Belgium-waterpolo-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guillaume Séron
Guillaume Séron was a Belgian athlete whose main event was the water polo. Séron competed for the Brussels Swimming and Water Polo Club, and the team was selected to represent Belgium at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. The team won a silver medal after losing in the final against the Osborne Swimming club, which represented Great Britain, but this came after the Belgium team had beaten two French sides in the previous rounds. See also * List of Olympic medalists in water polo (men) Men's water polo has been part of the Summer Olympics program since 1900. Hungary men's national water polo team has won sixteen Olympic medals, becoming the most successful country in men's tournament. There are fifty-nine male athletes who have ... References External links * Year of birth missing Year of death missing Olympic medalists in water polo Belgian male water polo players Medalists at the 1900 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Belgium Olympic water ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georges Romas
Georges Romas was a Belgian athlete whose main event was water polo. Romas competed for the Brussels Swimming and Water Polo Club, and the team was selected to represent Belgium at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris, France, the team won a silver medal after losing in the final against the Osborne Swimming club which represented the Great Britain, but this came after the Belgium team had beaten two French sides in the previous rounds. See also * List of Olympic medalists in water polo (men) Men's water polo has been part of the Summer Olympics program since 1900. Hungary men's national water polo team has won sixteen Olympic medals, becoming the most successful country in men's tournament. There are fifty-nine male athletes who have ... References External links * Year of birth missing Year of death missing Olympic medalists in water polo Belgian male water polo players Medalists at the 1900 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Belgium Olympic water polo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albert Michant
Albert Michant was a Belgian water polo player and won Silver medals at the 1900 Summer Olympics and the 1908 Summer Olympics. See also * Belgium men's Olympic water polo team records and statistics * List of Olympic medalists in water polo (men) * List of men's Olympic water polo tournament goalkeepers This is a list of male goalkeepers who have been named in the national water polo team at the Summer Olympics. Abbreviations Winning goalkeepers The following table is pre-sorted by edition of the Olympics (in ascending order), cap number or ... References External links * Belgian male water polo players Water polo goalkeepers Olympic swimmers for Belgium Olympic water polo players for Belgium Olympic silver medalists for Belgium Water polo players at the 1900 Summer Olympics Water polo players at the 1908 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in water polo Year of birth missing Year of death missing Place of birth missing Medalists at the 1900 Sum ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oscar Grégoire
Oscar Grégoire Jr. (26 March 1877 in Ivanteyevka, Moscow Oblast, Russian Empire – 28 September 1947 in Brussels) was a Belgian water polo player and backstroke swimmer who competed in the 1900 Summer Olympics, in the 1908 Summer Olympics, and in the 1912 Summer Olympics. He was part of the Belgian water polo team and was able to win two silver and one bronze medal. In 1908 and 1912 he also participated in the 100-metre backstroke events, but was eliminated in the first round in both. See also * Belgium men's Olympic water polo team records and statistics * List of Olympic medalists in water polo (men) Men's water polo has been part of the Summer Olympics program since 1900. Hungary men's national water polo team has won sixteen Olympic medals, becoming the most successful country in men's tournament. There are fifty-nine male athletes who have ... References External links * 1877 births 1947 deaths Belgian male water polo players Belgian male backstroke sw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fernand Feyaerts
Fernand Feyearts (1880 – 11 July 1927 in Brussels) was a Belgian swimmer and water polo player who competed for Belgium at the 1900 Summer Olympics and the 1908 Summer Olympics, winning a silver medal in each. Between 1898 and 1900, Feyearts was one of the main people responsible for the development of water polo in Belgium, and in 1900, his club the Brussels Swimming and Water Polo Club, traveled to Paris, France, to compete in the 1900 Summer Olympics, after beating French clubs in the first two rounds, his team met the Osbourne Swimming Club who were representing Great Britain in the final, but unfortunately in front of 5000 spectators they lost 2–7, so he won a silver medal. Feyearts was back at the Olympics eight years later competing for Belgium, at the 1908 Summer Olympics being held in London, in the first round Belgium beat the Netherlands 8–1, with Feyearts scoring six of those goals, in the next round they beat Sweden 8–4, with Feyearts scoring another poi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
