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Uruguay Men's National Water Polo Team
The Uruguay men's national water polo team is the representative for Uruguay in international men's water polo. Results Olympic Games *1936 — 13th place *1948 — 16th place FINA Development Trophy * 2007 — 6th place * 2009 — 7th place * 2013 — 6th place * 2015 — Silver Medal Current roster The following is the Uruguayan roster in the 2015 FINA World Water Polo Development Trophy. *Federico García *Martín Fernández *Facundo Cánepa *Joaquín Pérez *Pablo Brugnini *Ramiro García *Santiago San Martín *Gastón del Campo *Daniel Queipo *Diego Domínguez *Leonardo Samurio *Inti Sanguinet *Nicolás Paseyro References 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 ... Men's national water polo teams National water polo teams in South America Natio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uruguay Swimming Federation
Uruguay (; ), officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay ( es, República Oriental del Uruguay), is a country in South America. It shares borders with Argentina to its west and southwest and Brazil to its north and northeast; while bordering the Río de la Plata to the south and the Atlantic Ocean to the southeast. It is part of the Southern Cone region of South America. Uruguay covers an area of approximately and has a population of an estimated 3.4 million, of whom around 2 million live in the metropolitan area of its capital and largest city, Montevideo. The area that became Uruguay was first inhabited by groups of hunter–gatherers 13,000 years ago. The predominant tribe at the moment of the arrival of Europeans was the Charrúa people, when the Portuguese first established Colónia do Sacramento in 1680; Uruguay was colonized by Europeans late relative to neighboring countries. The Spanish founded Montevideo as a military stronghold in the early 18th century be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |