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Water Polo At The 2011 Pan American Games
Water polo at the 2011 Pan American Games was held from October 23 to October 29, 2011, at the Scotiabank Aquatics Center in Guadalajara, Mexico. Each men's and women's team consisted of 13 athletes. Therefore, a total of 208 athletes competed in water polo at these games. The winner of each tournament (the United States) qualified to compete at the Water polo at the 2012 Summer Olympics, 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Great Britain, while the second through fourth-place finishers in each tournament qualified for the last chance qualifying tournament. Medal summary Medal table Events Men The following nations qualified for the men's tournament: Women The following nations qualified for the women's tournament: Schedule The competition will be spread out across seven days. References {{Events at the 2011 PanAm Games Water polo at the 2011 Pan American Games, Events at the 2011 Pan American Games Water polo at the Pan American Games, 2011 2011 in water polo I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scotiabank Aquatics Center
The Scotiabank Aquatics Center is an aquatics center built for the 2011 Pan American Games in the municipality of Zapopan, near Guadalajara, Mexico. It was opened June 22, 2011, built at a cost of $USD31.7m (380 million pesos). It is the most modern aquatic complex of its kind in Latin America, and considered to be the second best in the world by the Fédération Internationale de Natation. It has a permanent capacity 3,593, but will have a capacity of 5,000 spectators for the Pan American Games. The outside of the building is shaped like a wave. It contains two 50m Olympic sized pools and a diving tank. During the 2011 Pan America Games it will host the swimming, diving, synchronized swimming and water polo. After the Pan American Games it will used as a high performance training centre, and for the 2017 World Aquatics Championships. The center is sponsored by Scotiabank, a Canadian-based bank, which operates in Mexico under the name Scotiabank Inverlat. See also *201 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Layne Beaubien
Ronald Layne Beaubien (born July 4, 1976) is an American water polo player. He was a member of the United States men's national water polo team at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. In the championship game, the USA team won the silver medal, after defeat by Hungary. Considered to be one of the top all-around players in the world during his career, Beaubien boasted one of the strongest shooting arms on Team USA for over a decade. During his 15-year career he competed in three Summer Olympic Games (Athens '04, Beijing '08, London '12), five World Championships (Fukuoka '01, Barcelona '03, Melbourne '07, Rome '09, Shanghai '11), and played in the professional leagues of Hungary, Greece, France, and Brazil. In 2008 he became the first American in the sports history to win National Club Championships on three continents (New York Athletic Club ''USA'' '05, Fluminense ''Brazil'' '06, Marseille ''France'' '08.) In addition to winning the silver medal at the 2008 Olympic Games, Beaubien is a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kevin Graham
Kevin Graham (born April 21, 1986 in Regina, Saskatchewan) is a Canadian water polo player. He was a member of the Canada men's national water polo team at the 2008 Summer Olympics. The team finished 11th out of the 12 teams in the tournament. Graham is slated to suit up for Egri Vízilabda Klub in the Hungarian League for 2010. In 2008 and 2009 he played as a driver and hole checker for the club team PVK Jadran in Herceg Novi, Montenegro. Graham is enrolled in the Haskayne School of Business' Bachelor of Commerce program at the University of Calgary. See also * Canada men's Olympic water polo team records and statistics This article lists various water polo records and statistics in relation to the Canada men's national water polo team at the Summer Olympics. The Canada men's national water polo team has participated in 4 of 27 official men's water polo tournam ... ReferencesCanadian Olympic Committee External links * 1986 births Canadian male water polo pl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aaron Feltham
Aaron Feltham (born April 16, 1982, in Goderich, Ontario) is a Canadian water polo player. Feltham's professional career began at the age of 16, when he left home to play for the Ottawa Titans. Feltham played two years apiece with the Canada B water polo team and the junior national team. In 2007-08, he played in the top men's division in Hungary with Brendon ZF UPC Eger. In 2008, he was part of the Canada men's national water polo team, which took 11th out of 12 positions at the 2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na .... Most recently, Feltham plays professionally as a driver and hole checker for the club team Egri Vízilabda Klub in Eger, Hungary. ReferencesAaron Feltham at NBColympics.com External links * archive * * 1982 births Aquatic s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Devon Diggle
Devon Diggle (born 15 June 1988 in Montreal, Quebec) is a male former water polo player from Canada. He joined the senior Canadian national team in 2007. He was part of the Canadian team at the 2008 Summer Olympics. He also competed at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships in Barcelona, Spain, where they finished in 11th place. He played for Dollard-des-Ormeaux. He trained at the Talisman Centre in Calgary. He studied at the University of Calgary The University of Calgary (U of C or UCalgary) is a public research university located in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The University of Calgary started in 1944 as the Calgary branch of the University of Alberta, founded in 1908, prior to being ins .... Results ;2010 * 5th place at Syracusa Invitational in Sicily, Italy ;2009 *8th place at World Championships in Rome ;2008 *11th place in the Beijing Olympic Games *4th place at the Olympic Qualifications in Romania ;2007 *13th place at the Junior World Championships in Los Angeles. * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Conway (water Polo)
John Horton Conway (26 December 1937 – 11 April 2020) was an English mathematician active in the theory of finite groups, knot theory, number theory, combinatorial game theory and coding theory. He also made contributions to many branches of recreational mathematics, most notably the invention of the cellular automaton called the Game of Life. Born and raised in Liverpool, Conway spent the first half of his career at the University of Cambridge before moving to the United States, where he held the John von Neumann Professorship at Princeton University for the rest of his career. On 11 April 2020, at age 82, he died of complications from COVID-19. Early life and education Conway was born on 26 December 1937 in Liverpool, the son of Cyril Horton Conway and Agnes Boyce. He became interested in mathematics at a very early age. By the time he was 11, his ambition was to become a mathematician. After leaving sixth form, he studied mathematics at Gonville and Caius College, Cambr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Justin Boyd (water Polo)
Justin Boyd (born 23 April 1989) is a water polo player of Canada, living in Beaconsfield. Career Boyd started playing water polo when he was twelve years old. At the 2008 Summer Olympics he was the youngest member of the Canadian water polo team. Boyd has since been a part of three FINA World Championship teams (2009, 2011, 2013), with the best result coming in Rome in 2009 when the men finished eighth. He was also part of the silver medal-winning squad at the 2011 Pan Am Games in Guadalajara. In 2014 he helped Canada match its best ever result of sixth place in the FINA Water Polo World League Super Final. Boyd began his career with the Dollard des Ormeaux water polo club in Montreal before moving to Calgary to join the senior national team. He has played professionally in Montenegro and Italy. He was part of the Canadian team at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships The 16th FINA World Aquatics Championships, FINA World Championships (russian: Чемпионат мира ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicolas Constantin-Bicari
Nicolas or Nicolás may refer to: People Given name * Nicolas (given name) Mononym * Nicolas (footballer, born 1999), Brazilian footballer * Nicolas (footballer, born 2000), Brazilian footballer Surname Nicolas * Dafydd Nicolas (c.1705–1774), Welsh poet * Jean Nicolas (1913–1978), French international football player * Nicholas Harris Nicolas (1799–1848), English antiquary * Paul Nicolas (1899–1959), French international football player * Robert Nicolas (1595–1667), English politician Nicolás * Adolfo Nicolás (1936–2020), Superior General of the Society of Jesus * Eduardo Nicolás (born 1972), Spanish former professional tennis player Other uses * Nicolas (wine retailer), a French chain of wine retailers * ''Le Petit Nicolas'', a series of children's books by René Goscinny See also * San Nicolás (other) * Nicholas (other) * Nicola (other) * Nikola Nikola () is a given name which, like Nicholas, is a version of the Greek ''Nikolaos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dusan Aleksic
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Chay Lapin
Chay Thomas Lapin (born February 25, 1987) is an American water polo goalkeeper. While playing at the University of California, Los Angeles, he set the school's all-time saves record. He also played for the United States national team at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Career High school Lapin played water polo at Long Beach Wilson High School from 2001 to 2004. In 2004, he was named to the California-Hawaii All-America first team and was also named the CIF player of the year."Chay Lapin" . usawaterpolo.org. Retrieved August 23, 2012. College Lapin then went to UCLA, where he redshirted the 2005 season. In 2006, he started 15 games at goalkeeper and had a 4.87 goals against average. The following year, he started 21 games, had a 6.90 goals against average, and was named to the ACWPC All-America th ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian Alexander (water Polo)
Brian Alexander (born May 3, 1983) is a former American water polo player who was a member of the United States men's national water polo team. Playing career Youth and collegiate Alexander competed with Foothill High School, where he was named to the All-CIF Division I boys water polo team after scoring 91 goals in his senior year. Alexander played collegiate water polo at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He was named a 3rd team All-American in 2003 and 2004 while playing with the Gauchos. Professional Alexander started his professional career in Spain in 2005 with Spain's Aguas De Valencia. He stayed with the club until 2007 before joining Greek side NO Patras in 2008 and stayed until 2009. 2010 saw Alexander move to Australian National Water Polo League club Victorian Tigers and was named to the 2010 All Star team en route to winning the 2010 NWPL Championship. He remained with the club through the 2011 season. While competing overseas, Alexander ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
