Aleksandr Viktorovich Polukhin (Александр Викторович Полухин, born 15 October 1961) is a Kazakhstani

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 ...

player. He was a member of the

Kazakhstan men's national water polo team The Kazakhstan men's national water polo team is the representative for Kazakhstan in international men's water polo. Results Olympic Games World Championship *1994 – 12th place *1998 – 11th place *2001 – 12th place *2009 – 16th plac ...

, playing as a

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. Polukhin holds the record for the oldest water polo player to debut at the Olympics. On 13 August 2004, he made his Olympic debut at the age of 42 years and 303 days in

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* 1961 births Living people Water polo players from Almaty Kazakhstani male water polo players Water polo goalkeepers Water polo players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic water polo players for Kazakhstan Place of birth missing (living people) Asian Games medalists in water polo Water polo players at the 2002 Asian Games Asian Games gold medalists for Kazakhstan Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games {{Kazakhstan-waterpolo-bio-stub

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