Justin Boyd (born 23 April 1989) is a
water polo player of
Canada, living in
Beaconsfield
Beaconsfield ( ) is a market town and civil parish within the unitary authority of Buckinghamshire, England, west-northwest of central London and south-southeast of Aylesbury. Three other towns are within : Gerrards Cross, Amersham and High W ...
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Career
Boyd started playing water polo when he was twelve years old. 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 ...
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 по водным видам спорта 2015), also Aquatics 2015, were held in Kazan, Russia from 24 July to 9 August 2015. Russia host ...
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Notable results
*Pan American Games: 2011
*Olympic Games: 11th 2008
*FINA World League: 6th 2014; 7th 2011
*FINA world championships: 11th 2013; 10th 2011; 8th 2009
See also
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Canada at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships
Canada competed at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships in Kazan, Russia from 24 July to 9 August 2015.
Medallists
Diving
Canada qualified a full team of 8 divers.
;Men
;Women
;Mixed
High diving
Canada qualified one high diver to co ...
References
External links
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Canadian male water polo players
Living people
Place of birth missing (living people)
1989 births
Water polo players at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Olympic water polo players for Canada
Water polo players at the 2011 Pan American Games
Pan American Games silver medalists for Canada
Pan American Games medalists in water polo
Water polo players at the 2015 Pan American Games
Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games
Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games
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