Kevin George Robertson (born February 8, 1959) is an American former
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, who won two Olympic silver medals during his career: in
1984
Events
January
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and
1988
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. He was affiliated with the
University of California
The University of California (UC) is a public land-grant research university system in the U.S. state of California. The system is composed of the campuses at Berkeley, Davis, Irvine, Los Angeles, Merced, Riverside, San Diego, San Francisco, ...
. In 1994, he was inducted into the
USA Water Polo Hall of Fame The USA Water Polo Hall of Fame, located in Irvine, California, is a hall of fame dedicated to honoring players, coaches and officials who have contributed greatly to the game of water polo in the United States of America. It was established in 1976 ...
.
See also
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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 ...
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1959 births
Living people
American male water polo players
Water polo drivers
Left-handed water polo players
Water polo players at the 1984 Summer Olympics
Water polo players at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Olympic silver medalists for the United States in water polo
Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Sportspeople from Biloxi, Mississippi
California Golden Bears men's water polo players
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