Luca Cupido (born 9 November 1995) is an American

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 born in

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who played for the

University of California, Berkeley The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley, Berkeley, Cal, or California) is a public land-grant research university in Berkeley, California. Established in 1868 as the University of California, it is the state's first land-grant u ...

. He was part of the American team at the

2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 20 ...

, where the team finished in tenth place. In 2021, Cupido was nominated for his second Olympics with Team USA for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

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* 1995 births Living people American male water polo players Olympic water polo players of the United States Water polo players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States Pan American Games medalists in water polo Water polo players at the 2015 Pan American Games Newport Harbor High School alumni Water polo players at the 2019 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games Water polo players at the 2020 Summer Olympics {{US-waterpolo-bio-stub