Matthew Holland, also known as Matt Holland (born 22 June 1989, in
Carshalton
Carshalton () is a town, with a historic village centre, in south London, England, within the London Borough of Sutton. It is situated south-southwest of Charing Cross, in the valley of the River Wandle, one of the sources of which is Carshalton ...
) is a British water polo goalkeeper. At the
2012 Summer Olympics
The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...
, he competed for the
Great Britain men's national water polo team
The Great Britain men's national water polo team is the representative for Great Britain in international men's water polo. The team has participated in eleven tournaments at the Summer Olympics, being the dominant team in the sport in the early ...
in the
men's event. He is 6 ft 4 inches tall.
At club level, he played with Spanish team Navarra in
División de Honor.. He also played in Holland and France before competing for Sutton & Cheam.
See also
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List of men's Olympic water polo tournament goalkeepers
This is a list of male goalkeepers who have been named in the national water polo team at the Summer Olympics.
Abbreviations
Winning goalkeepers
The following table is pre-sorted by edition of the Olympics (in ascending order), cap number or ...
References
External links
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1989 births
Living people
Water polo goalkeepers
British male water polo players
Olympic water polo players of Great Britain
Water polo players at the 2012 Summer Olympics
People from Carshalton
Sportspeople from London
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