Michael Evans (water Polo)
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Michael "Mike" Evans (born March 26, 1960) 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 ...
Hall of Fame member. Born in
Fontana, California Fontana is a city in San Bernardino County, California. Founded by Azariel Blanchard Miller in 1913, it remained essentially rural until World War II, when entrepreneur Henry J. Kaiser built a large steel mill in the area. It is now a regional h ...
, he attended
University of California, Irvine The University of California, Irvine (UCI or UC Irvine) is a public land-grant research university in Irvine, California. One of the ten campuses of the University of California system, UCI offers 87 undergraduate degrees and 129 graduate and pr ...
, where he was an All-American in 1982 and 1983. We was named a National Team member in 1985. He won a silver medal in the 1988 Summer Olympic Games. Evans was a member of the only United States World Cup Champion team in 1991. In 2001, 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 ...
.


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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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Mike Evans bio
at Water Polo Guide 1960 births Living people American male water polo players UC Irvine Anteaters men's water polo players Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for the United States in water polo Water polo players at the 1988 Summer Olympics American water polo coaches {{US-waterpolo-bio-stub