Peter Varellas (born October 2, 1984) is an American

water polo Water polo is a competitive sport, 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 water polo ball, ball into the oppo ...

player who grew up in Moraga, CA and attended

Campolindo High School Campolindo High School is a public high school located in Moraga, California, United States, and is in the Acalanes Union High School District. In 2019, Campolindo was ranked 30th in California (and 239th nationally) by '' U.S. News & World Re ...

. As a high school water polo player, Peter also swam for the year-round club Orinda Aquatics. He was a member of the

United States men's national water polo team The United States men's national water polo team is the representative for the United States of America in international men's water polo. The team is the only non-European squad to win medals in the men's Olympic water polo tournament, most re ...

at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. In the championship game, the USA team won the silver medal, defeated by Hungary. Varellas played college water polo at Stanford University.

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* 1984 births Living people American male water polo players Water polo drivers Stanford Cardinal men's water polo players Left-handed water polo players Water polo players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Water polo players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for the United States in water polo Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Pan American Games medalists in water polo Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States Water polo players at the 2011 Pan American Games People from Moraga, California Sportspeople from Contra Costa County, California Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games {{US-waterpolo-Olympic-medalist-stub

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