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Tony Azevedo

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Anthony Tony Azevedo is a Brazilian born American water polo player born November 21, 1981, in Rio de Janeiro, who competed for the United States national team across five Olympic Games from 2000 to 2016 and won a silver medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. He won five Pan American Games gold medals between 1999 and 2015, ranks fourth on the all time Olympic water polo scoring list with 61 goals, and was inducted into the USA Water Polo Hall of Fame in 2021.

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Birth Year
1981 1
Birth Date
1981-11-21 1
Nationality
American 1
Career Highlight
2008 Olympic silver medalist and five-time Olympian, ranking fourth on the all-time Olympic water polo scoring list with 61 goals. 1
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Competition Category
Team 1
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Water Polo, Sports
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  • Infobox, birth_date parameter
    birth_date = {{birth date and age text|November 21, 1981}}
  • Page summary, description field
    American water polo player (born 1981)
  • Lead paragraph, first sentence (nationality)
    Anthony Lawrence Azevedo is a Brazilian-born American water polo player who competed for Stanford University.
  • Lead paragraph, second and third sentences
    He is a 2008 Olympic silver medalist and a five-time Olympian, which included the Olympic years 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, and 2016. Azevedo has ranked fourth on the all-time scoring list in Olympic history, with 61 goals.
  • Wikipedia, article summary lead
    Anthony Lawrence Azevedo (born November 21, 1981) is a Brazilian-born American water polo player who competed for Stanford University.
  • Plays: Water Polo, Lead paragraph, first sentence (discipline)
    Anthony Lawrence Azevedo is a Brazilian-born American water polo player who competed for Stanford University.
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