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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Career Highlight2008 Olympic silver medalist and five-time Olympian, ranking fourth on the all-time Olympic water polo scoring list with 61 goals. 1 Classification
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Why did Tony Azevedo, who was born in Rio de Janeiro, play water polo for the United States?
His family moved from Rio de Janeiro to California when he was one month old, and his mother is American.
Tony Azevedo was born in Rio de Janeiro on November 21, 1981, but his family moved to California when he was one month old. His mother, Libby, is American, and his father, Ricardo Azevedo, is Brazilian born and a former Olympic water polo player who also worked as a high school, collegiate and assistant U.S. Olympic coach.
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Anthony Lawrence Azevedo (born November 21, 1981) is a Brazilian-born American water polo player who competed for Stanford University.
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Tony Azevedo was born November 21, 1981 in Rio de Janeiro, but his family moved to California when he was 1 month old.
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Anthony Lawrence Azevedo (born November 21, 1981) is a Brazilian-born American water polo player who competed for Stanford University.
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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.
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Anthony Lawrence Azevedo (born November 21, 1981) is a Brazilian-born American water polo player who competed for Stanford University.
Competed In: 2000 Summer Olympics, Lead or career section
He represented the United States as the youngest member of the team at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney where the U.S. team placed sixth under Head Coach John Vargas, his coach at Stanford.
Competed In: 2008 Summer Olympics, Lead or career section
He participated as Captain in the 2008 Summer Olympics under Head Olympic Coach Terry Schroeder, where the U.S. team won the silver medal in the Men's Olympic water polo competition.
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