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Adam Steinmetz
Ádám Steinmetz, Hungarian water polo center born 1980 in Budapest, won Olympic gold at Athens 2004 and finished fifth at London 2012; later a Jobbik member of Hungary's National Assembly, 2018–2022. Not the New Zealand runner Adam Steinmetz.
Aldo Ghira
Aldo Ghira (Lallo), 1920–1991, Italian swimmer and water polo player of SS Lazio; 1947 European champion and 1948 London Olympic gold medalist; father of Andrea Ghira of the 1975 Circeo massacre.
Aleksandr Dolgushin
Aleksandr Ivanovich Dolgushin (Александр Иванович Долгушин), Soviet water polo defender (1946–2006): Olympic gold 1972, silver 1968, World champion 1975, tenfold USSR champion with CSK VMF Moskva.
Aleksandr Shidlovsky
Aleksandr Shidlovsky (Александр Георгиевич Шидловский) is a Soviet water polo player, born in Moscow in 1941, who won Olympic silver in 1968 and gold in 1972 for the Soviet Union.
Aleksey Barkalov
Aleksey Barkalov (Алексей Степанович Баркалов, 1946–2004), Soviet Ukrainian water polo player; two Olympic golds (1972, 1980) and 1968 silver, 412 USSR caps, world champion 1975, ISHOF inductee 1993.
Alessandro Bovo
Alessandro Bovo is an Italian water polo coach and former player who won Olympic gold at the 1992 Games and has coached AN Brescia since 2008.
Alette Sijbring
Alette Sijbring (Alette Hilde Sijbring, born 1982, Zierikzee) is a Dutch water polo centre back who won gold with the Netherlands at Beijing 2008, beating the United States 9-8 in the final, then became a gastroenterologist at UMC Utrecht.
Alexandra Araujo
Alexandra Araujo, Brazilian-born Italian water polo centre forward (born 1972, Rio de Janeiro), won gold with Italy at the 2004 Athens Olympics and World Championship titles in 1998 and 2001.
Alys Williams
Alys Williams (Alys Nicole Williams, born 1994) is an American water polo defender, 2020 Tokyo Olympic gold medalist, UCLA All-American, and 14-time international gold medalist who retired from Team USA in 2024.
Amedeo Pomilio
Amedeo Pomilio, Italian water polo player (born 1967, Chieti), Olympic gold Barcelona 1992 and bronze Atlanta 1996, 1994 world and 1993/1995 European champion; later long-serving assistant coach of Italy's Settebello.
Andras Bodnar
Andras Bodnar (born 1942) is a Hungarian water polo player and surgeon who won four Olympic medals, including gold at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, and was later inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame.
Attila Sudar
Attila Sudar (Sudár Attila), Hungarian water polo defender born 1954 in Budapest; 1976 Olympic gold and 1980 bronze medalist, 230-time national team player, OSC Budapest and Posillipo club star, later dentist and coach.
Attila Vari
Attila Vari (Vári Attila), born 1976 in Budapest, is a Hungarian water polo defender, two-time Olympic champion (2000, 2004), 2003 world champion, and former president of the Hungarian Water Polo Federation (2018–2022).
Bea Ortiz
Bea Ortiz (Beatriz Ortiz Muñoz, born 1995, Rubí, Barcelona) is a Spanish water polo player, Paris 2024 Olympic champion, Tokyo 2020 silver medalist, and World Aquatics Female Water Polo Player of the Year 2024, now with Ferencváros and captain of Spain.
Božo Vuletić
Božo Vuletić is a Croatian former water polo player and coach, born in 1958 in Dubrovnik, who won Olympic gold with Yugoslavia at the 1984 Los Angeles Games.
Bridgette Gusterson
Bridgette Gusterson (Bridgette Ireland), born 1973, Australian water polo center forward who captained Australia to gold in the first Olympic women's water polo tournament at Sydney 2000; 212 caps, 400+ goals, ISHOF 2017.
Bronwyn Mayer Smith
Bronwyn Mayer Smith (born 1974), also Bronwyn Smith, Australian water polo driver; won gold at Sydney 2000, the first Olympic women's tournament, and placed fourth at Athens 2004.
Carlo Silipo
Carlo Silipo, born 1971 in Naples, Italian water polo center defender; Olympic gold 1992 and bronze 1996 with the Settebello, world champion 1994, later coach of Italy's women's team and New Zealand's White Caps.
Carmela Allucci
Carmela "Lilli" Allucci, born 1970 in Naples, is a retired Italian water polo player and 349-cap captain who led Italy to 2004 Athens Olympic gold and won two world and four European titles.
Cesare Rubini
Cesare Rubini (1923-2011), Italian water polo and basketball figure nicknamed il Principe; Olympic water polo gold 1948 and bronze 1952, then coach of Olimpia Milano and manager of Italy's national basketball team, inducted into both sports' Halls of Fame.
Charles Bugbee
Charles G. Bugbee (1887–1959) was a British water polo player and City of London policeman who won Olympic gold with Great Britain at Stockholm 1912 and Antwerp 1920 and also competed at Paris 1924.
Chuck Bittick
Charles "Chuck" Bittick Jr. (1939-2005), American swimmer and water polo player; USC four-time NCAA backstroke champion, 200 m backstroke world record holder (2:17.6, 1960), 1960 Olympic water poloist.
Cinzia Ragusa
Cinzia Ragusa (Nunzia Cinzia Ragusa), Italian water polo defender born 1977 in Catania; Olympic gold at Athens 2004 with the Setterosa, 12 Italian titles with Orizzonte Catania, later coach of Slovak national teams.
Daniel Ballart
Daniel Ballart (Daniel Ballart Sans, born 1973, Barcelona), Spanish water polo player and coach; Olympic gold 1996 and silver 1992, two-time world champion (1998, 2001), later coach of CN Mataró's women's team.
Daniel Varga
Dániel Varga (Varga Dániel), Hungarian water polo player born 1983 in Budapest; 2008 Olympic champion, 2013 world champion, 308 caps, brother of Dénes Varga; retired 2018 to coach Ferencváros youth.
David Hesser
David A. Hesser (January 1884 – 13 February 1908), American swimmer and water polo player of the New York Athletic Club; won gold in men's water polo at the 1904 St. Louis Olympics and placed fourth in the 4 x 50 yards freestyle relay.
Debbie Watson
Debbie Watson (Deborah Kathleen Watson), Australian water polo player born 1965 in Sydney; captained Australia 1991-1996 and won the first Olympic women's water polo gold at Sydney 2000, plus 1984 and 1995 World Cups and the 1986 world championship.
Dejan Dabovic
Dejan Dabović (Дејан Дабовић), Yugoslav water polo player born 1944 in Herceg Novi, won gold at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics, earned 110 caps with 53 goals, and died of COVID-19 in Belgrade in 2020.
Denes Pocsik
Dénes Pócsik (1940–2004), Hungarian water polo player and coach; Olympic gold 1964, bronze 1968, silver 1972; 86 caps 1960–72; 1962 European champion; later coached Kuwait, the Netherlands, Hungary women, and Australia.
Dezso Fabian
Dezso Fabian (Dezső Fábián, 1918–1973), Hungarian water polo player and breaststroke swimmer nicknamed Zsöde; silver at London 1948, gold at Helsinki 1952, later championship-winning FTC coach.