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Sergey Kotenko
Sergey Kotenko (Сергей Владимирович Котенко, born 1956, Almaty) is a Kazakhstani water polo player, not the Ukrainian colonel of the same name; Olympic gold 1980 and bronze 1988 with the USSR, world champion 1982, Dynamo Almaty captain.
Sergio Pedrerol
Sergio Pedrerol (Sergi Pedrerol Cavallé), Spanish water polo player born 1969 in Molins de Rei; Olympic gold 1996 and silver 1992 with Spain, world champion 1998 and 2001.
Stefan Mitrovic
Stefan Mitrovic (Стефан Митровић), born 1988 in Belgrade, is a Serbian water polo wing who won Olympic gold at Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020, and bronze at London 2012.
Stephania Haralabidis
Stephania Haralabidis (Στεφανία Χαραλαμπίδη), born 1995 in Athens, is a Greek-American water polo attacker, 2020 Olympic gold medalist for Team USA, 2016 NCAA champion and Cutino Award winner at USC, and a former Greek national team player.
Tamas Farago
Tamas Farago (Faragó Tamás, born 1952, Budapest), nicknamed Tonó, Hungarian water polo great: 1976 Olympic gold and top scorer with 22 goals, 1972 silver, 1980 bronze, later women's team 2005 world-champion coach.
Tamas Molnar
Tamás Molnar (born 1975 in Szeged) is a Hungarian former water polo center who won three consecutive Olympic gold medals in 2000, 2004, and 2008.
Tania di Mario
Tania Di Mario is an Italian water polo forward, born in Rome in 1979, who won Olympic gold in 2004 and silver in 2016.
Tibor Benedek
Tibor Benedek (1972-2020), Hungarian water polo left-handed driver and coach; three straight Olympic golds 2000-2008, 2013 world champion coach, ISHOF 2016, voted 21st century's best men's player.
Tibor Cservenyák
Tibor Cservenyák, Hungarian water polo goalkeeper born 1948 in Szolnok; Olympic gold 1976 Montreal and silver 1972 Munich, world champion 1973, later radiochemist in Zurich and Swiss national coach 1990–1996.
Tom Coe
Tom Coe (Thomas Coe, 1873-1942), English water polo player and swimmer from Manchester's Osborne Swimming Club; captained the gold-medal 1900 Paris Olympic water polo team. Distinct from a current British 800m/1500m runner of the same name.
Tomislav Paskvalin
Tomislav Paškvalin (Tomislav Paskvalin), born 1961 in Zagreb, is a Croatian water polo center who won Olympic gold with Yugoslavia in 1984 and 1988, the 1986 world title, and later served as Croatia's Commissioner for Sports.
Tullio Pandolfini
Tullio Pandolfini (1914-1999), Italian water polo player from Firenze, R.N. Florentia; won gold with Italy in men's water polo at the 1948 London Olympics alongside his brother Gianfranco, and gold at the 1947 Monte Carlo European Championships.
Vadim Gulyayev
Vadim Gulyayev (Вадим Владимирович Гуляев, 1941–1998), Soviet water polo goalkeeper for CSKA Moscow; Olympic silver 1968 and gold 1972, two-time European champion, six-time USSR champion.
Veselin Đuho
Veselin Đuho (Веселин Ђуо), born 1960 in Foča, Croatian water polo player and coach; two Olympic golds with Yugoslavia (1984, 1988), 1986 world champion, VK Jug Dubrovnik legend.
Viktor Rasovic
Viktor Rasovic (Виктор Рашовић, born 1993), Serbian water polo defender, 2024 Olympic champion, 2013 Champions League winner with Crvena Zvezda, brother of Strahinja Rasovic, now at Radnički Kragujevac.
Wally O'Connor
Wally O'Connor (James Wallace O'Connor, 1903-1950), American swimmer and water polo player; four-time Olympian, 1924 relay gold in world record 9:53.4, water polo bronze 1924 and 1932; not the jockey Winnie O'Connor.
Waneek Horn-Miller
Waneek Horn-Miller (born 1975) is a Mohawk water polo player from Kahnawake, Canada; 1999 Pan Am gold medalist, co-captain of Canada's 2000 Olympic team, first Mohawk woman from Canada to compete at the Olympics, and 2019 Sports Hall of Fame inductee.
Yasemin Smit
Yasemin Smit (Miloushka Yasemin Smit, born 1984, Amsterdam) is a retired Dutch water polo captain who won Olympic gold at Beijing 2008, took European and world silver medals, played for Olympiakos Piraeus, and retired internationally in 2017.
Yevgeniya Soboleva
Yevgeniya Soboleva (Евгения Соболева-Хохрякова), born 1988 in Kirishi, is a Russian water polo player of Kinef-Surgutneftegaz who won bronze at Rio 2016 and competed at four Olympics, distinct from the steeplechase runner of the same name.
Yevgeny Grishin (olympedia 54822)
Yevgeny Borisovich Grishin (Евгений Борисович Гришин), born 1959, Soviet water polo defender; 1980 Olympic gold and 1988 bronze, 1982 world champion; not the speed skater of the same name.
Yevgeny Sharonov
Yevgeny Sharonov (Евгений Константинович Шаронов), Soviet water polo goalkeeper born 1958 in Dzerzhinsk; 1980 Olympic gold, 1988 and 1992 bronze, 1982 world champion and best player, later Russian water polo federation president.
Yvette Higgins
Yvette Higgins (born 1978, Sydney) is an Australian water polo player who won gold at Sydney 2000, scoring the winning goal with 1.3 seconds left in the Olympic debut final against the United States.
Zdravko Hebel
Zdravko Hebel (Здравко Хебел), Croatian water polo goalkeeper, Olympic gold medalist with Yugoslavia at Mexico 1968, Mladost Zagreb club legend, and second President of the Croatian Olympic Committee (2000–2002).
Zivko Gocic
Živko Gocić (Живко Гоцић), born 1982 in Belgrade, Serbian water polo captain and coach: Olympic gold 2016 and bronze 2008/2012, world titles 2009 and 2015, five European golds, later Szolnok and Partizan coach.
Zoran Petrovic
Zoran Petrović (Зоран Петровић), born 1960 in Belgrade, is a Serbian water polo player who won Olympic gold with Yugoslavia at the 1984 Los Angeles Games and world championship gold in 1986; not the footballer, journalist, or coach of the same name.
Zoran Roje
Zoran Roje (born 1955, Split), Croatian water polo player and coach; Olympic gold 1984 and silver 1980 with Yugoslavia, captain in 1984; later coached Croatia to Euro 2003 silver and led Primorje Rijeka.