Tony Azevedo is an attacker on the 2008 USA Water Polo Team at the Beijing Olympic Games.
Stats:
- ATTACKER
- HEIGHT: 6’1’’
- WEIGHT: 195 LBS.
- HOMETOWN: LONG BEACH, CA
- EDUCATION: STANFORD 2005
- CLUB: BISSOLATI CREMONA, JUG DUBROVNIK, NEW YORK ATHLETIC CLUB
- BIRTHDAY: 11/21/81
- BIRTHPLACE: RIO DE JANEIRO
Personal Notes:
- Biggest influence in water polo is his father, Rick, former Men’s National Team Coach
- Sister, Cassie, was a standout water polo player at Cal State Long Beach and now plays professional water polo in Italy
- Favorite musical artists are Frank Sinatra and Bruce Springsteen
- Says he plays water polo “to win a gold medal for the USA”
- Admits his most embarrassing water polo moment was when he was holding his MVP tournament trophy and broke it while on the podium
- Favorite pregame meal is Pasta Pomodoro
- After water polo, favorite sport to play is baseball
- Best thing about water polo is that it’s “the toughest sport in the world where one has to focus, think; it combines mental and physical aspects more so than any other sport”
- Got into water polo through his father, a longtime coach, and has never stopped loving the game
- Winning as a team is the most amazing feat
- Became one of the highest-paid players in water polo when he signed with Italian club team, Bissolati Cremona
