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Adam Wright, USA Olympic Water Polo Team Player Bio

By Mat Luebbers, About.com Guide

Adam Wright

Adam Wright

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Adam Wright is an attacker on the 2008 USA Water Polo Team at the Beijing Olympic Games.

Stats:

  • ATTACKER
  • HEIGHT: 6’3’’
  • WEIGHT: 195 LBS.
  • HOMETOWN: SEAL BEACH, CA
  • EDUCATION: UCLA 2001
  • CLUB: NEW YORK ATHLETIC CLUB, BISSOLATI CREMONA
  • BIRTHDAY: 5/4/77
  • BIRTHPLACE: HUNTINGTON BEACH, CA

Personal Notes:

  • Favorite foods include sushi and Mexican
  • If he weren’t playing water polo, he’d pursue baseball
  • Cites his parents, brother, and Klaus Barth as his biggest influences
  • Loved traveling to Cuba and Hong Kong with water polo team
  • Married in 2006
  • Supports the Klaus Barth foundation for cancer (Barth was his former coach and is an idol)
  • Best things about water polo are that the game is in the water, and the friends you make out of the water
  • Got into water polo because he lived near the beach and was involved with swimming, then a friend started playing the sport, and so did he

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