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Five male players have scored 25 or more goals in an Olympic water polo tournament. Spaniard Manuel Estiarte is the first and only water polo player to achieve this feat twice. At the 1984 Summer Olympics, Estiarte netted 34 goals, setting the record for the most goals scored by a water polo player in a single Olympic tournament. Four years ...
Top goalscorer: the water polo player who scored the most goals in a tournament. Top goalkeeper: the water polo player who saved the most shots in a tournament. Top sprinter: the water polo player who won the most sprints in a tournament. Most Valuable Player: the water polo player who was named the Most Valuable Player of a tournament.
Tony Azevedo is the top scorer of all time for the United States men's Olympic water polo team, with 61 goals. As a left-hander, Chris Humbert is the American water polo player with the second most goals at the Olympic Games, scoring 37.
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Estiarte holds the record for the most goals scored by a water polo player in Olympic history, with 127 goals. He has participated in six Olympic Games, all consecutively (Moscow 1980, Los Angeles 1984, Seoul 1988, Barcelona 1992, Atlanta 1996, and Sydney 2000).
Tony Azevedo is the top scorer of all time for the United States men's Olympic water polo team, with 61 goals. As a skilled left-hander, Chris Humbert is the American water polo player with the second most goals at the Olympic Games, scoring 37 .
At the 2020 Summer Olympics, Dutch left-hander Simone van de Kraats scored 28 goals, setting the record for the most goals scored by a female water polo player in a single Olympic tournament. Maggie Steffens of the United States is the first and only female water polo player to achieve this feat twice.
Hungary is the most successful country in the men's Olympic water polo tournament, with nine Olympic gold medals. The team won three gold medals in a row between 2000 and 2008, becoming the second water polo team to have an Olympic winning streak. Italy and Yugoslavia have both won three Olympic titles in men's water polo tournament.