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Australia's best international water polo success came in 1996, when the Sharks won the six-nation Control Cup in Hungary, and followed it up with a bronze medal at an eight nation tournament in Italy in the same year. However, they failed to qualify for that year's Olympics for the first time since 1948.
Peter George Norman (15 June 1942 – 3 October 2006) was an Australian track athlete.He won the silver medal in the 200 metres at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, with a time of 20.06 seconds, which remained the Oceania 200 m record for more than 56 years. [2]
The men's league was established in 1990 with the women's league following in 2004. The league is administered by Water Polo Australia , and is contested by eleven clubs, each fielding a women's and a men's team.
By the 1960s, Australia had an international identity as a sport-obsessed country, an identity which was embraced inside the country. This was so well known that in a 1962 edition of Sports Illustrated, Australia was named the most sports-obsessed country in the world. [55] In 1967, Australia hosted the second World Netball Championships in ...
The forerunner of the current national Water polo championship was the Australian Water Polo Club Championship, which was contested annually from 1975 until 1990 for men, and from 1984 until 2003 for women. [4] Today, the Australian Water Polo League (AWL) is Australia’s premier domestic water polo competition.
This article lists various water polo records and statistics in relation to the Australia men's national water polo team at the Summer Olympics. The Australia men's national water polo team has participated in 17 of 27 official men's water polo tournaments .
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After legal proceedings involving the Fair Work Commission and the Federal Circuit Court of Australia, on 4 December 2019 Folau and Rugby Australia issued a joint statement and apology that stated no harm had been intended by either party and announced that a confidential settlement had been reached. Sports facilities: 2019–2020