EDWARDS Blake

Date of Birth: 14 Feb 1992

Age: 29

Gender: Male

Place of birth: MELBOURNE, VIC

Birth Country:

Australia

Place of residence : SYDNEY, NSW

Residence Country:

Australia

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Water Polo	Men AUS Australia	9

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Tatsumi Water Polo Centre	Men's Preliminary Round - Group B #04 AUS Australia 10 MNE Montenegro 15	Finished
	Tatsumi Water Polo Centre	Men's Preliminary Round - Group B #09 AUS Australia 11 CRO Croatia 8	Finished
	Tatsumi Water Polo Centre	Men's Preliminary Round - Group B #18 SRB Serbia 14 AUS Australia 8	Finished
	Tatsumi Water Polo Centre	Men's Preliminary Round - Group B #20 AUS Australia 5 ESP Spain 16	Finished
	Tatsumi Water Polo Centre	Men's Preliminary Round - Group B #30 AUS Australia 15 KAZ Kazakhstan 7	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

World Championship

Rank	Event	Year	Location
6	Men	2019	Gwangju, KOR

World League - Super Final

Rank	Event	Year	Location
3	Men	2019	Belgrade, SRB
6	Men	2018	Budapest, HUN

Rank	Event	Year	Location
2	Men	2018	Berlin, GER

Occupation:

Communications - University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA

Languages spoken:

Drummoyne Devils [Australia]

Florin Bonca [club], ROU; Elvis Fatovic [national], CRO

Position style:

Driver (usctrojans.com, 01 Sep 2017)

Right (waterpoloaustralia.com.au, 18 Jun 2019)

Sporting relatives:

His brother Lachlan has competed for Australia in water polo at two world championships, in 2017 and 2019. His father Robert also competed in water polo for Australia at the 1978 World Championships. His brother Anthony played the sport at youth national level. His mother competed in swimming in Australia at national level. (SportsDeskOnline, 12 Feb 2020; swimmingworldmagazine.com, 18 Jan 2020; dailynews.com, 03 Dec 2016; fisu.net, 06 Jul 2015)

National league:

Australian Water Polo League [AUS] (newcastleherald.com.au, 24 Jan 2020)

He began water polo at age 12. (fisu.net, 06 Jul 2015)

He followed his brother Anthony into the sport. (fisu.net, 06 Jul 2015)

US basketball player Michael Jordan. (usctrojans.com, 01 Sep 2017)

General Interest

General
RIO DISAPPOINTMENT
He and his brother Lachlan both missed out on selection for the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, an experience Blake believes has helped them develop as players. "We didn't make Rio. It was tough But I think our personal disappointment has made us stronger. We really want to challenge ourselves and the experience has seen us grow as players." (dailytelegraph.com.au, 17 Dec 2019)

COACH
He has worked as a water polo coach at Trinity Grammar School in Summer Hill, NSW, Australia. (trinity.nsw.edu.au, 15 Mar 2019)

Social Media

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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