Adam Wright
POSITION: Attacker
HEIGHT: 6’3’’
WEIGHT: 195 lbs.
EDUCATION: UCLA 2001
CLUB: New York Athletic Club, Bissolati Cremona
BIRTHDAY: 05/04/1977
BIRTHPLACE: Huntington Beach , CA.
HOMETOWN: Seal Beach , CA.
INTERNATIONAL/CLUB: One of the most experienced members of Senior National Team with nearly 15 years of involvement… Threat at both ends of pool with tough defense and good scoring ability... Scored four goals at 2007 FINA World League Super Final and again at 2007 Pan American Games… Scored five goals at 2007 FINA World Championships… Scored four goals for Team USA in 2005 FINA World Championships... Scored a goal against Russia at 2004 Olympic Games... Scored in six games and led Team USA with five goals at 2003 World Championships... Netted four goals at 2003 U.S. Cup... Had four goals, including three in one game, at 2003 French International… First became involved with National Team in 1997.
PROFESSIONAL: Joined Civitavecchia in Italy for 2006 season... Spent 2005/2006 season in Sicily , Italy , playing for Nuoto Catania… Played for Dynamo in Moscow , Russia , in 2004-2005 with U.S. teammate Ryan Bailey... In 2007 joined Bissolati Cremona.
COLLEGE: All-American and All-MPSF in four straight seasons at UCLA... Member of 1999 and 2000 UCLA Bruins National Championship teams... Led Bruins with 27 assists in 1999.
HIGH SCHOOL: Played at Wilson High School in Long Beach , CA... 1995 CIF Division I Player of the Year...Member of 1994 Division I CIF championship team... All-American honors in three seasons... Notched 309 career goals.
PERSONAL: 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.
INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION HIGHLIGHTS:
2007 FINA World League Super Final , Berlin , Germany 5 th place
2007 Pan American Games, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil , 1 st place
2007 FINA World Championships, Melbourne , Australia , 9 th place
2006 FINA World League Super Finals, Athens , Greece , 5 th place
2005 FINA World Championships, Montreal , Canada , 11 th place
2005 ASUA Cup Mexico City, Mexico, 1 st place
2004 Olympic Games, Athens , Greece , 7 th place
2004 Torneo di Napoli, Naples , Italy , 3 rd place
2003 FINA World League Super Finals, New York , NY , 3 rd place
2003 FINA World Championships, Barcelona , Spain , 6 th place
2003 U.S. Cup, Stanford , CA, 2 nd place
2002 FINA World Cup, Belgrade , Yugoslavia , 7 th place
2001 FINA World Championships, Fukuoka , Japan , 7 th place
2000 UPS Cup, Los Alamitos , CA ( USA “B”), 6 th place
1999 World University Games, Palma de Mallorca , Spain , 4 th place
Fun Facts:
Favorite Food: Italian
Favorite Movie: Die Hard
Favorite Songs: “Stir It Up” and “Three Little Birds” by Bob Marley
Favorite Musical Artists: Bob Marley, Led Zeppelin, and The Band
Favorite Color: Blue
Best Present Ever Received: Motorcycle
Best Halloween Costume: Raccoon
Special Power: To cure cancer
Favorite Quote: “Be quick but don’t hurry” – John Wooden
Etcetera: Would play baseball if not for water polo… 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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