Aidan Roach | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | Aidan Joseph Roach | ||
Born |
(1990-09-07) 7 September 1990 (age 34) Darlinghurst, New South Wales, Australia | ||
Nationality | Australian | ||
Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
Weight | 88 kg (194 lb) | ||
Handedness | right | ||
National team | |||
Years | Team | ||
2011 | Australia |
Aidan Joseph "AJ" Roach (born 7 September 1990 in Darlinghurst) is an Australian male water polo player. At the 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics, he competed for the Australia men's national water polo team in the men's event. He also competed at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships.
Roach was picked in the water polo Sharks squad to compete in the men's water polo tournament at the 2020 Summer Olympics. The team finished joint fourth on points in their pool but their inferior goal average meant they finished fifth overall and out of medal contention. They were able to upset Croatia in a group stage match 11–8.
He is the son of former professional rugby league footballer Steve Roach.
References
- ^ Rothfield, Phil (15 May 2011). "A chip off the old Blocker - Steve Roach's son has Olympics in sightsx". The Daily Telegraph. Australia. Retrieved 17 September 2012.
- "Aidan Roach". 2012 Summer Olympics. Archived from the original on 12 September 2012. Retrieved 17 September 2012.
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Aidan Roach". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
- "2011 World Water Polo championships - Australian team roster". omegatiming.com. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
- "Water Polo - Men Schedule". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 25 July 2021. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
- "Australian Olympic Team for Tokyo 2021". The Roar. Retrieved 12 March 2022.
- "Olympics: The Sharks return with a win during Anthony Hrysanthos' Olympic debut". NEOS KOSMOS. 28 July 2021. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
External links
- Aidan Roach at Olympics.com
- Aidan Roach at the Australian Olympic Committee
- Aidan Roach at Olympedia
Australia men's water polo squad – 2012 Summer Olympics – 7th place | ||
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Australia men's water polo squad – 2016 Summer Olympics – 9th place | ||
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Australia men's water polo squad – 2020 Summer Olympics – 9th place | ||
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