Will make his Olympic broadcasting debut from NBC Sports headquarters in Stamford, CT for Tokyo 2020.
MEN'S WATER POLO - UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
HEIGHT & WEIGHT: 6'1 / 205
PLACE/ DATE OF BIRTH: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil / November 21, 1981 (39)
HOMETOWN & RESIDENCE: Long Beach, CA
POSITION and Cap #: Forward + Attacker / 8
# OF YEARS ON THE US NATIONAL TEAM: 1999-2016
FAMILY: Wife - Sara, Son - Cruz (2013), Mom & Dad - Libby and Ricardo, Sister - Cassie
OLYMPIC EXPERIENCE: 2016 RIO (Qualified for Olympics), 2012 LONDON, Silver Medal - 2008 BEIJING, 2004 ATHENS, 2000 SYDNEY
These are Tony's 5 consecutive Pan Am Games Gold Medals from 2015 Toronto, 2011 Guadalajara, 2007 Rio, 2003 Santo Domingo and 1999 Winnipeg. (photo credit - Tony Azevedo)
PAN AM GAMES EXPERIENCE: 2015 TORONTO (GOLD) / 2011 GUADALAJARA (GOLD) / 2007 RIO (GOLD) / 2003 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC (GOLD) / 1999 WINNIPEG (GOLD)
FINA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP EXPERIENCE: 8x participant
FINA WORLD LEAGUE SUPER FINAL MEDALS: 2016 Huizhou, China (Silver) // 2008 Genoa, Italy (Silver) // 2003 New York (Bronze)
PRO EXPERIENCE: 2013 - 2016 SESI Water Polo (Sao Paulo, Brazil) // 2013 & 2012 VK Jug (Jug, Serbia) // 2011 VK Primorac (Montenegro) // 2004 - 2007 Cremona Bissoloti (Italy)
U.S. CLUB: New York Athletic Club
U.S. NATIONAL CLUB CHAMPIONSHIPS (US Open of Water Polo): 11 (as recently as May 2016 for NYAC)
EDUCATION: Stanford University (International Relations) '05 // Harvard Business School - Crossover Into Business certificate ‘19
COLLEGIATE ATHLETIC HONORS: Pacific 12 Conference Athlete of the Century - Water Polo // 4x National Player of the Year // 2x NCAA Champion // 4x NCAA Championship Finalist
EQUIPMENT USED IN COMPETITION: Azevedo Water Polo
PAST ENDORSEMENTS: Upper Deck // KT Tape // Mikasa
SOCIAL MEDIA: @WaterPoloTony - Twitter / TonyAzevedo8 - Instagram
BROADCAST EXPERIENCE:
During the 2019 FINA World Championship, Tony made his American broadcast debut on NBC Sports doing color commentary of Water Polo
Tony will be working for NBC on Tokyo 2020 doing color commentary
NOTES:
At the 2019 Pan Am Games, Tony was elected to the Athletes’ Commission for a 8 year term (2027)
Created a technology company with fellow Stanford graduate and Team USA member, Maggie Steffens of the U.S. Water Polo WNT called 6-8 Sports
Tony is fluent or conversational in Italian, Serbian, Croatian, English and Portuguese.
He additionally helped to the WaterPoloPlayers.org in 2013.
At the 2011 Pan Am Games, Tony was the Closing Ceremonies U.S. flag bearer.
Named MVP of the 2015 US Open of Water Polo tournament for New York Athletic Club
Tony was inducted into the NY Athletic Club Hall of Fame on April 18, 2015