Aidan Roach

Aidan Roach
Aidan Roach
Personal information
Full name	Aidan Joseph Roach
Born	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.^[1]^[2]^[3] 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.^[4]

Roach was picked in the water polo Sharks squad to compete in the men's water polo tournament at the 2020 Summer Olympics.^[5] 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.^[6] They were able to upset Croatia in a group stage match 11–8.^[7]

He is the son of former professional rugby league footballer Steve Roach.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b 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 Olympedia
Aidan Roach at the Australian Olympic Committee

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[Chip-1] 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.

[2] "Aidan Roach". 2012 Summer Olympics. Archived from the original on 12 September 2012. Retrieved 17 September 2012.

[3] 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.

[4] "2011 World Water Polo championships - Australian team roster". omegatiming.com. Retrieved 13 January 2016.

[5] "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.

[6] "Australian Olympic Team for Tokyo 2021". The Roar. Retrieved 12 March 2022.

[7] "Olympics: The Sharks return with a win during Anthony Hrysanthos' Olympic debut". NEOS KOSMOS. 28 July 2021. Retrieved 3 August 2021.

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