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Rick Merlo

Merlo in 2008
Personal information
Born	August 5, 1982 (1982-08-05) (age 42) Fresno, California, U.S.
Medal record Men's water polo Representing the  United States Olympic Games 2008 Beijing Team competition

Rick Merlo was born in Fresno, California on August 5, 1982. Merlo is an American water polo player and was a member of the United States men's national water polo team at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. In the championship game, the USA team won the silver medal, defeated by Hungary.

High school

CIF Champion at Buchanan High School in 1997 and 2000. CIF MVP, First-Team All-American, All-League, and All-CIF in 2000.

College

Merlo attended University of California, Irvine and played water polo under Ted Newland and Marc Hunt. In 2003 Merlo played at the World University Games in Daegu, South Korea and placed 8th.

First-Team All-American, First-Team All-MPSF, and Scholar Athlete in 2005. Third Team All-American and Second-Team All-MPSF in 2004.

Career

In 2005 Merlo played for Genova Italy Nervi and then for Brazil in 2007.

Assistant coach at Fresno Pacific University

See also

• List of Olympic medalists in water polo (men)

References

1. USA Water Polo Men's National Team Archived 2011-06-08 at the Wayback Machine
2. Virgel, Steve (2008-06-30). "U.S. OLYMPIC MEN'S WATER POLO TEAM:". Daily Pilot. Retrieved 2022-07-14.
3. "Athletic Hall of Fame". www.cusd.com. Retrieved 2022-07-14.
4. ^ "Rick Merlo". Team USA. Archived from the original on October 1, 2020. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
5. "Rick Merlo - Assistant - Men's Water Polo Coaches". Fresno Pacific University Athletics. Retrieved 2022-07-14.

External links

• Rick Merlo at World Aquatics
• Rick Merlo at Olympics.com
• Rick Merlo at Olympedia
• Rick Merlo at Team USA (archived)

United States squads

v t e United States men's water polo squad – 2005 World Aquatics Championships – 11th place 1 Brooks (GK) 2 Bailey 3 Krumpholz 4 Powers 5 Wright 6 Hudnut 7 Merlo 8 Azevedo (C) 9 Dornin 10 Alexander 11 Smith 12 Bennett (GK) 13 Buckner Coach: Baker v t e United States men's water polo squad – 2007 World Aquatics Championships – 9th place 1 Moses (GK) 2 Varellas 3 Barry 4 Powers 5 Wright 6 Witt 7 Bailey 8 T. Azevedo (C) 9 Merlo 10 Beaubien 11 Smith 12 Alexander 13 Kerr (GK) Coach: R. Azevedo v t e United States men's water polo squad – 2008 Summer Olympics – Silver medal 1 Moses (GK) 2 Varellas 3 Hudnut 4 Powers 5 Wright 6 Merlo 7 Beaubien 8 Azevedo (C) 9 Bailey 10 Hutten 11 Smith 12 Krumpholz 13 Brooks (GK) Coach: Schroeder

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