•Water polo players swim up to one and a half miles during the course of a water polo game.
•The water polo ball is the size and weight of a #5 soccer ball and is thrown at speeds of up to sixty miles per hour.
•Men's water polo was the first team sport added to the Olympic Program in 1900.
•Women's water polo made it's Olympic debut in Sidney in 2000.
•Famous water polo players include: Peter Ueberroth (current United States Olympic Committee Board of Directors Chair), Steve Smith (Astronaut), Sir Alexander Fleming (discovered penicillin), and Johnny Weissmuller ('Tarzan').
•Water polo is one of the best workouts, burning a mind-boggling 600 calories per hour according to a recent study in Men's Health Magazine. How's that for tough?
published from the USA Water Polo Organization website 2007
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