Adam Wright
Height: 6-3
Weight: 195 lbs.
Birthdate: May 4, 1977
Birthplace: Huntington Beach, Calif.
Hometown: Seal Beach, Calif.
Education: UCLA 2001
Club: New York Athletic Club, Bissolati Cremona
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
INTERNATIONAL/CLUB: One of the most experienced members of Senior National Team with nearly 15 years of involvement...Threat at both ends of pool with tough defense and good scoring ability...scored four goals at 2007 FINA World League Super Final and again at 2007 Pan American Games...Scored five goals at 2007 FINA World Championships...Scored four goals for Team USA in 2005 FINA World Championships...Scored a goal against Russia at 2004 Olympic Games...Scored in six games and led Team USA with five goals at 2003 World Championships...Netted four goals at 2003 U.S. Cup...Had four goals, including three in one game, at 2003 French International...First became involved with National Team in 1997.
INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION HIGHLIGHTS
2008 Olympic Games, Beijing, China, 2nd Place
2007 FINA World League Super Final, Berlin, Germany, 5th Place
2007 Pan American Games, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1st Place
2007 FINA World Championships, Melbourne, Australia, 9th Place
2006 FINA World League Super Finals, Athens, Greece, 5th Place
2005 FINA World Championships, Montreal, Canada, 11th Place
2005 ASUA Cup Mexico City, Mexico, 1st Place
2004 Olympic Games, Athens, Greece, 7th Place
2004 Torneo Di Napoli, Naples, Italy, 3rd Place
2003 FINA World League Super Finals, New York, N.Y., 3rd Place
2003 FINA World Championships, Barcelona, Spain, 6th Place
2003 U.S. Cup, Stanford, Calif., 2nd Place
PROFESSIONAL: Joined Civitavecchia in Italy for 2006 season...Spent 2005-06 season in Sicily, Italy, playing for Nuoto Catania...Played for Dynamo in Moscow, Russia, in 2004-05 with U.S. teammate Ryan Bailey...In 2007, joined Bissolati Cremona.
COLLEGE: All-American and All-MPSF in four straight seasons at UCLA...Member of 1999 and 2000 UCLA Bruins National Championship teams...Led Bruins with 27 assists in 1999.
HIGH SCHOOL: Played at Wilson High School in Long Beach, Calif....1995 CIF Division I Player of the Year...Member of 1994 Division I CIF championship team...All-American honors in three seasons...Notched 309 career goals.
PERSONAL
Married in 2006...Cites his parents, brother, and Klaus Barth as his biggest influences...Loved traveling to Cuba and Hong Kong with water polo team...If he weren't playing water polo, he'd pursue baseball...Supports the Klaus Barth foundation for cancer (Barth was his former coach and is an idol)...Best things about water polo are that the game is in the water, and the friends you make out of the water...Got into water polo because he lived near the beach and was involved with swimming, then a friend started playing the sport, and so did he.
- Favorite Foods: Italian, Mexican, sushi
- Favorite Movie: "Die Hard"
- Favorite Songs: "Stir It Up" by Bob Marley, "Three Little Birds" by Bob Marley
- Favorite Musical Artists: Bob Marley, Led Zeppelin, and The Band
- Favorite Color: Blue
- Best Present Ever Received: Motorcycle
- Best Halloween Costume: Raccoon
- Special Power: To cure cancer