Aidan Roach Explained
| Aidan Roach |
| Full Name: | Aidan Joseph Roach |
| Birth Date: | 7 September 1990 |
| Birth Place: | Darlinghurst, New South Wales, Australia |
| Nationality: | Australian |
| Height: | 1.86 m |
| Weight: | 88 kg |
| L/R: | right |
| Nationalyears1: | 2011 |
| Nationalteam1: |  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]
Notes and References
- News: A chip off the old Blocker - Steve Roach's son has Olympics in sightsx. Rothfield. Phil. 15 May 2011. The Daily Telegraph. 17 September 2012. Australia.
- Web site: Aidan Roach. 2012 Summer Olympics. 17 September 2012. 12 September 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120912012759/http://www.london2012.com/athlete/roach-aidan-1095099/. dead.
- Aidan Roach . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418073432/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ro/aidan-roach-1.html. dead. 2020-04-18. 2020-04-11.
- Web site: 2011 World Water Polo championships - Australian team roster. omegatiming.com . 13 January 2016.
- Web site: Water Polo - Men Schedule . dead . 2021-08-03 . Tokyo 2020 Olympics . . en-us . 25 July 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210725081557/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/water-polo/event-schedule-men.htm .
- Web site: Australian Olympic Team for Tokyo 2021 . 2022-03-12 . The Roar . en-US.
- Web site: 2021-07-28 . Olympics: The Sharks return with a win during Anthony Hrysanthos' Olympic debut . 2021-08-03 . NEOS KOSMOS . en.
