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Joe Kayes

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Joe Kayes
Personal information
Born (1991-01-03) 3 January 1991 (age 33)
New Zealand
Sport
SportWater polo

Joseph Henry Kayes (born 3 January 1991) is a professional water polo player.[1][2]

He is of Samoan descent through his mother, as both his maternal grandparents were born in Samoa.[2]

Kayes played for the NZ Senior Men's Water Polo team in 2008.[citation needed] In 2009, he went to Perth where he played for the Fremantle Mariners Men's Water Polo team which won the Australian National League.[citation needed]

In October 2009, he was playing water polo as a full professional at the Szeged club in Hungary where he stayed for four seasons. He was mentored as a Centre Forward by Tamas Molnar,[3] a three time Olympic gold medal winner for Hungary. Joe won 2 Hungarian Cup Gold medals with Szeged along with 3 bronze medals in the Hungarian National League.

In 2014, he played again for Fremantle Mariners in Australia.[4] 2014/2015 – he now plays for OSC in Budapest, once again in the Hungarian National League.[citation needed]

In 2015, he obtained Australian citizenship and was then approved to play for Australia men's national water polo team at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[5]

References

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  1. ^ NZ Herald - Water polo: Kayes firing on all cylinders
  2. ^ a b Tangata.co.nz Samoan Joe: Our water polo star in Hungary
  3. ^ NZ Herald: Mount rookie making splash as overseas pro
  4. ^ West Australian: WA derby in national water polo
  5. ^ White, Peter (6 May 2016). "Waterpolo: 'Aussie' Kayes lands Rio place". Bay of Plenty Times.