Thomas Schertwitis (born 2 September 1972 in

Alma-Ata Almaty (; kk, Алматы; ), formerly known as Alma-Ata ( kk, Алма-Ата), is the largest city in Kazakhstan, with a population of about 2 million. It was the capital of Kazakhstan from 1929 to 1936 as an autonomous republic as part of t ...

, Kazak ASSR,

Soviet Union The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, ...

) is a German

water polo Water polo is a competitive sport, competitive team sport played in water between two teams of seven players each. The game consists of four quarters in which the teams attempt to score goals by throwing the water polo ball, ball into the oppo ...

player who competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics and in the 2008 Summer Olympics.

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1972 births Living people German male water polo players Olympiacos Water Polo Club players German people of Kazakhstani descent Olympic water polo players of Germany Water polo players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Water polo players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Asian Games medalists in water polo Water polo players at the 1994 Asian Games Asian Games gold medalists for Kazakhstan Medalists at the 1994 Asian Games {{Germany-waterpolo-bio-stub