Aaron Younger (born 25 September 1991) is an Australian water polo player. He was born in Attadale, Western Australia and is tall. He made his debut for the Australian national team in 2009, that year, he was also part of the Australian Universities team that won the World University Games. In 2010, he signed for the Hungarian team Szeged. At the

2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

, he competed for the Australia men's national water polo team in the men's event - he was the youngest player on the team. He also competed at the

2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 20 ...

, scoring seven goals in five games. In 2015, he signed for another Hungarian team, Szolnok, before moving to Ferencváros in 2018. At the

2018 FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup The 16th edition of the Men's FINA Water Polo World Cup were held in Berlin, Germany from September 11 to September 16, 2018. Like the final tournament of the 2007 FINA Men's Water Polo World League all matches were contested in the Europasportp ...

, Aaron Younger was nominated best player of the tournament. Younger was picked to captain the Australian team in the men's water polo tournament at the

2020 Summer Olympics The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July. Tokyo was selected as the host city during the ...

. Coached by Elvis Fatović, 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. They were able to upset Croatia in a group stage match 11–8.

Australia at the 2020 Summer Olympics Australia competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Australia is one of only five cou ...

details the results in depth. He currently plays for Italian club Pro Recco. He has also represented Australia at five World Championships. Original, he focussed on swimming but switched to water polo at the age of 10. He has a Bachelor of Commerce from

Curtin University Curtin University, formerly known as Curtin University of Technology and Western Australian Institute of Technology (WAIT), is an Australian public research university based in Bentley, Perth, Western Australia. It is named after John Curtin, ...

and an MBA from the University of New South Wales.

Honours

Club

;Szolnok * LEN Champions League: 2016–17 * LEN Super Cup:

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* Hungarian Championship: 2015–16, 2016–17 * Hungarian Cup: 2016–17, 2017–18 *Hungarian Super Cup:

;Ferencvaros * LEN Champions League: 2018–19 * LEN Super Cup:

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* Hungarian Championship: 2018–19 * Hungarian Cup: 2018–19, 2019–20 *Hungarian Super Cup:

;Pro Recco * LEN Champions League: 2020–21, 2021–22 * LEN Super Cup: 2021 * Serie A: 2021–22 * Coppa Italia: 2020–21, 2021–22

Awards

* 2015 World Championship Team of the Tournament * World Cup MVP: 2018 Berlin

References

External links

* Australian male water polo players 1991 births Living people Olympic water polo players of Australia Water polo players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Water polo players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Water polo players at the 2020 Summer Olympics {{Australia-waterpolo-bio-stub