Name: Jesse Smith

Position: Utility

Sport: Water Polo

Height: 6-4

Weight: 240

DOB: 4/27/1983

Birthplace: Kailua, Hawaii

Hometown: Coronado, Calif.

High School: Coronado High School (Coronado, Calif.) ‘01

College: Pepperdine University ‘05, Economics; Hardin-Simmons University, M.B.A.

Team/Club: New York Athletic Club

Olympic Experience

• Five-time Olympian (2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020); one-time Olympic medalist (1 silver)
• Olympic Games Tokyo 2020, 6th
• Olympic Games Rio 2016, 10th
• Olympic Games London 2012, 8th
• Olympic Games Beijing 2008, silver
• Olympic Games Athens 2004, 7th

World Championship Experience

• Most recent: 2019 – 9th
• Years of participation: 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2015, 2019
• Top Finish: 4th – 2009

Other Career Highlights

• Pan American Games Toronto 2015, gold
• Pan American Games Guadalajara 2011, gold
• Pan American Games Rio 2007, gold
• Pan American Games Santo Domingo 2003, gold

Personal: Son of Nathan and Judyth Smith...Has one brother, Jacob...Has three sons, Samuel, Brooks and Sawyer and one daughter, Amelia...Married to Brittany Dye...Competed seven years for Champions League teams...Has been a professional water polo player since 2005...Hobbies include swimming, surfing, reading, writing, business and hanging with friends and family…Listens to podcasts during his commutes to training…Occasionally will rock socks with sandals…Passionately involved with the team’s song selection process via polling.

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