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New Zealand-Australian water polo player From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Joseph Henry Kayes (born 3 January 1991) is a professional water polo player.[1][2]
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Born | New Zealand | 3 January 1991
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Sport | Water polo |
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]
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