Peter Hudnut, USA Olympic Water Polo Team Player Bio
Peter Hudnut is a defender on the 2008 USA Water Polo Team at the Beijing Olympic Games.
Stats:
- DEFENDER
- HEIGHT: 6’5’’
- WEIGHT: 230 LBS.
- HOMETOWN: ENCINO, CA
- EDUCATION: STANFORD 2003
- CLUB: LOS ANGELES WPC
- BIRTHDAY: 2/16/80
- BIRTHPLACE: WASHINGTON D.C.
Personal Notes:
- Cites former National Team member Jim Toring and former NT Coach Rich Corso as his biggest influences in water polo
- New Zealand is his favorite vacation spot
- Admits his most embarrassing water polo moment was fainting during the National Team Clinic in 1999
- Became hooked on water polo after watching a national team practice at 14.
- Would like to be a pro football player or golfer if not for water polo, as both are good gigs and fun
- Supports Team Darfur
- Best things about water polo are the team, the traveling, and the fact that water polo is a difficult sport that teaches you a lot about yourself
- Got involved with water polo at age 14 through a coach at school who told him he could one day be an Olympian
- Continues to play because he loves it and because of great teammates