Hannes Daube
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| Born | January 5, 2000 Newport Beach, California, United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Water Polo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Driver (WP)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | U. Southern California | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Northwood Red Club Newport Beach Club | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Marko Pintarac (USC) Dejan Udovičić ('24 Olympics) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Hannes Daube (/ˈhʌnɪs ˈdoʊbeɪ/ HUN-iss DOH-bay; born January 5, 2000)[2] is an American water polo player. He competed in the 2020 Summer Olympics.[3] He also competed in the 2024 Summer Olympics where he won a bronze medal and was named to the all tournament team for his standout performance. He has played professional water polo in Australia and in Greece for the Apollon Smyrnis team.[3]
Daube was born in Newport Beach, California on January 1, 2000 to a German mother and a father from New Zealand. From a family that strongly valued water polo as a sport, his older sister Eike Daube played water polo for USC and was part of their NCAA Women’s Championship Water Polo team in 2013. Hannes attended and played water polo representing Orange County Lutheran High School where he was twice a selection for All-CIF honors as First Team. In 2016, his High School team won the CIF Championship in the Division 1 category.[1] In water polo club play, he competed for both the Northwood Red Club and the well-known Newport Beach Club, also known as the Newport Water Polo Federation team, which had been coached by Water Polo Hall of Fame Coach Bill Barnett.[3][4]
University of Southern California
Majoring in communications, Daube attended and played college water polo at the University of Southern California from around 2018-2022 under Head Coach Marko Pintarac where he earned All-American honors in three years. In 2021, Daube was USC's second leading scorer in goals with 37, and earned First Team recognition as an All-American, though he took off part of the 2020-2021 season to compete with the U.S. National team and train for the Olympics. In 2019 as a Sophomore, he was USC's third leading scorer, credited with 36 points.[5][1][1]
