Gavin Arroyo

{{short description|American water polo player (born 1972)}}

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| name = Gavin Arroyo

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| fullname = Gavin Arroyo

| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|May 10, 1972}}

| birth_place = Orange, California, U.S.

|country = {{USA}}

|sport = Water polo

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{{MedalSport | Men's water polo }}

{{MedalCountry | the {{USA}} }}

{{MedalCompetition | FINA World Cup }}

{{MedalGold | 1997 Athens | Team }}

{{MedalCompetition | Pan American Games }}

{{MedalGold | 1995 Mar del Plata | Team }}

{{MedalGold | 1999 Winnipeg | Team }}

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Gavin Arroyo (born May 10, 1972) is a former water polo defender from the United States, who competed in two Summer Olympics (1996 and 2000) for his native country.{{cite web |url=https://www.olympic.org/gavin-arroyo|title=Gavin Arroyo|publisher=olympic.org|accessdate=10 January 2017}} He was part of the United States national team that won the gold medal in the 1997 FINA World Cup in Athens.{{cite web |url=http://www.waterpoloplanet.com/HTML_Trevor_pages/tf08_Interview_Gavin_Arroyo_LBSU.html|title=Interview with Gavin Arroyo Coach of Long Beach State University|publisher=waterpoloplanet.com|accessdate=10 January 2017}}

At club level, he played overseas in Greece for Olympiacos, Vouliagmeni, Glyfada and in Spain for Barcelona and CN Atlètic-Barceloneta.{{cite web|url=http://www.longbeachstate.com/sports/m-wpolo/mtt/gavin_arroyo_345943.html|title=Gavin Arroyo|publisher=longbeachstate.com|accessdate=10 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180724035353/http://www.longbeachstate.com/sports/m-wpolo/mtt/gavin_arroyo_345943.html|archive-date=24 July 2018|url-status=dead}} As a member of Olympiacos from 1997 to 1999, Arroyo won the Greek Championship (1999), the Greek Cup (1998) and the Greek Super Cup (1998) and was twice runner-up of the LEN Cup Winners' Cup in 1998 and 1999.ΑΘΛΗΤΙΚΗ ΗΧΩ, 17/03/1999, σελ. 34, "Ο Ολυμπιακός συνέτριψε την ιταλική Φλωρεντία κι είναι από χτες μ'ένα πόδι στον τελικό του Κυπελλούχων" (in Greek)

In 2020, Arroyo was inducted into the USA Water Polo Hall of Fame.{{cite web|title=Gavin Arroyo (2020) |url=https://usawaterpolo.org/hof.aspx?hof=226 |website=usawaterpolo.org |publisher=USA Water Polo |access-date=December 16, 2020 }}{{cite web|title=Hall of Fame Inductees |url=https://usawaterpolo.org/sports/2018/11/28/trads-hof-inductees-html.aspx |website=usawaterpolo.org |publisher=USA Water Polo |access-date=December 16, 2020 }}