Jake Vincent
{{short description|British water polo player (born 1989)}}
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Jake Vincent (born 24 June 1989) is a British water polo player. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he competed for the Great Britain men's national water polo team in the men's event.{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/vi/jake-vincent-1.html |title=Jake Vincent bio, stats and results |accessdate=14 July 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150930112656/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/vi/jake-vincent-1.html |archivedate=30 September 2015 }} He is 6 ft 5.5 inches tall.
Career
He made his senior international debut in 2008, at the Presidents Cup.{{Cite web|url=https://www.heart.co.uk/westmids/events/our-west-midlands-medal-hopefuls/jake-vincent/|title = Jake Vincent}} Before his Olympic squad call up, he was playing in Germany with SV Bayer Uerdingen 08 and was still there as of 2013.{{Cite web|url=https://gbwaterpoloblog.wordpress.com/?s=jake+vincent|title = Search Results for "jake vincent"}} He was part of Great Britain's squad for the 2014 Euro Championship qualification campaign.{{Cite web|url=https://www.britishswimming.org/news/water-polo-news/brits-thwarted-romanian-comeback/|title = Brits thwarted by Romanian comeback}} He helped England to a gold medal in the 2014 Commonwealth Water Polo Championships.{{Cite web|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1019438/double-gold-for-england-at-commonwealth-water-polo-championships|title = Double gold for England at Commonwealth Water Polo Championships}}
In 2016, he was playing for Cheltenham.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lancasterguardian.co.uk/sport/water-polo-disappointing-weekend-hits-lancasters-super-5s-hopes-662685|title = Water Polo: Disappointing weekend hits Lancaster's Super 5s hopes}} In 2018, he helped Solihull to the British League Division One title.{{Cite web|url=https://solihullobserver.co.uk/sport/league-title-secured-with-a-game-to-spare-for-solihulls-water-polo-squad/|title = League title secured with a game to spare for Solihull's water polo squad}} He was called up to England's squad for a game against Scotland in 2018.{{Cite web|url=http://nicholls-colton.co.uk/jordan-elliot-selected-for-england-v-scotland-waterpolo/|title = Jordan Elliot selected for classic England v Scotland Waterpolo | Nicholls-Colton}}
References
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{{Great Britain men's water polo squad 2012 Summer Olympics}}
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Category:English male water polo players
Category:British male water polo players
Category:Olympic water polo players for Great Britain
Category:Water polo players at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Category:Sportspeople from Solihull
Category:British expatriate sportspeople in Germany
Category:21st-century English sportsmen
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