Omar Amr

{{short description|American water polo player}}

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Omar Amr (born September 20, 1974) is a former water polo player. He played for the United States national team at the 2004 Summer Olympics.[https://web.archive.org/web/20200418094442/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/am/omar-amr-1.html "Omar Amr Biography and Olympic Results"]. sports-reference.com. Retrieved August 24, 2012.

Amr attended Sunny Hills High School in Fullerton. He played collegiately at the University of California, Irvine, where he was a twice a second-team All-American selection in 1995 and 1996 and an honorable mention All-American selection in 1994,{{cite web|title=Men's Varsity All-America|publisher=College Water Polo Association|url=https://collegiatewaterpolo.org/records/All-America/Men_Varsity_All-America/|accessdate=April 13, 2020}} while receiving his degree in biology.{{cite news|last=Weyler|first=John|title=UC Irvine Notebook: Water Polo Is Amr's Life; Olympics His Goal

|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-09-19-sp-47473-story.html|work=Los Angeles Times|date=September 19, 1996|accessdate=April 13, 2020}}

Amr was one of the final players cut from the USA 2000 Olympic Water Polo Men's Team owing to a late injury but made the 2004 team due in part to improvements in his strength, speed, and defensive play.{{cite news|title=U.S. Men's Olympic Water Polo Team Announced

|url=https://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/news/u-s-mens-olympic-water-polo-team-announced/|publisher=Swimming World Magazine|date=July 20, 2004|accessdate=April 13, 2020}} While training for the Olympics, Amr attended Harvard Medical School, and would make weekend trips from Boston to Orange County to train with his teammates.{{cite news|last=Hanson|first=Brittany|title=Olympic Dreamer

|url=https://www.ocregister.com/2014/04/01/olympic-dreamer/|work=Los Angeles Times|date=April 1, 2014|accessdate=April 13, 2020}} The US team finished seventh at the Athens Olympic Games.

After the Olympics, Amr coached the MIT Men's Water Polo team during the 2004 season while finishing his medical degree at Harvard.{{cite web|title=Men's Water Polo 2004 Roster|publisher=MIT Department of Athletics|url=https://mitathletics.com/sports/m-wpolo/archivedData/072605aaa.html|accessdate=April 13, 2020}}

As of 2020, Amr is an emergency room physician who has practiced in Orange County and Stockton.{{cite news|last=Whicker|first=Mark|title=In Coronavirus Era, It's Always Must-win When Athletes Become Doctors

|url=https://www.dailybreeze.com/2020/04/11/whicker-in-coronavirus-era-its-always-must-win-when-athletes-become-doctors/|publisher=Daily Breeze|date=April 12, 2020|accessdate=April 13, 2020}}