Wolf Wigo

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexMale
Full nameWolfgang Nathaniel "Wolf"•Wigo
Used nameWolf•Wigo
Born8 May 1973 in Abington, Pennsylvania (USA)
Measurements187 cm / 86 kg
AffiliationsNYAC, New York (USA)
NOC United States

Biography

Wolf Wigo played water polo for the United States at the 1996, 2000, and 2004 Olympic Games. He joined the US National Team in 1993, and played with them through 2006. Wigo won gold medals at the 1999 and 2003 Pan American Games and at the 1993 Universiade. He played professionally between 2000-04 with Ethnikos Piraeus in Athina, Greece.

Wigo played in college at Stanford, where he made All-American for four consecutive years. He started coaching as an assistant at Stanford in 1995, and in 2005 became the head coach at UC Santa Barbara. From 1996-2000 he also worked as an equity options trader at the Pacific Stock Exchange in San Francisco. His father, Bruce Wigo, was executive director of USA Water Polo, and later became CEO of the International Swimming Hall of Fame in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida.

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1996 Summer Olympics Water Polo (Aquatics) USA Wolf Wigo
Water Polo, Men (Olympic) United States 7
2000 Summer Olympics Water Polo (Aquatics) USA Wolf Wigo
Water Polo, Men (Olympic) United States 6
2004 Summer Olympics Water Polo (Aquatics) USA Wolf Wigo
Water Polo, Men (Olympic) United States 7

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