Rod Owen-Jones
Olympic water polo player
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| Intro | Olympic water polo player | |
| Places | Australia | |
| is | Athlete Water polo player | |
| Work field | Sports | |
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| Birth | 6 January 1970, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | |
| Age | 55 years |
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Rod Owen-Jones (born 6 January 1970) is an Australian water polo player who competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics.
Rod began his career playing in South Australia as a center-forward but switched to a utility player during his national team duties.
Rod played with the Australia men's national water polo team from 1991-2000. Rod represented the national team in the 1993 FINA Water Polo World Cup winning a Bronze Medal, Australia's best men's result at a major championship. He represented Australia at 3 Universiades, 2 World Championships, 2 World Cups and an Olympic Games.
Rod was the highest goal scorer at the 1993 and 1994 National Championships and voted as the Best and Fairest mens player in 1994.