Jake Vincent

{{short description|British water polo player (born 1989)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox sportsperson | image = | imagesize = | caption = | nationality = | sport = Water polo |disability = |disability_class = | event = | club = | coach = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1989|6|24|df=y}} | birth_place = Solihull, Great Britain | death_date = | death_place = | retired= | height = | weight = | pb = | medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry|{{flagu|England}}}} {{MedalCompetition|Commonwealth Championships}} {{MedalGold|2014 Aberdeen|Team competition}} }}

'''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.<ref>{{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 }}</ref> He is 6 ft 5.5 inches tall.

==Career== He made his senior international debut in 2008, at the Presidents Cup.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.heart.co.uk/westmids/events/our-west-midlands-medal-hopefuls/jake-vincent/|title = Jake Vincent}}</ref> Before his Olympic squad call up, he was playing in Germany with SV Bayer Uerdingen 08 and was still there as of 2013.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://gbwaterpoloblog.wordpress.com/?s=jake+vincent|title = Search Results for "jake vincent"}}</ref> He was part of Great Britain's squad for the 2014 Euro Championship qualification campaign.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.britishswimming.org/news/water-polo-news/brits-thwarted-romanian-comeback/|title = Brits thwarted by Romanian comeback}}</ref> He helped England to a gold medal in the 2014 Commonwealth Water Polo Championships.<ref>{{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}}</ref>

In 2016, he was playing for Cheltenham.<ref>{{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}}</ref> In 2018, he helped Solihull to the British League Division One title.<ref>{{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}}</ref> He was called up to England's squad for a game against Scotland in 2018.<ref>{{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}}{{Dead link|date=August 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Vincent, Jake}} Category:English male water polo players Category:British male water polo players Category:1989 births Category:Olympic water polo players for Great Britain Category:Water polo players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Category:Living people Category:Sportspeople from Solihull Category:English expatriate sportspeople in Germany Category:21st-century English sportsmen