# Joe Kayes > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Joe_Kayes > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Joe_Kayes.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Kayes > Source revision: 1313614396 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|New Zealand-Australian water polo player}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2018}} {{Use New Zealand English|date=April 2018}} {{Infobox sportsperson | image = | imagesize = | caption = | nationality = | sport = [Water polo](/source/Water_polo) |disability = |disability_class = | event = | club = | coach = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1991|1|3|df=y}} | birth_place = [New Zealand](/source/New_Zealand) | death_date = | death_place = | retired= | height = | weight = | pb = | medaltemplates = }} '''Joseph Henry Kayes''' (born 3 January 1991) is a professional [water polo](/source/water_polo) player.[http://www.nzherald.co.nz/bay-of-plenty-times/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503345&objectid=11100355 ''NZ Herald'' - Water polo: Kayes firing on all cylinders][https://e-tangata.co.nz/news/samoan-joe-our-water-polo-star-in-hungary Tangata.co.nz Samoan Joe: Our water polo star in Hungary] He is of Samoan descent through his mother, as both his maternal grandparents were born in [Samoa](/source/Samoa). Kayes played for the NZ Senior Men's Water Polo team in 2008.{{citation needed|date=April 2024}} In 2009, he went to Perth where he played for the [Fremantle](/source/Fremantle) Mariners Men's Water Polo team which won the Australian National League.{{citation needed|date=September 2023}} In October 2009, he was playing water polo as a full professional at the [Szeged](/source/Szeged) club in Hungary where he stayed for four seasons. He was mentored as a [Centre Forward](/source/Glossary_of_water_polo) by [Tamas Molnar](/source/Tamas_Molnar),[http://www.nzherald.co.nz/bay-of-plenty-times/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503345&objectid=10996323 ''NZ Herald'': Mount rookie making splash as overseas pro] a three time Olympic gold medal winner for Hungary. Joe won 2 Hungarian Cup Gold medals with Szeged along with 3 bronze medals in the Hungarian National League. In 2014, he played again for [Fremantle Mariners](/source/Fremantle_Mariners) in Australia.[https://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/sport/a/21451911/wa-derby-in-national-water-polo/ ''West Australian'': WA derby in national water polo] 2014/2015 – he now plays for OSC in Budapest, once again in the Hungarian National League.{{citation needed|date=April 2024}} In 2015, he obtained [Australian citizenship](/source/Australian_citizenship) and was then approved to play for [Australia men's national water polo team](/source/Australia_men's_national_water_polo_team) at the [2016 Summer Olympics](/source/Water_polo_at_the_2016_Summer_Olympics).{{cite news|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/bay-of-plenty-times/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503343&objectid=11634659|first=Peter|last=White|work=Bay of Plenty Times|title=Waterpolo: 'Aussie' Kayes lands Rio place|date=6 May 2016}} ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Kayes, Joseph}} Category:Living people Category:1991 births Category:New Zealand male water polo players Category:New Zealand expatriate sportspeople in Australia Category:New Zealand expatriate sportspeople in Hungary Category:Australian male water polo players Category:Water polo players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Category:Olympic water polo players for Australia Category:New Zealand emigrants to Australia Category:New Zealand people of Samoan descent Category:Sportspeople of Samoan descent Category:21st-century Australian sportsmen Category:21st-century New Zealand sportsmen --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Joe Kayes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Kayes) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Kayes?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.