Wolf Wigo (born May 8, 1973) is an American water polo player and water polo coach. He has played competitive water polo at the national level since age 13. Wigo was a four-year All-America collegiate water polo player and led his Stanford University team to two consecutive NCAA Championships in 1993 and 1994. A member of the U.S. National Polo Team since 1993, Wigo competed in the Olympic Games in 1996, 2000, and 2004. Since 2005, he has been the head coach of the UC Santa Barbara (UCSB) men's water polo program. In 2008 he began coaching the UCSB women's water polo team.
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108-500: A draw against NO Mytilinis, 2–2). The coach of the team was Takis Sakellariou who played a modern and fast water polo in contrast to Olympiakos and NO Patras who played a physical and with less movement water polo. In 1949, Ethnikos would lose the championship due to a draw with Palaio Faliro and a 3–1 loss to Olympiakos in a match where they played without their big gun, Andreas Garifallos due to injury. In 1950, he lost to NO Patras and Olympiakos, finishing third. In 1951 he would lose
162-458: A goal in the last second of the match by Manousos Vizyrakis. In the second match, Olympiacos gets the win at the last minute of the game and evens the series (10–9) sending the title to a third and final game. There, Ethnikos leads 6–4 but Olympiacos reacted and sent the final to overtime while having two shots at the post three seconds before the end of the match (8–8 regular time). In extra time, Olympiacos will score with Vlachos and will be close to
216-418: A playoff match. The first championship after the establishment of KOE (National Swimming Federation) came in 1931 with Ethnikos conquering it again undefeated by defeating the then three-time consecutive champion Aris Thessaloniki in the final with 1–0. The 1931 team consisted of Petroutsos, Dede, Perdikis, Mavrogeorgos, Makris, Stephopoulos, Hatzigeorgiou. The leading player of the team was Petroutsos, one of
270-513: A record that has not happened in any other sport. In the period 1953 to 1958 he won six consecutive cups before the competition discontinued. During the 1950s, he began a long unbeaten streak in league games, which lasted 13 years, a record that remains to this day. In particular, after losing 2–1 to Olympiakos on September 21, 1951, they were defeated again by the same opponent on August 7, 1964 with 5–4. In between he remained unbeaten in 75 matches, where he won 71 while 4 ended in draws. The last draw
324-437: A season where Ethnikis did not start well but found their footing towards the end of the season and especially in the final four stage where the best four teams participated. He beat twice Vouliagmeni and once Olympiakos in the final stage. In 1992–93, he would finish third in the regular season and the final phase. In 1993–94, Ethnikos, coached by Lino Repetto for a short time at the beginning and Kyriakos Iosifidis for most of
378-472: A season. In May of 1996 occurred the fatal accident of team's captain and legend Samartzidis, which greatly affected the Piraeus team. In the 1996–97 and 1997–98 seasons, Ethnikos will face internal administrative and financial problems with the team having their worst years up to that point. Patras, Kaifas, Moustakarias have left and the team now relies on Kalakonas, Kourtidis, while it is also necessary to develop
432-676: Is Wolfgang, reportedly from a character in James Fenimore Cooper 's novel The Heidenmauer . His father, Bruce Wigo, is the former executive director of US Water Polo, and now CEO of the International Swimming Hall of Fame in Ft Lauderdale, Florida. Wolf Wigo's mother, Dawn Young, an actress and filmmaker in New York City, made him the subject of a 2004 award-winning documentary, Beneath The Surface , about his rise in
486-519: Is a record) achieving 9 times the Double and 11 times the Central Greece Championship. Ethnikos has the record of 9 unbeaten doubles and the unique record of winning 18 championships in a row (from 1953 to 1970) and the second most with 14 in a row (from 1972 to 1985). Ethnikos holds the unique record for the most unbeaten championships with 29 (from which 11 are consecutive, which
540-401: Is also a record) and the record for consecutive years staying unbeaten in a domestic match ( 13 years, from September 1951 to August 1964). Also, the club holds the record for most championships won exclusively with wins ( 19 , 10 of which are consecutive, also a record). The dominance of Ethnikos along with his longstanding records led to his given nickname, the “Emperor”. The men's team was
594-602: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Wolf Wigo At an early age, Wigo and his sister would travel to a community pool on the West Side in New York City and compete with the Gotham Aqua Kings, having been inspired to swim by his parents who were also swimmers. He was named Swimmer of the Decade at New York's Bronx High School of Science and quickly found success in
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#1732884074653648-535: Is the professional water polo team of Ethnikos OFPF (meaning: National Club of Fans of Piraeus and Phalerum , in Greek: Εθνικός Όμιλος Φιλάθλων Πειραιώς Φαλήρου ). Ethnikos is one of the most successful and traditional water polo clubs in Greece . They hold (since 1957) the record for the most Greek water polo championships with 38 . They have alson won 12 Greek water polo cups (eight of them are consecutive, which
702-484: The 100 wins, 86 were consecutive (the longest winning streak in the league until 2016 when Olympiakos broke it), as after their defeat by Glyfada in 1980 the next match without a win was a draw 6–6 against the same team on August 24, 1985. The 100 wins in the Greek Championship were briefly against the following opponents: In 1986–87, all the experienced players of the previous decade have left and he competes with
756-427: The 1980 championship against Glyfada 3–5 on September 27, 1980, he was defeated again on May 10, 1986 by Vouliagmeni 7–8 in a game in which Ethnikis appealed for a late goal of Vouliagmeni. In between he won 5 consecutive unbeaten championships (1981, 1982, 1983, 1984 and 1985) and two cups (1984, 1985) in the restart of the competition, while of the 101 consecutive games without defeat he won 100 and recorded one draw. Of
810-463: The 1982 will beat OSFP with 9–2 and 13–0, Patras with 20–2 and 16–6, NOB with 15–7 and 15–3, PAO with 14–7, PAOK with 17–5 and Volos with 22-4. In the 1980s, Ethnikos managed to remain unbeaten in the Greek league for almost six years and 101 consecutive league matches and including cup matches of the seasons 1983–84, 1984–85, for a total of 109 matches. In particular, after losing the penultimate matchday of
864-709: The 2004 Olympics Wolf was a star on the Ethnikos Piraeus team in Athens, Greece. He is still active in USA Water Polo's Premier League, playing for the New York Athletic Club team. He netted 3 goals in the 2006 final game, notching a second consecutive Premier League championship for the NYAC. Other athletic distinctions include: Wigo served as an assistant water polo coach at Stanford in 1995,1996, and later in 2001 when
918-435: The 5–4 defeat by Olympiakos until its defeat on 05/06/1990 with 10–9 again by Olympiakos, Ethnikos was undefeated against compatriot Olympiakos in 29 consecutive matches (League and Cup, the last draw coming in 1979, 4–4) while on September 1, 1982, in the second round of the championship, he beat Olympiakos 0–13 (in 28 minutes, four 7 minute quarters). In the 1980s, Ethnikos had Glyfada as their rival after Olympiacos had lost
972-695: The Cardinal to two NCAA championships during his junior and senior seasons. He remains one of only 9 athletes in Stanford's history to be named All-American all four years in college. In 1995, along with swimmer Jenny Thompson , Wolf was named an outstanding senior athlete. He is a 1996 graduate of Stanford with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science. Wigo was chosen for the United States National Water Polo team in 1993. In 1996, he became
1026-824: The Cardinal won the NCAA Championship. He was head coach for the Saddleback El Toro Water Polo Club for two years, and became the UC Santa Barbara men's water polo coach in April 2005, and women's water polo coach in May 2008. Wigo served as an analyst for NBC Sports coverage of water polo at the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics. As of 2022, Wigo is the technical director of the Santa Barbara Premier Water Polo Club program. Wigo's given name
1080-625: The Florida state championship game in 2004 and helping Northeast win the state title in 2005 and 2006. Both brothers signed national letters of intent to play water polo at Stanford in the fall of 2006. After college, Wigo worked as an equity options trader at the Pacific Stock Exchange in San Francisco (1996–2000). For most of these four years he made trades for Cole Roesler Capital Management until 2:30pm, then went to either Stanford or across
1134-633: The activity. Wigo longed for competitive play, however, and soon took up water polo, playing with the St. Francis College Youth Water Polo Club in Brooklyn Heights, New York. At 13 he was the youngest player on the New York Athletic Club (NYAC) team and had earned the Club's prestigious Utzinger Award two years consecutively. Wigo was a National Prep All-American three years in a row. Additionally, while Wigo
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#17328840746531188-610: The bay to the University of California, Berkeley for his water polo workouts. Every Friday, he would head from the trading floor to the airport, fly south to train with the US National Team all weekend and return home Sunday night. Wolf and his wife Barbara have a daughter, Athena, born during the 2004 Athens Olympic games. Wigo is the co-founder of KAP7 International, Inc. , a water polo equipment company. Ethnikos Piraeus Water Polo Club Ethnikos Piraeus Water Polo Club
1242-405: The championship to Olympiakos in a close series of finals. In 1995–96 he finished fourth in the regular season and was eliminated by Vouliagmeni in the semi-finals of the league but remained unbeaten against their "eternal" rival and eventual champion Olympiakos, winning 9–8 (10/4/1996) and drawing 10–10 (2/12/1995). This is the only time a champion team has failed to beat a specific opponent during
1296-472: The championship undefeated for the first time after 5 years, achieving 4 wins and 1 draw in 5 games (3–3 with P. Faliro, victory over Mytilini, 10–1 victory over Achilleas Patras, 10–3 over Aris and 5–1 over Olympiakos on 18/9/1953 in front of an audience of 5,000 spectators at the Zappeion Olympic swimming pool). From 1953 to 1963, the blue and whites of Piraeus won 11 consecutive undefeated championships,
1350-408: The championship with the best goal difference. The championship would be decided in the matches of the two Piraeus teams against NOP in the second round. OSFP will win hard 9-7 while Ethnikis will win 11-3. At the end of the championship, Andreas Garifallos retires as a water polo player and continues his work in Greek water polo as a coach. In the 1969 championship, according to the press of the time,
1404-510: The championship without defeat. In 1966 he would do the maximum with 10 wins in 10 matches, in 1965 9 wins and a draw with Olympiakos (0–0) while in 1967 he will score 4 wins and 2 draws (3–3 with OSFP and PAO) in 6 matches. On 7/8/1968, exactly four years and 34 consecutive unbeaten matches after their last defeat in Greece, he loses to Olympiakos in the first round (7–6) but beats him in the second (7–5, with five goals from Garyfallos) in order to win
1458-407: The end of the match (after all the score was at the time 2–1 in favor of Ethnikos). A replay was set for the third day of August but never took place. After days and meetings of the sports department of SEGAS with representatives of the two teams, a rematch is set to take place on the 16th of August. In the end, this match will not take place either, since Olympiacos insists on the opinion that they won
1512-597: The fact that he had beaten Vouliagmeni twice in regular time, he will not be able to get the draw to qualify for the finals and so he will lose three games in a row (two at home) and for the first time since 1951 he will finish third. In 1990–91, Ethnikos will return to a title by winning the Cup as an outsider, defeating Glyfada with 10–7 held at OAKA pool, while in the championship he finished fourth (regular season and final four) behind Vouliagmeni, Glyfada and Olympiakos. In 1991–92 he would finish second behind champions Olympiakos in
1566-459: The final and with a combination of their victory and draw from regular time against Glyfada taking the title relatively comfortably. The day after winning the championship, he also wins the Cup at the Ilisio swimming pool against Vouliagmeni thanks to a great performance by the evergreen Aronis who, however, leaves at the end of the year, changing team but not city. In 1988–89, despite finishing first in
1620-404: The final between Olympiacos and Ethnikos never took place because Olympiacos did not compete due to the death of its president Kostas Bouzakis. The two teams were named "co-champions" (they had four wins in five games while the derby match between them ended 2–2). In 1970 Ethnikos will win the championship undefeated with only one draw against Olympiakos. This was the 18th championship in a row and
1674-543: The final to NO Patras despite leading at halftime with 1–0. In 1940 he will be defeated by KO Piraeus (1–0) in the first match and will be eliminated. In the years 1945 and 1946 he will be ranked third. In 1945, he was eliminated after losing (4–1) to Olympiacos, while in 1946 he lost 4–2 to Olympiakos and 3–2 to the eventual champion NO Patras. The third championship came 17 years after the second, in 1948, with Ethnikos winning it undefeated (wins over NO Patras 5–0, Aris 1–0, Olympiakos 5–1, NAO Kerkyra 5–0, NO Chalkida 7–2 and
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1728-507: The first Greek club to reach the eight ( 1966 ) and four ( 1980 ) best teams in Europe. The team has been in the top-8 teams in Europe another eight times (1970, 1972, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1995). The women's team won the LEN Trophy in 2010 and repeated its triumph in 2022 to become the Greek team with the most LEN Trophies. Many great players have played for Ethnikos throughout
1782-616: The first player from east of the Rockies to make the US Olympic team in water polo since 1956. Wigo competed in the Olympic Games in 1996, 2000, and 2004, and was team captain from 2001 to 2004. He led his 2000 Olympic team in Sydney, Australia as the leading scorer, having earned 16 goals. Wigo also helped the U.S. Men's National Team win the 1997 FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup . Between the 2000 and
1836-502: The last before Olympiacos breaks the streak. In 1971, the team would lose the title for the first time since 1952 due to a loss to Olympiakos in the second play-off match (2–1). Nevertheless, he would continue a new series of championships from 1972 until 1985. During this time, he would win the championships of 1974, 1975, 1976 and 1979 without defeat. In fact, he built a new streak of almost four years without defeat since from 15/7/1973 until his loss on 5/6/1977. Also, from 28/07/1978 and
1890-432: The leading pre-war swimmers along with Zografos of Aris and Provatopoulos of Olympiakos. Ethnikos on its way to the final beat P.A.O.K. (6–0), Iraklis Thessaloniki (3–1) and NO Patras in the semi-final (3–0). In 1932, Ethnikos will not be able to defend its title since the federation will expel Ethnikos and Olympiakos from the championship due to major incidents in the match between them. In 1933 and 1934 Ethnikos will lose
1944-512: The match, so it should be declared champion, while the Ethnikos side, since they are not given the title, since they consider that the match was over before Olympiacos equalized, agreed to play a replay match. On the 16th of the same month a meeting was held, where the Board of Directors of SEGAS cancelled the referee's decision to cancel the match on the 31st of July, and declares Olympiacos champion without
1998-462: The most Greek championships. It has additionally won 11 Central Greece Championships and 12 cups. During last years its power has been limited, and it has been relegated to the second division (A2 Ethniki) twice. In 1980, Ethnikos became the first Greek team to reach the Final-4 of LEN Champions League (the elite European club competition). Besides that, Ethnikos has reached the final-8 nine times. In 2003
2052-462: The newly acquired Samartzidis, Kaiafas, Patras, while Aronis, as in 1986, will compete in selected games due to obligations with his studies in the USA. 1987–88 saw the last undefeated championship with Ethnikos dominating Glyfada to take first place in regular time and thus home advantage in the finals. In the end, it will only take one match for Ethnikos to reach the limit of five points, with Ethnikos winning
2106-437: The power of the previous decades. In 1981, the first year that the duration of the games was increased from 20 to 28 minutes (four seven-minute periods, instead of the four five-minute periods), Ethnikos will destroy most of its opponents with the exception of Glyfada. Indicative are the 11–3 and 11–5 victories over Olympiakos, 13–3 and 12–4 over PAO, 21–0 over Palaio Faliro, 22-–1 over Chios, 19–2 and 23–0 over Vouliagmeni, while
2160-425: The regular season (tied with Glyfada), he will lose in the first final to Glyfada at home and thus the title. In 1989–90 Ethnikos will have problems in the regular season and despite the fact that he finishes second as in 1987, it has already lost three times (to Glyfada, Chios and Olympiakos). In the first stage of the playoffs, he will lose to Iraklis in Piraeus, but he will qualify for the semi-finals where, despite
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2268-428: The season, took first place in the regular season with a record of 17 wins 4 draws and 1 loss making the best regular season since 1988–89. In the playoffs, he faces Iraklis in the quarter-final stage and wins the series 2–0. In the semi-finals against NO Patras he wins 2–0 and then faces Olympiakos with a home advantage for the title. In the first tense match where eight players were sent off, Ethnikos wins 11–10 thanks to
2322-532: The team took the third place in LEN Trophy (second tier European club competition). The club has an eternal rivalry with Olympiacos , the other club from Piraeus. The match between the two is dubbed as the “ Piraeus derby ”. Ethnikos had won six consecutive Greek cups (four of them against Olympiacos in the final) before the competition had a hiatus of 25 years that stopped Ethnikos from winning many more trophies and achieving more doubles. The club's first championship
2376-455: The team won the Cup in the final four held in Nikaia despite being the heavy underdogs. Coached by then 30-year-old Giorgos Morfesis, Ethnikos eliminated Vouliagmeni in the semi-final (13–12 in extra time), while in the final they beat the eternal rival Olympiakos 12–11 in extra time who was coached by Yugoslav legend Nikola Stamenic. In 2000–01 and 2001–02 he finished third in the league. In 2001 he
2430-431: The title due to his defeat by Olympiakos with 2–1, while in 1952 he was very close to the title but the victory of Olympiakos with 3–2 over NO Patras combined with the draw of Ethnikos with the team from Patras (2–2) and the "suicide" of Ethnikos in the match against Olympiakos (3–3) while leading at half-time with 2–0, will lead the title to the "red and whites". In the following season, Ethnikos started his dynasty and won
2484-514: The title in the final to Olympiakos (4–2 the score in both years) while in 1935 he will not participate in the games in Mytilini due to his punishment by KOE for not playing the decisive play-off match with Olympiakos for the final qualification ticket. In 1936 and 1938 he will lose to Olympiakos in the first round and will be eliminated from the competition (then the championship had a knock out system). In 1937, he will come second again, losing 3–2 in
2538-441: The title, but 13 seconds before the end of extra time, Samartzidis scores a penalty and thus the final goes to penalties. Voltyrakis of the "red and white" will save two penalties, but Patras of the "blue and white" three with one additional penalty shot by Olympiakos hitting the post. In 1994–95, Ethnikos finished second in the regular season and reached the finals by eliminating Chania and Glyfada with 2–0 victories, but would lose
2592-537: The water polo world to compete in three Olympics. In December 1998, Wigo was in his father's backyard pool trying to win a bet with his 12-year-old younger twin brothers Drac and Janson that he couldn't swim 20 laps underwater. He blacked out from lack of oxygen because he hyperventilated before he got into the water. His father dived in, pulled him out, and performed CPR, saving his life. The Wigo twins played for Northeast High School in Oakland Park, Florida , reaching
2646-1311: The years. The Greece men's national water polo team for many years consisted of Ethnikos players that have participated in the Olympics . The greatest personality in the history of the club is Andreas Garifallos , player, coach and president. In the Kastella neighborhood of Piraeus, the swimming pool bears his name in honour of his contribution to Piraeus and Greece water polo. Other great players that have played for Ethnikos are Ioannis Garifallos , Giannis Karalogos , Thomas Karalogos , Nondas Samartzidis , Kyriakos Iosifidis , Markellos Sitarenios , Sotirios Stathakis , Evangelos Patras , Konstantinos Kokkinakis , Filippos Kaiafas , Theodoros Kalakonas , Dimitrios Mazis , Christos Afroudakis , Antonios Aronis , Dimitrios Konstas , Dimitrios Kougevetopoulos , Antonios Vlontakis , Gerasimos Voltirakis , Anastasios Schizas , Chris Humbert , Wolf Wigo , Ashleigh Johnson , Iefke van Belkum , Stephania Haralabidis , Ioanna Haralabidis , Maria Tsouri , Aikaterini Oikonomopoulou , Sofia Iosifidou , Marina Canetti Ethnikos dominated in Greek Water Polo championship for decades. Since 1957, it has won
2700-410: The young Kokkinakis, Schizas, Stellatos, Blanis. In 1998 he finished three points above the relegation zone. Nevertheless, in 1997 he managed to make it very difficult for the later champion Vouliagmeni, losing in the first stage of the playoffs with 2–1 victories, while his one defeat came in overtime. In 1998–99 and 1999–00 he showed a slight improvement, finishing sixth and fifth respectively. In 2000
2754-414: Was eliminated by Olympiakos in the semi-finals and in 2002 by Vouliagmeni. In 2002, he beat Panthinaikos for the third place and the exit to the LEN Trophy. In 2002–03 coached by Dragan Matutinović, Ethnikos men's team competed in the semi-finals of the LEN Trophy, but were knocked out by eventual cup winners Brescia and finished third together with Italian side Savona. In the domestic championship they took
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#17328840746532808-577: Was recorded in a match against Palaio Faliro on September 19, 1953. After this match, a winning streak began, which lasted for 11 years and 64 league matches until the defeat in 1964. The 115 consecutive unbeaten domestic matches (including Central Championship and Greek Cup matches) were: This group consisted of Andreas Garifallos, Petros Kalfamanolis, Mimi Georgiadis, Yiannis Thymaras, Manolis Patlakas, Dimitris Kourantis, Nikos Lekakis, Kalomiris, Andreadis, Petros Chatzikyriakakis, Panagiotis Chatzikyriakakis, Panagiotis Takousis. In 1965, 1966 and 1967 he won
2862-465: Was still in high school he became a member of the only 17-and-under team from outside California to win the national Junior Olympics in water polo. Wigo's college career was plagued by chronic back pain caused by degenerative discs, and he missed substantial parts of his sophomore and junior seasons at Stanford due to his condition. In spite of his back problems, he earned All-American honors in both years. Wigo scored 203 goals from 1991–94 and helped lead
2916-424: Was won in 1926 under SEGAS with Ethnikos winning it undefeated with four wins in as many matches against N.O. Kastellas, Iraklis Thessaloniki, Aris Thessaloniki and Panionios Smyrna. On July 31, 1927 Ethnikos was defeated in the final by Olympiakos 3–2 in a match that he appealed for a late goal scored by its opponent which led to extra time. The referee canceled the match as the timekeepers had tried to inform him of
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