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A two-time Olympian, having made his debut with the United States as an attacker at the 2016 Rio Games … Currently plays professionally for Camogli in Serie A2 and previously trained and competed for Pro Recco in Italy … USA Water Polo national team member since 2014 … Scored four goals at the 2016 Olympics, helping the Americans to a 10th-place finish in Rio … Recently tallied two goals at the 2021 FINA World League Super Final … Scored 16 goals at the 2015 Pan American Games in Canada, helping Team USA win gold … Two-time FINA World Championships participant in 2015 and 2019 … A four-time All-American at Cal and the recipient of the 2017-18 Peter J. Cutino Award, earned annually by the top male and female NCAA water polo player … Recognized as the ACWPC National Player of the Year and MPSF Player of the Year following his 58-goal senior campaign in 2017 … Played critical role on Cal’s 2016 NCAA title squad as a junior … Netted 173 career goals for the Golden Bears … The 2014 MPSF Newcomer of the Year after scoring 42 goals in his freshman season in Berkeley … Previously competed for the Italian national team, winning gold at the 2013 LEN Junior European Championship and 2013 FINA Junior World Championship … Also a member of Italy’s 2012 FINA Youth World Championship team … Competed for the RN Camogli (Italy) club team … Attended high school at Newport Harbor in Newport Beach, California … Graduated from Cal in 2018 with a degree in City/Urban & Regional Planning … Born on Nov. 9, 1995 in Genova, Italy … Home town is Santa Margherita Ligure, Italy … Son of Danielle and Andrea Cupido … Has one older brother, Giacomo, who played at Cal from 2010-13 under Kirk Everist … Dual citizenship in the United States and Italy … Fluent in Italian.