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Dylan Woodhead (born September 25, 1998) is an American water polo player who competed for Stanford University and participated in the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo and in the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris where the U.S. team won a bronze medal.[2][3]

Dylan Woodhead was born September 25, 1998 in San Anselmo, California to mother Laura and father Jeff Woodhead. Destined to be an athlete, his mother swam for Stanford, and his father rowed for the crew team at the University of California. Brother Quinn played water polo for Stanford, and sister Ella competed with the U.S. cadet team.[4] Dylan played water polo for San Anselmo’s Drake High School under Coach Matt Swanson.[5]

Stanford University

Dylan attended and competed in Water Polo for Stanford University, where he was coached by John Vargas and graduated in 2020, with a major in mechanical engineering. In 2019, he helped lead Stanford’s men’s water polo to an NCAA national title.[4][6][7] In addition to taking the national NCAA team title, Woodhead was a Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Conference team champion in both 2018 and 2019. A noteworthy and consistent scholar throughout his collegiate career, Woodhead received ACWPC honors as an All-Academic from 2016-2019, and was a Mountain Pacific Sports Federation All-Academic Athlete-Scholar from 2017-2019.[7]

Olympics

Woodhead participated in the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, where the U.S. men’s Water Polo team placed sixth overall. He later participated in the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, where the U.S. men’s water polo team placed third in team competition, winning the bronze medal.[8]

References

  1. ^ “Dylan Woodhead”. Team USA. Archived from the original on August 1, 2021. Retrieved August 1, 2021.
  2. ^ “Water Polo – WOODHEAD Dylan”. Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on August 1, 2021. Retrieved August 1, 2021.
  3. ^ “Marin’s Dylan Woodhead hopes for spot on U.S. Olympic water polo team”. December 20, 2019.
  4. ^ a b “TeamUSA, athlete bio, Dylan Woodhead”. Retrieved April 18, 2026.
  5. ^ title=”Drake Boy’s Water Polo Squad Tops Foothill”, The Sacramento Bee, Sacramento, California, November 7, 2014, pg. B13|access-date=April 18, 2026}}
  6. ^ “TeamUSA Water Polo Hall of Fame, John Vargas”. Retrieved April 18, 2026.
  7. ^ a b “Stanford Sports, #10 Dylan Woodhead”. Retrieved April 18, 2026.
  8. ^ “Olympedia Biography, Dylan Woodhead”. Retrieved April 18, 2026.