Blake Edwards

Fast Facts

Sport: Water Polo
Event: Men's Water Polo
Olympic History: Tokyo 2020
Year Born: 1992
State Born: VIC

About Blake

Blake Edwards made his international water polo debut at the 2009 FINA World Junior Championships, where the Australian side finished the event in seventh place. 

As a member of the Australian Team, Blake has competed at multiple World Cups and was named team captain at the 2013 and 2015 World University Games. 

In 2015, Blake began studying at the University of Southern California and joined the Trojans. In his first season, he was the top scorer with 68 goals and earned himself a spot on the All-American First Team. After three years, Blake finished his time with the Trojans ranked no.9 all-time in career scoring with 156 goals and receiving All-American honours each year. 

Blake returned home to Australia for the 2019 Australian Water Polo League, playing for the Drummoyne Devils alongside his brother Lachlan. In 2018, Blake won World Cup silver with the Aussie Sharks and in 2019 claimed bronze at the World Super League Finals. 

Blake went on to make his Olympic debut at the delayed Tokyo 2020 games. Throughout the group stages of the games, Edwards would contribute three goals, scoring once against Spain and twice against eventual gold-medalists Serbia. The Aussies would, unfortunately, be denied progression into the knockout stage of the tournament, due to head-to-head rulings after finishing the group with equal points to Montenegro.