Spanish water polo player (born 1986)
Felipe Perrone Rocha [ a] [ 1] water polo player. Born in Brazil, he competed forSpain from 2003 until 2013, including in the2008 Summer Olympics and2012 Summer Olympics . Afterwards he competed for his birth country in the2016 Summer Olympics , asBrazil earned its first qualifying spot in 32 years as hosts.[ 2] CN Atlètic-Barceloneta win theLEN Champions League in2013–14 season . His brotherRicardo Perrone also competed for Spain in water polo.[ 2]
He retired from water-polo as a player after the gold-medal final game at the 2025 World Water Polo Championships held in Singapore, winning the gold medal with the Spain national team.[ 3]
While playing forJug Dubrovnik , Perrone married the Croatian Marija Pecotić fromBrna on theisland ofKorčula .[ 4]
CN Barcelona
CN Atlètic-Barceloneta
LEN Champions League :2013–14 LEN Super Cup :2014 Spanish Championship : 2005–06, 2006–07, 2008–09, 2009–10,2012–13 ,2013–14 ,2014–15 , 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23Copa del Rey : 2005–06, 2006–07, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24Supercopa de España : 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2015, 2018, 2019Copa de Cataluña: 2006–07, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15 Pro Recco
Jug Dubrovnik
^ In thisSpanish name , the first or paternal surname is Perrone and the second or maternal family name is Rocha . ^ "XXXII JJOO Tokyo 2020 - Natación / Waterpolo: Hombres" .COE.es (in Spanish).Comité Olímpico Español . Archived fromthe original on 3 June 2023. Retrieved18 October 2024 .^a b Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen;Mallon, Bill ; et al."Felipe Perrone" .Olympics at Sports-Reference.com .Sports Reference LLC . Archived fromthe original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved24 June 2012 . ^ "Perrone! Perrone! Perrone spears Spain to water polo gold" .World Aquatics . 24 July 2025. Retrieved24 July 2025 .^ Bauer, Dean (1 August 2021)."Legendarni hrvatski zet sada protiv Hrvatske: 'I supruga će navijati za mene, a ne za Hrvatsku!' [Legendary Croatian son-in-law now againstCroatia : 'Even my wife will root for me, and not Croatia!'].Sportske novosti . Retrieved1 August 2021 . ^ "The Total Player 2018 Award Results" .^ "Maggie Steffens and Tibor Benedek are the Best Water Polo Players of the 21st Century" .^ "The Total Player 2018 Award Results" .^ "Champions League, Final Eight, Facts & Figures – LEN.eu | Ligue Européenne de Natation" . Retrieved8 March 2022 .^ "Waterpolo.- Angel Andreo recibe el primer 'Trofeo Jesús Rollán' . Europa Press. 17 May 2006. Retrieved9 March 2022 .^ Elcuervowp (29 May 2010)."El Cuervo Waterpolo Blog: El Barceloneta otra vez" .El Cuervo Waterpolo Blog . Retrieved9 March 2022 . ^ LEVERADE."Felipe Perrone, mejor jugador de la Liga" .Real Federación Española de Natación (in French). Retrieved9 March 2022 . ^ LEVERADE."Premiaciones individuales de las Divisiones de Honor de Waterpolo" .Real Federación Española de Natación (in Spanish). Retrieved8 March 2022 .
