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He was married in Mexico in January, 2010 to his longtime girlfriend Sara... His biggest influence in water polo is his father, Rick Azevedo, the former Men’s National Team and Long Beach State Coach. Rick went onto coach a club team in Italy and is the current national team coach for China in Beijing…Sister, Cassie, was a three-time All-American and the school's all-time leading scorer at Long Beach State and is currently married and living in Europe... his mother, Libby, currently works for Cal State Long Beach and is a member of the Mom's Water Polo Program... Favorite musical artists are Pearl Jam and Bruce Springstein...Says he plays water polo “to win a gold medal for the USA.”… Admits his most embarassing water polo moment was when he was holding his MVP tournament trophy and broke it while on the podium….Favorite pre-game meal is Pasta Pomodoro.

Competing in the Olympics runs in Tony Azevedo's family. Aunt Piedade (1932) and Aunt Maria (1936) both played volleyball in the Games, while Aunt Lucy (1952) played basketball, and Uncle Carlos (1972) swam the butterfly. Then there's Azevedo's dad, Ricardo, who was an assistant coach for the Olympic men's water polo team in '96 and for a year and a half, from December, 2005 to June, 2007 the Head Coach for the men's national team. And now it's Tony's turn. Or, rather, the first of many turns.

In December of 2008, Tony joined forces with Elton John and his AIDS foundation for a London-based gallery and photography book by Anderson and Low.
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(from left to right: father, Ricardo, sister, Cassie, mother, Libby and Tony)