Christopher Duplanty

Christopher David "Chris" Duplanty (born October 21, 1965, in Palo Alto, California) is a former water polo goalkeeper from the United States, who competed in three Summer Olympics (1988, 1992 and 1996) for his native country. He won the silver medal with the US Men's National Team at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. In 2001, he was inducted into the USA Water Polo Hall of Fame.

Chris Duplanty was born October 21, 1965, in Palo Alto, California. Growing up in Hawaii, he attended the Punahou School in Honolulu, where he was a four-year water polo and swimming athlete, graduating in 1984. While at Punahou, he was a recipient of All American honors in three years, and recognized as an Athlete of the Year. He earned letters in swimming all four years of his High School participation, and won the 100-meter freestyle Hawaii state championship.

University of California Irvine At the University of California Irvine, where he graduated in 1989,

In water polo club competition, Duplanty competed with the Newport Water Polo Foundation beginning in 1984 where he was managed by familiar coaches Ted Newland and Bill Barnett.

Olympics 1988-96 He won the silver medal in the Olympic Men's water polo competition with the US Men's National Team at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea where he was trained and managed by men's Head Olympic Coach for water polo Bill Barnett. At the 1988 Olympics, pre-Olympic water polo favorite Yugoslavia and the U.S. team were part of group play in their first Olympic match, where the U.S. bettered Yugoslavia 7–6. But Yugoslavia performed better in the remaining rounds of group play, with the U.S. team recording a loss to Spain in a score of 9–7. With more overall goals scored, the Yugoslavian and U.S. teams both advanced to the semi-final rounds, where they each won their first match and were later paired in the final match for the gold medal. The U.S. final match with Yugoslavia was tied 6–6 in regular play, but in overtime Yugoslavia took a 9–6 lead making the first three goals, and later won the gold medal with a 9–7 overtime win. The team from the Soviet Union took the bronze, and the West German team placed fourth.

With Bill Barnett again serving as Head Coach, Duplanty participated with the U.S. men's water polo team in the August, 1992 Barcelona Olympics where the U.S. team placed fourth, with Italy taking the gold, Spain taking the silver, and the Unified team taking the bronze.

International competition highlights Duplanty was a member of the U.S. National Water polo team from 1987 to 1998.