One of the most menacing forces at two meters for more than a decade, Ryan Bailey took part in four Olympic Games for Team USA, claiming Silver in 2008. The native of water polo-rich Long Beach, CA, Bailey competed for Millikan High School before enrolling at UC Irvine, a program that had become a launchpad for future Olympians. In the late 1990s he joined the USA Water Polo Men's Senior National Team and would be a familiar face in the lineup until 2013. Initially the back-up center, Bailey became a key piece of the offense and an intimidating presence by the time the 2004 Olympic Games rolled around and Team USA took on the best in the world. Winner of Gold medals at four Pan American Games, the high-water mark for Bailey came in 2008 when a previously ninth-ranked USA squad shocked the world, claiming Silver in the Beijing Olympics. Bailey added a FINA World League Silver medal to his resume and closed his career in 2013 helping the USA men qualify for the 2013 FINA World Championship. Away from Team USA, Bailey was an international sought-after talent, capping up for a variety of clubs over his career, including VK Jug Dubrovnik and VK Jadran Split in Croatia, Dynamo Moscow in Russia, Panionios in Greece and VK Partizan in Serbia. He remains involved in the game today coaching, teaching clinics, and competing in Masters Water Polo for the Olympic Club.