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He made his Olympic debut in Tokyo with the U.S. He\u2019s been with the national team since 2017, winning <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/water-polo-at-the-pan-american-games-olympic-test-for-usa-men\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">gold at the 2019 Pan American Games<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The native of Long Beach has played domestically for New York Athletic Club and internationally with Greek champions Olympiacos, Hydraikos in Greece and is currently with Italian club Telimar.<\/p>\n<p>Lolo Silver (now <strong>Lolo Van Der Linde<\/strong>) starred at Stanford, where she was a finalist for the Cutino Award in 2008. The 35-year-old spent five years as a member of the national team, part of the squad that won a world championship in 2009. She was an alternate for the 2012 Olympics.<\/p>\n<p>Silver retired from international play in 2014. She continued to play domestically with NYAC and the San Diego Shores. She is a senior manager Senior Manager, Enterprise Account Management Team at Checkr, a tech company in LA that uses machine learning and artificial intelligence in executing background checks.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is with great pleasure that we welcome Max Irving and Lolo Van Der Linde (Silver) to the USA Water Polo Board of Directors, as Athlete Members,\u201d USA Water Polo board chairman <strong>Bill Smith<\/strong> said <a href=\"https:\/\/usawaterpolo.org\/news\/2022\/2\/8\/general-usa-water-polo-announces-addition-of-max-irving-lolo-silver-to-board-of-directors.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">in a press release<\/a>. \u201cThey will offer valuable insights on how to best support our USA National Teams and grow water polo across the United States.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>USA Water Polo Adds Athletes Max Irving and Lolo Silver to Board USA Water Polo this week announced the addition of Max Irving and Lauren \u201cLolo\u201d Silver to the 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