Lachlan Edwards

Hailing from Melbourne, Lachlan Edwards has been playing water polo since he was a kid. The son of former Aussie Sharks Robert Edwards and brother of current Aussie Shark Blake, it was no surprise Lachlan followed a similar path.

In 2012 Lachlan got his first taste of international water polo, playing at the World Youth Championships where Australia finished seventh.

In 2013 Lachlan made his senior debut for the Aussie Sharks as an 18-year-old. A year later at the 2014 FINA World Cup, Lachlan played alongside his older brother Blake, a moment he considers his most exciting of his career.

After graduating high school, Lachlan began studying a business degree at the University of Southern California where he played for the school's water polo team from 2014 to 2017, scoring 144 goals in the process.

As a consistent member of the Aussie Sharks team from 2014, Lachlan played in his first World Championships in 2017 in Budapest, where Australia finished seventh. Lachlan would also feature in the 2019 World Championships, finishing sixth.

On track to be a key member for the initial 2020 Games, the pandemic hit, delaying the Games until 2021. When 2021 rolled around, Lachlan had a short stint playing water polo in Spain for CE Mediterrani.

Lachlan made his Olympic debut in 2021 and played alongside his brother Blake. After two wins out of five, Australia was denied qualification to the knockout rounds due to head-to-head rulings.

Since then, Lachlan has been a crucial player for the Aussie Sharks and has earned more than 100 caps for Australia.

Most recently, Lachlan played in the 2023 World Cup and World Championships with the Sharks, finishing twelfth and tenth respectively, and is set to compete at his second Olympic Games in Paris later this year.

At the Paris 2024 Olympics Lachlan and the Sharks recorded statement wins over defending Olympic champion Serbia, host nation France and Hungary in the group stage.

Finishing second in their group, it gave Australia a place in the men's Olympic quarter-finals for the first time since London 2012.

A penalty-shootout loss to the USA in the quarter-finals sent the Sharks into the 5th-8th classification games and they came away in 8th place, up from the team's 9th overall placing at Tokyo 2020.