Person playing water polo: dark skin tone Emoji

People

A dark-skinned athlete wearing a water polo cap and goggles, shown mid-toss with one arm raised as if throwing a ball. The figure is positioned waist-deep in water, capturing the intensity of a fast-paced aquatic sport.

Usage Context

Used to discuss swimming, competitive team sports, or water-based fitness. It is frequently employed by fans and players alike to represent match updates or training sessions. It serves as a specific athletic alternative to more general sports icons like 🏊 or 🤽.

History

Water polo was one of the first team sports included in the modern Olympic Games, dating back to 1900. This emoji was added to the Unicode standard in 2016 as part of an expansion to include gender-neutral athletic figures, followed by the rollout of diverse skin tone modifiers to ensure better representation for international athletes.

Details

Glyph

🤽🏿

Unicode

U+1F93D U+1F3FF

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f93d_1f3ff:

HTML Entity

&#xD83E;&#xDD3D;&#xD83C;&#xDFFF;

Specifications

Vendor Microsoft

Category People

Subcategory person-sport

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License MIT

Microsoft Fluent License

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