Person playing water polo: medium skin tone Emoji

People

An athlete wearing a swim cap and swimsuit, shown mid-action as they prepare to throw a water polo ball. The figure features a medium skin tone and is positioned as if treading water in a pool.

Usage Context

This emoji is used to discuss water sports, aquatic training, or specific match updates for water polo games. It is frequently sent by players to coordinate practice times or share excitement during competitions alongside related sports icons like 🏊 or 🤽.

History

Water polo was added to the emoji catalog in 2016 as part of Unicode 9.0. Its inclusion reflects the expansion of gender-neutral sports representation in digital communication, filling a gap for team-based aquatic activities that were previously omitted from standard character sets.

Details

Glyph

🤽🏽

Unicode

U+1F93D U+1F3FD

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f93d_1f3fd:

HTML Entity

&#xD83E;&#xDD3D;&#xD83C;&#xDFFD;

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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