Person playing water polo: light skin tone Emoji

People

A person with fair skin actively playing water polo. The character is depicted with one arm raised in a throwing motion, set against a backdrop of rippling blue water, representing the intense physicality of the sport.

Usage Context

This emoji is used to discuss water sports, aquatic training, or specific match updates. It is frequently sent by athletes, fans, or people heading to the pool for a workout. It pairs well with 🏊 for general swimming or ⚽ when discussing ball sports in an aquatic setting.

History

Water polo was one of the first team sports added to the modern Olympic Games in 1900. This specific emoji was introduced in Unicode 9.0 in 2016, following the expansion of gender and skin tone modifiers to better represent the diverse population of international athletes.

Details

Glyph

🤽🏻

Unicode

U+1F93D U+1F3FB

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f93d_1f3fb:

HTML Entity

&#xD83E;&#xDD3D;&#xD83C;&#xDFFB;

Specifications

Vendor Twitter/X

Category People

Subcategory person-sport

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License CC-BY 4.0

Twemoji Attribution

Emoji graphics by Twitter/X, licensed under CC-BY 4.0

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