HaBaWaBa: Golden Baby Giulio thinks as a striker

The youngest player of the current edition of the Festival is 6 and plays for Club Aquatico Pescara: “I play to shoot at goal!”

Waterpolo is a family affair for Giulio Cesare Marzoli, the Golden Baby of the 2025 edition of HaBaWaBa International Festival. Golden Baby Marzoli acqua 2025At 6 years old - he was born on November 7, 2018 - the little waterpolo player of Club Aquatico Pescara Blue, a team registered for the U9 tournament, is the youngest of the entire event taking place at the Bella Italia & EFA Village in Lignano Sabbiadoro, Italy. “I like waterpolo. How did I start? Watching Dario”. Who is his brother and teammate. Like great athletes, Giulio has a mentality based on step-by-step growth and the maturity of true champions: “My first target? To shoot at goal. Shooting is what I like most about waterpolo, but I haven't managed it here yet!”. However it's when we ask him which hand he fires the ball with that the real surprise comes out: “I don't know. Both hands are fine, to shoot is what matter!”.

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The biggest youth water polo event in the world: for U9, U11 and U13, held every year in Lignano Sabbiadoro (UD) and drawing teams from five continents.

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