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{{short description|American water polo player (born 1976)}}
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| name = Layne Beaubien
| fullname = Ronald Layne Beaubien
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| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|July 4, 1976}}
| birth_place = [[Coronado, California]], U.S.
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{{MedalSport | Men's [[water polo]] }}
{{MedalCountry | the {{USA}} }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Water polo at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]] }}
{{MedalSilver | [[2008 Summer Olympics|2008 Beijing]] | [[Water polo at the 2008 Summer Olympics|Team]] }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Pan American Games]] }}
{{MedalGold | [[2011 Pan American Games|2011 Guadalajara]] | [[Water polo at the 2011 Pan American Games|Team]] }}
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'''Ronald Layne Beaubien''' (born July 4, 1976) is an American [[water polo]] player. He was a member of the [[United States men's national water polo team]] at the [[Water polo at the 2008 Summer Olympics|2008 Beijing Olympics]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.usawaterpolo.org/NationalTeams/MensNationalTeam.aspx |title=USA Water Polo Men's National Team |access-date=2008-08-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110608231900/http://www.usawaterpolo.org/NationalTeams/MensNationalTeam.aspx |archive-date=2011-06-08 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In the championship game, the USA team won the silver medal, after defeat by Hungary.

Considered to be one of the top all-around players in the world during his career, Beaubien boasted one of the strongest shooting arms on Team USA for over a decade.  During his 15-year career he competed in three Summer Olympic Games (Athens '04, Beijing '08, London '12), five World Championships (Fukuoka '01, Barcelona '03, Melbourne '07, Rome '09, Shanghai '11), and played in the professional leagues of Hungary, Greece, France, and Brazil. In 2008 he became the first American in the sports history to win National Club Championships on three continents (New York Athletic Club ''USA'' '05, Fluminense ''Brazil'' '06, Marseille ''France'' '08.) <ref>{{cite web |title=Athlete profile: Layne Beaubien |website=London2012.com |url=http://www.london2012.com/athlete/beaubien-layne-1133249/ |url-status=dead |archivedate=2013-05-02 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130502160043/http://www.london2012.com/athlete/beaubien-layne-1133249/ }}</ref>

In addition to winning the silver medal at the 2008 Olympic Games, Beaubien is a three-time Pan-American Gold medalist (Santo Domingo '03, Rio de Janeiro '07, Guadalajara '11).

He attended Coronado High School, Coronado, California and graduated in the class of 1994. Beaubien played for the water polo team while a student at [[Stanford University]] and won one national championship ('94.)

Beaubien was inducted into the [[USA Water Polo Hall of Fame]] in August 2022.

==See also==
* [[List of Olympic medalists in water polo (men)]]

==References==
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==External links==
* {{Sports links}}

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[[Category:1976 births]]
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[[Category:American male water polo players]]
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[[Category:Stanford Cardinal men's water polo players]]
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