Aleksandar Šoštar

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Aleksandar Šoštar

Olympic medal record
Men's Water Polo
Competitor for Yugoslavia
Olympic Games
Gold	1988 Seoul	Team Competition
World Championship
Gold	1991 Perth	Team competition
European Championship
Gold	1991 Athens	Team competition
Mediterranean Games
Gold	1991 Athens	Team competition
Competitor for Yugoslavia
Olympic Games
Bronze	2000 Sydney	Team Competition
World Championship
Silver	2001 Fukuoka	Team competition
European Championship
Gold	2001 Budapest	Team competition

Aleksandar Šoštar (Serbian: Александар Шоштар; born January 21, 1964 in Niš) is a Serbian water polo goalkeeper who played on the bronze medal squad of FR Yugoslavia at the 2000 Summer Olympics and on the gold medal squad for SFR Yugoslavia at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

In 2001 he was declared for Athlete of The Year and Sportsman of The Year in Yugoslavia.^[1]

He currently performs the functions of the President Water Polo Club Partizan and President of the Sports Federation of Serbia.

References [edit]

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Awards
Preceded by Vladimir Grbić	The Best Athlete of Yugoslavia 2001	Succeeded by Dejan Bodiroga

v t e Awards of Olympic Committee of Serbia

Sportswoman of The Year	1994: Jasna Šekarić 1995: Jasna Šekarić 1996: Aleksandra Ivošev 1997: Jasna Šekarić 1998: Olivera Jevtić 1999: Olivera Jevtić 2000: Jasna Šekarić 2001: Jelena Dokić 2002: Mara Kovačević 2003: Silvija Erdelji 2004: Jasna Šekarić 2005: Jasna Šekarić 2006: Olivera Jevtić 2007: Jelena Janković 2008: Jelena Janković 2009: Nađa Higl 2010: Zorana Arunović 2011: Jovana Brakočević 2012: Milica Mandić

Sportsman of The Year	1994: Stevan Pletikosić 1995: Aleksandar Đorđević 1996: Vladimir Grbić 1997: Nikola Grbić 1998: Dejan Bodiroga 1999: Nedeljko Jovanović 2000: Vladimir Grbić 2001: Aleksandar Šoštar 2002: Dejan Bodiroga 2003: Milorad Čavić 2004: Aleksandar Šapić 2005: Vladimir Vujasinović 2006: Nikola Stojić 2007: Novak Đoković 2008: Milorad Čavić 2009: Milorad Čavić 2010: Novak Đoković 2011: Novak Đoković 2012: Andrija Prlainović

Young Athlete of The Year	2010: Velimir Stjepanović 2011: Uroš Kovačević 2012: Dušan Mandić

Women's Team of The Year	1995: Shooting team 1996: Karate club "Soko Štark" 1997: Karate club "Knjaz Miloš" 1998: Handball club "Budućnost" 1999: Chess team 2001: Handball team 2005: Junior basketball team 2006: Volleyball team 2007: Volleyball team 2008: Volleyball team 2009: Volleyball team 2010: Volleyball team 2011: Volleyball team 2012: Fed Cup team

Men's Team of The Year	1995: Basketball team 1996: Basketball team 1997: Basketball team 1998: Basketball team 1999: Handball team 2000: Voleyball team 2001: Water polo team 2002: Basketball team 2003: Water polo team 2004: Water polo team 2005: Water polo team 2006: Water polo team 2007: Water polo team 2008: Water polo team 2009: Water polo team 2010: Voleyball team 2011: Water polo team 2012: Water polo team

Coach of The Year	2009: Dejan Udovičić 2010: Marián Vajda 2011: Marián Vajda 2012: Dragan Jović