Aleksandar Šoštar
![]() Šoštar in December 2012. | |
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Born | January 21, 1964 Niš, SFR Yugoslavia | (age 60)
Height | 196 cm (6 ft 5 in) |
Weight | 102 kg (225 lb) |
Medal record |
Aleksandar Šoštar (Serbian Cyrillic: Александар Шоштар; born January 21, 1964) 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.[1]
In 2001 he was declared for Athlete of the Year and Sportsman of the Year in Yugoslavia.[2]
He currently performs the functions of the President Water Polo Club Partizan and President of the Sports Federation of Serbia.
Early life
Šoštar was born in Niš to Croatian father Stjepan Šoštar and Serbian mother.[3] His father who hails from the town of Ivanec moved to Belgrade during the late 1950s as an employee of the Yugoslav People's Army (JNA) where he remained living after marrying a woman from Niš and starting a family.[3] Though the family lived in Belgrade, Aleksandar was born in Niš due to his mother visiting her relatives at the time.[3]
Club career
Clubs
Partizan (1981–1992)
Posillipo (1992–1994)
Budvanska Rivijera (1994)
Barcelona (1994–1996)
Budvanska Rivijera (1996–1997) 2x
NIS Naftagas-Bečej (1997–2001)
FTC-VMAX (2001–2002)
See also
- List of Olympic champions in men's water polo
- List of Olympic medalists in water polo
- List of world champions in men's water polo
- List of members of the International Swimming Hall of Fame
References
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- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Aleksandar Šoštar". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved August 12, 2014.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-08-20. Retrieved 2010-08-20.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ a b c Filić, Anton (2 June 2013). "Mladost može igrati u Ligi prvaka ako za to ima novca". Večernji list. Retrieved 2 October 2012.
- 1964 births
- Living people
- Serbian male water polo players
- Yugoslav male water polo players
- Water polo players at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Water polo players at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Water polo players at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Olympic water polo players of Yugoslavia
- Olympic gold medalists for Yugoslavia
- Olympic bronze medalists for Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
- Sportspeople from Niš
- Olympic medalists in water polo
- European champions for Serbia and Montenegro
- Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- World Aquatics Championships medalists
- Serbian people of Croatian descent
- Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Yugoslavia
- Competitors at the 1991 Mediterranean Games
- Mediterranean Games medalists in water polo
- Serbian water polo biography stubs
- Serbian sportspeople stubs
- European Olympic medalist stubs
- Yugoslav water polo biography stubs
- Yugoslav Olympic medalist stubs