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Andro Bušlje
Personal information
Born (1986-01-04) 4 January 1986 (age 38)
Dubrovnik, SFR Yugoslavia
Nationality Croatian
Height 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)
Weight 115 kg (254 lb)
Position Centre back
Handedness Right
Club information
Current team Pro Recco
Medal record
Men's water polo
Representing  Croatia
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2012 London Team
Silver medal – second place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team
World Championship
Gold medal – first place 2007 Melbourne Team
Gold medal – first place 2017 Budapest Team
Silver medal – second place 2015 Kazan Team
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Rome Team
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Shanghai Team
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Barcelona Team
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Gwanjgu Team
European Championship
Gold medal – first place 2010 Zagreb
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Barcelona
World Cup
Silver medal – second place 2010 Oradea
FINA World League
Gold medal – first place 2012 Almaty
Silver medal – second place 2009 Podgorica
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Niš
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Florence
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Ruza
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place 2013 Mersin Team

Andro Bušlje (born 4 January 1986) is a Croatian water polo player who competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics, 2012 Summer Olympics and 2016 Summer Olympics.[1] At the 2012 Summer Olympics he was part of the Croatian team that won the gold medal.[1] He is right-handed and plays the center defender position. From 2016 to 2019 he played for Greek powerhouse Olympiacos, with whom he won the 2017–18 LEN Champions League.[2][3] He started playing water polo at the age of 12, and he made his national team debut in 2005. He is known as a dominant, world-class defender, who usually shuts down the opposing team's center forward.

Bušlje is currently the captain of the Croatia national team, with whom he has become Olympic gold medalist, 2 times World Champion and European Champion. He is the only water polo player in the world to have won 7 FINA World Championship medals (2 gold, 1 silver and 4 bronze), an all-time record as of 2017

Honours

  • 1 LEN Super Cup (2006)with Jug Dubrovnik
  • 9 Croatian Championships (2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013) with Jug Dubrovnik
  • 6 Croatian Cups (2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009)
  • 3 Greek Championships ( 2017,2018,2019) with Olympiacos
  • 2 Greek Cups (2018,2019) with Olympiacos

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Andro Bušlje". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 24 June 2012.
  2. ^ Olympiacos is back to the Olympos after 16 years. LEN official website. 9 June 2018.
  3. ^ Πρωταθλητής Ευρώπης ο Ολυμπιακός στο πόλο Archived 2018-07-20 at the Wayback Machine. Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation. (in Greek)
Sporting positions
Preceded by Croatia captain
2017– 		Succeeded by
Incumbent
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