Aleksa Šaponjić
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Born | June 4, 1992 Belgrade, Serbia | (age 32)
Aleksa Šaponjić (Serbian Cyrillic: Алекса Шапоњић, born June 4, 1992), is a Serbian water polo player, and a member of the Serbia men's national water polo team. His first notable competition with his national team was the 2012 European Championship in Eindhoven, the outcome was a win. He currently attends the University of California, Berkeley and plays for the CA Golden Bears water polo team.
Club career
Clubs he played for
- 2011–____ CA Golden Bears
National career
2012 Eindhoven
On January 21 in the fourth match of the European Championship, Šaponjić scored his first goal ever for his national team in professional competition match. It was in a routine victory against Romania 14–5. On 27 January Šaponjić scored a goal in a semifinal 12–8 victory over Italy. On 29 January, Šaponjić won the European Championship with his national team beating in the final Montenegro by 9–8. This was his first medal with the national team.[1]
Šaponjić was a member of the bronze medal winning Serbian team in water polo at the 2012 Summer Olympics.[2]
See also
References
- ^ Tim Hartog (29 January 2012). "Serbia 2012 European champions". Archived from the original on 14 December 2013. Retrieved 29 January 2012.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Aleksa Šaponjić". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2016-12-04.
- Aleksa Šaponjić at the Wayback Machine (archived 2012-12-17)
External links
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- Aleksa Šaponjić at Olympics.com
- Aleksa Šaponjić at Olympics.com
- Aleksa Šaponjić at Olympedia
- Aleksa Šaponjić at the Olimpijski Komitet Srbije (in Serbian)
- 1992 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Belgrade
- Serbian male water polo drivers
- Water polo players at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Olympic bronze medalists for Serbia in water polo
- European champions for Serbia
- Universiade medalists in water polo
- Universiade gold medalists for Serbia
- Medalists at the 2011 Summer Universiade
- Serbian water polo biography stubs
- Serbian sportspeople stubs
- European Olympic medalist stubs