Aleksa Šaponjić
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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[]
- 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[]
- Serbia men's Olympic water polo team records and statistics
- List of Olympic medalists in water polo (men)
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 2012-12-16. Retrieved 2020-09-30.
- Aleksa Šaponjić at the Wayback Machine (archived 2012-12-17)
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- Aleksa Šaponjić at Olympics.com
- Aleksa Šaponjić at the Serbian Olympic Committee (in Serbian)
- Aleksa Šaponjić at Olympedia
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