Sandro Sukno

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Sandro Sukno
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Personal information
Full nameSandro Sukno
NationalityCroatian
Born (1990-06-30) 30 June 1990 (age 31)
Dubrovnik, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia
Height2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)
Weight93 kg (205 lb)
Sport
Country Croatia
SportWater polo
Medal record
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2012 London Team
Silver medal – second place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team
World Championship
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
European Championship
Gold medal – first place 2010 Zagreb
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
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place 2013 Mersin Team

Sandro Sukno (born 30 June 1990) is a Croatian former professional water polo player.[1] At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he competed for the Croatia national team in the men's event winning the gold medal. He also won a silver medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[2] He last played for VK Jug. He currently works as an assistant coach of the senior men's Croatia national team.

Sandro's father is Goran Sukno, water polo gold medalist for Yugoslavia at the 1984 Summer Olympics.[2]

Sandro was named Croatian water polo player of the year in 2014 and 2015, and best player in the 2014–15 Prva Liga.[3] In December 2017, Sukno won the trophy for the best water polo player in the 2016–17 season.[4] In 2017 he was named to the All-Star Team of the World Championships.[3] Croatia also won the World Championship that year.[3] In May 2019, he announced his retirement from playing professional water polo citing heart problems.[3]

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References[]

  1. ^ London2012.com Archived 2012-08-14 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ a b "Sandro Sukno Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18. Retrieved 2020-02-17.
  3. ^ a b c d "Sandro Sukno | fina.org - Official FINA website". www.fina.org. Retrieved 2020-02-17.
  4. ^ "Total Player of the Year Sandro Sukno". Total Waterpolo. Retrieved 17 February 2020.
  5. ^ Vijesti: Dodijeljena odlikovanja izraz su priznanja i zahvalnosti za rad i doprinos razvoju i napretku Republike Hrvatske(in Croatian)

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Preceded by Croatia captain
2016–2017 		Succeeded by
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