JAKSIC Nikola

17 Jan 1997
24
Male
BELGRADE
 
Serbia

Events and Medals

Discipline Event Rank Medal
WPO Water Polo Men 1 Gold Medal

Schedule

Change
Start Time Location Event Status
Tatsumi Water Polo Centre
SRB
Serbia
12
ESP
Spain
13
Finished
Tatsumi Water Polo Centre
KAZ
Kazakhstan
5
SRB
Serbia
19
Finished
Tatsumi Water Polo Centre
SRB
Serbia
14
AUS
Australia
8
Finished
Tatsumi Water Polo Centre
CRO
Croatia
14
SRB
Serbia
12
Finished
Tatsumi Water Polo Centre
SRB
Serbia
13
MNE
Montenegro
6
Finished
Tatsumi Water Polo Centre
ITA
Italy
6
SRB
Serbia
10
Finished
Tatsumi Water Polo Centre
SRB
Serbia
10
ESP
Spain
9
Finished
Tatsumi Water Polo Centre
GRE
Greece
10
SRB
Serbia
13
Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

:
Olympic Games
RankEventYearLocation
1Men2016Rio de Janeiro, BRA

World Championship
RankEventYearLocation
1Men2015Kazan, RUS
3Men2017Budapest, HUN
5Men2019Gwangju, KOR

World League - Super Final
RankEventYearLocation
1Men2019Belgrade, SRB

World Cup
RankEventYearLocation
3Men2018Berlin, GER

European Championship
RankEventYearLocation
1Men2018Barcelona, ESP
5Men2020Budapest, HUN
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Law - University of Belgrade, Serbia
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English, Serbian
:
Ferencvarosi TC [Budapest, HUN] since 2017
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Zsolt Varga [club], HUN; Dejan Savic [national], SRB
:
Centre back (rts.rs, 18 Dec 2015)
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Right (fradi.hu, 2019)
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2014 for Serbia Against Spain, World League in Nis, Serbia (mondo.rs, 11 Aug 2015)
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OB I [HUN] (fradi.hu, 2019)
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He took up water polo at age eight in 2005 with VK Partizan in Belgrade, Serbia. (novosti.rs, 28 Apr 2013; mondo.rs, 28 Jan 2016; telgraf.rs, 10 Nov 2014)
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His parents signed him up to football, but he was not very good at it, so he switched to swimming because he liked to spend time in water. Soon after he started playing water polo. (novosti.rs, 28 Apr 2013)
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To win a gold medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (Beogradska hronika Jutarnji program YouTube channel, 02 Jul 2019)
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Winning a gold medal at the 2016 European Championships in Belgrade, Serbia in front of 20,000 Serbian fans and winning gold at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (Beogradska hronika Jutarnji program YouTube channel, 02 Jul 2019; mozzartsport.com, 20 Jan 2020)
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His parents. (Beogradska hronika Jutarnji program YouTube channel, 02 Jul 2019)
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He was named the Young Athlete of the Year by the Serbian Olympic Committee in 2016. (mozzartsport.com, 20 Jan 2020)

He was named the 2015 Athlete of the Year by the JSD Partizan club. (sport.blic.rs, 05 Oct 2015)
Legend
:
Gold Medal
:
Gold Medal Event
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Silver Medal Event
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Bronze Medal Event
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