Water Polo - SAVIC Dejan

24 Apr 1975
Male
Head Coach

Events Entered

Discipline Event Rank
WPO Water Polo Men 1

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

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He played 444 matches for the national teams of Yugoslavia, Serbia and Montenegro, and finally Serbia. He won three Olympic medals - bronze in 2000 [with Yugoslavia], silver in 2004 [with Serbia and Montenegro] and bronze in 2008 [with Serbia]. (SportsDeskOnline, 01 Aug 2019; novosti.rs, 27 May 2011)

With the Serbia and Montenegro team he won gold at the 2005 World Championships, gold at the 2006 World Cup, and two World League Super Finals in 2005 and 2006. He also won two World League Super Finals with Serbia in 2007 and 2008. As a member of the Yugoslavia team he won silver at the 2001 World Championships. (SportsDeskOnline, 01 Aug 2019; novosti.rs, 27 May 2011)

At the European championships he won gold with Yugoslavia in 2001, with Serbia and Montenegro in 2003, and with Serbia in 2006. (novosti.rs, 27 May 2011)
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He coached Serbia to gold at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (SportsDeskOnline, 01 Aug 2019)

He led Serbia to gold in five consecutive World League Super Finals from 2013 to 2017, and won a sixth title in 2019. (SportsDeskOnline, 01 Aug 2019)

He coached Serbia to gold at the world championships in 2015, and a bronze in 2017. He also led the team to a World Cup title in 2014 and a bronze medal at the 2018 World Cup. (SportsDeskOnline, 01 Aug 2019)

He led Serbia to gold at the European championships in 2014, 2016 and 2018. (SportsDeskOnline, 01 Aug 2019)
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In 2015 he was named Best Men's Coach by the World Water Polo Coaches Association. He won the award again in 2016. (waterpology.com, 01 Jan 2017; wwpcoach.org, 18 Jan 2016; b92.net, 09 Jan 2016)
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2012
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He was head coach of the Crvena Zvezda Belgrade club in Serbia from 2011 to 2015.
Legend
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Gold Medal Event
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Silver Medal Event
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Bronze Medal Event
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