BIJAC Marko

Olympic Games

Rank	Event	Year	Location
2	Men	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA

World Championship

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Men	2017	Budapest, HUN
2	Men	2015	Kazan, RUS
3	Men	2019	Gwangju, KOR
3	Men	2013	Barcelona, ESP

World League - Super Final

Rank	Event	Year	Location
2	Men	2019	Belgrade, SRB
3	Men	2017	Ruza, RUS
5	Men	2018	Budapest, HUN

World Cup

Rank	Event	Year	Location
5	Men	2018	Berlin, GER

European Championship

Rank	Event	Year	Location
3	Men	2018	Barcelona, ESP
4	Men	2020	Budapest, HUN

Athlete

Croatian, English

Pro Recco [Italy] since 2018

Gabriel Hernandez [club], ESP; Ivica Tucak [national], CRO

Goalkeeper (waterpology.com, 13 Oct 2018)

Right (waterpoloworld.com, 27 Jul 2015)

His father Maro played water polo at international level. Both father and son have served as captain of the VK Jug side in Croatia. (hrt.hr, 05 Dec 2016; dubrovniknet.hr, 10 Jan 2015)(dnevnik.hr, 03 Aug 2014)

He fractured a cheekbone in October 2019 and required surgery. He was out of competition for six weeks. (rtl.hr, 28 Jan 2019; 24sata.hr, 30 Oct 2019)

In 2018 he suffered a fractured finger in his right hand during a training session in Genoa, Italy. (totalinfo.hr, 01 Dec 2018)

Serie A1 [ITA] (wpdworld.com, 24 Feb 2021)

He took up water polo at age 11 in Dubrovnik, Croatia. (SportskaTelevizija YouTube channel, 23 Mar 2018)

His father was a water polo player for VK Jug, so he was naturally involved in the sport. His grandmother used to take him to watch his father's matches. "As a child I was going to watch games of my father. At age six I started swimming, but it was boring for me so at age 11, logically, I took up water polo." (hrt.hr, 05 Dec 2016; SportskaTelevizija YouTube channel, 23 Mar 2018)

To win a gold medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (hvs.hr, 26 Dec 2020)

Winning gold at the 2017 World Championships in Budapest, Hungary. (rtl.hr, 29 Jul 2017)

"Water polo is a way of life." (dnevnik.hr, 03 Aug 2014)

He was named Best Goalkeeper of the 2019 World League Super Finals in Belgrade, Serbia. (fina.org, 23 Jun 2019)

He was chosen as Best Goalkeeper of the 2019 World League Europa Cup in Zagreb, Croatia. (fina.org, 07 Apr 2019)

In 2017 he was named Male Water Polo Player of the Year by the European Swimming Federation [LEN]. (swimswam.com, 22 Jan 2018)

Croatian publication 'Vecernji' named him Croatian Water Polo Player of the Year in 2016. He also won the 'Rudi Res' trophy in the same year for being judged Best Croatian Player. (dance.hr, 14 Feb 2017; vecernji.hr, 17 Dec 2016)

He was named Best Goalkeeper of the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (dulist.hr, 24 Aug 2016)

He was named Best Goalkeeper of the 2015/16 Champions League. (hrt.hr, 05 Dec 2016; 24sata.hr, 04 Jun 2016)

He was named Best Goalkeeper of the 2013/14 Adriatic League. (dnevnik.hr, 03 Aug 2014)