JOKOVIC Maro

1 Oct 1987
33
Male
2.04/6'8''
DUBROVNIK
 
Croatia
DUBROVNIK
 
Croatia

Events and Medals

Discipline Event Rank Medal
WPO Water Polo Men 5

Schedule

Change
Start Time Location Event Status
Tatsumi Water Polo Centre
CRO
Croatia
23
KAZ
Kazakhstan
7
Finished
Tatsumi Water Polo Centre
AUS
Australia
11
CRO
Croatia
8
Finished
Tatsumi Water Polo Centre
CRO
Croatia
13
MNE
Montenegro
8
Finished
Tatsumi Water Polo Centre
CRO
Croatia
14
SRB
Serbia
12
Finished
Tatsumi Water Polo Centre
ESP
Spain
8
CRO
Croatia
4
Finished
Tatsumi Water Polo Centre
HUN
Hungary
15
CRO
Croatia
11
Finished
Tatsumi Water Polo Centre
MNE
Montenegro
10
CRO
Croatia
12
Finished
Tatsumi Water Polo Centre
CRO
Croatia
14
USA
United States
11
Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

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Olympic Games
RankEventYearLocation
1Men2012London, GBR
2Men2016Rio de Janeiro, BRA
6Men2008Beijing, CHN

World Championship
RankEventYearLocation
1Men2017Budapest, HUN
1Men2007Melbourne, VIC, AUS
2Men2015Kazan, RUS
3Men2019Gwangju, KOR
3Men2013Barcelona, ESP
3Men2011Shanghai, CHN

World League - Super Final
RankEventYearLocation
2Men2019Belgrade, SRB
3Men2017Ruza, RUS

European Championship
RankEventYearLocation
3Men2018Barcelona, ESP
4Men2020Budapest, HUN
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Joke (NOC, 17 Mar 2008)
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Reading books. (fina.org, 09 Jul 2020)
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Athlete
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Marketing - University of Dubrovnik, Croatia
:
Wife Maria, daughters Sofia, Laura and Gloria
:
Croatian, English, Italian
:
AN Brescia [Italy] since 2020
:
Alessandro Bovo [club], ITA; Ivica Tucak [national], CRO
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Wing (dnevnik.hr, 27 Jul 2014)
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Left (Zagreb 2010, 29 Aug 2010)
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2006 for Croatia Against Spain, World League in Novi Sad, Serbia (NOC, 17 Mar 2008)
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In 2009 he suffered from partial thrombosis of his subclavian vein, which caused swelling in his left arm. He was out for seven months. (24sata.hr, 27 Jul 2019)
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Serie A1 [ITA] (mfsport.net, 12 Mar 2020)
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He began playing water polo at age seven at the Gusar club near Dubrovnik, Croatia. (tokyo2020.org, 04 May 2020; NOC, 17 Mar 2008)
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"In the summer, it was normal for all of us to swim in the pool which was in the sea and set up for water polo. That fun summer game became more serious when that autumn I signed up with a club as a youth player, and it was the beginning of a long and successful career." (tokyo2020.org, 04 May 2020)
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To win a gold medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (tokyo2020.org, 04 May 2020)
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Winning gold at the 2012 Olympic Games in London. (tokyo2020.org, 04 May 2020)
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Croatian water polo player Ognjen Krzic. (24sata.hr, 27 Jul 2019)
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His parents, and Croatian water polo player Ognjen Krzic. (24sata.hr, 27 Jul 2019)
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"Matches lost, but never battles. These are all things that happen. You fall, but you rise again. Then the next big thing that sport gave me is relying on teamwork. We can all be great individuals, but the whole world is based on team efforts." (olympicchannel.com, 17 Feb 2021)
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He was named 2019 Croatian Water Polo Player of the Year following a vote held by Croatian newspaper Vecernji list. (narod.hr, 23 Oct 2019)

He was named in the Media All Star Team of the 2019 World Championships in Gwangju, Republic of Korea. (fina.org, 27 Jul 2019)

In 2016 he was honoured with the Order of the Croatian Interlace. (hrt.hr, 05 Dec 2016)

Swimming World Magazine named him 2012 Water Polo Player of the Year. (swimmingworldmagazine.com, 08 Dec 2012)
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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