VRLIC Josip

25 Apr 1986
35
Male
1.98/6'5''
RIJEKA
 
Croatia
RIJEKA
 
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

:
Olympic Games
RankEventYearLocation
8Men2016Rio de Janeiro, BRA

World Championship
RankEventYearLocation
3Men2019Gwangju, KOR
10Men2015Kazan, RUS

World League - Super Final
RankEventYearLocation
2Men2019Belgrade, SRB
5Men2018Budapest, HUN

World Cup
RankEventYearLocation
5Men2018Berlin, GER

European Championship
RankEventYearLocation
3Men2018Barcelona, ESP
4Men2020Budapest, HUN
:
Playing tennis, basketball and football. (cob.org.br, 01 Aug 2015)
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Athlete
:
Croatian, English, Spanish
:
HAOK Mladost [Zagreb, CRO] since 2019
:
Zoran Bajic [club], CRO; Ivica Tucak [national], CRO
:
Centre forward (len.eu, 01 Jul 2018)
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Right (len.eu, 01 Jul 2018)
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Prva Liga [CRO] (havk-mladost.hr, 01 Jul 2019)
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He began playing water polo in Rijeka, Croatia. (vecernji.hr, 25 Jan 2021)
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To win a gold medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (novilist.hr, 01 Mar 2020)
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Croatian handball player Ivano Balic. (cob.org.br, 01 Aug 2015)
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"You can always do more." (cob.org.br, 01 Aug 2015)

General Interest

General
FROM CROATIA TO BRAZIL AND BACK
In 2013 he announced his intention to represent Brazil. He was granted Brazilian citizenship in May 2015. After playing for Brazil at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro he returned to play for Croatia in 2018 after a two-year break from international competition. "This is how life writes some good stories. I was not called to the [Croatian] national team and that is why I was looking for my place in the sun somewhere else. I found it in Brazil, I competed for them at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. I had no doubts at all when that opportunity came. Obviously, there are some regrets even today that I was not competing in Croatian cap earlier, but there was and is big competition in our team. But then other doors opened. It was nice to play for Brazil, but it's impossible to compare it with fighting for Croatia." (SportsDeskOnline, 04 Mar 2021; fina.org, 21 Feb 2021; parana-online.com.br, 27 Jun 2015; vecernji.hr, 25 Jan 2021; havk-mladost.hr, 01 Jul 2019; 24sata.hr, 23 Feb 2021)

Legend
:
Gold Medal Event
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Silver Medal Event
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Bronze Medal Event
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