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Andro Bušlje
Croatian water polo player (born 1986) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Andro Bušlje (born 4 January 1986) is a Croatian water polo player who competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics, 2012 Summer Olympics and 2016 Summer Olympics.[1] At the 2012 Summer Olympics he was part of the Croatian team that won the gold medal.[1] He is right-handed and plays the center defender position. From 2016 to 2019 he played for Greek powerhouse Olympiacos, with whom he won the 2017–18 LEN Champions League.[2][3] He started playing water polo at the age of 12, and he made his national team debut in 2005. Bušlje is one of the top defenders in the world.
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Personal information | |||
Born |
(1986-01-04) 4 January 1986 (age 38) Dubrovnik, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia | ||
Nationality | Croatian | ||
Height | 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) | ||
Weight | 115 kg (254 lb) | ||
Position | Centre back | ||
Handedness | Right | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Olympiacos | ||
Senior clubs | |||
Years | Team | ||
2004–2015 | Jug Dubrovnik | ||
2015–2016 | Posillipo | ||
2016–2019 | Olympiacos | ||
2019–2020 | Pro Recco | ||
2020–2021 | Mladost | ||
2021– | Olympiacos | ||
National team | |||
Years | Team | ||
2005–2022 | Croatia | ||
Medal record |
Bušlje is currently the captain of the Croatia national team, with whom he has become Olympic gold medalist, 2 times World Champion and European Champion. He is the only water polo player in the world to have won 7 FINA World Championship medals (2 gold, 1 silver and 4 bronze), an all-time record as of 2017
Bušlje was given the honour to carry the national flag of Croatia at the closing ceremony of the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo,[4] becoming the 29th water polo player to be a flag bearer at the opening and closing ceremonies of the Olympics.