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Aleksandar Šoštar
Serbian water polo player From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Aleksandar Šoštar (Serbian Cyrillic: Александар Шоштар; born 21 January 1964) is a Serbian water polo goalkeeper who played on the bronze medal squad of FR Yugoslavia at the 2000 Summer Olympics and on the gold medal squad for SFR Yugoslavia at the 1988 Summer Olympics.[1]
In 2001 he was declared Athlete of the Year and Sportsman of the Year in Yugoslavia.[2]
He currently performs the functions of the President Water Polo Club Partizan and President of the Sports Federation of Serbia.
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Early life
Šoštar was born in Niš to Croatian father Stjepan Šoštar and Serbian mother.[3] His father who hails from the town of Ivanec moved to Belgrade during the late 1950s as an employee of the Yugoslav People's Army (JNA) where he remained living after marrying a woman from Niš and starting a family.[3] Though the family lived in Belgrade, Aleksandar was born in Niš due to his mother visiting her relatives at the time.[3]
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Club career
Clubs
Partizan (1981–1992)
Posillipo (1992–1994)
Budvanska Rivijera (1994)
Barcelona (1994–1996)- Budvanska Rivijera (1996–1997) 2x
- NIS Naftagas-Bečej (1997–2001)
FTC-VMAX (2001–2002)
See also
- Yugoslavia men's Olympic water polo team records and statistics
- Serbia and Montenegro men's Olympic water polo team records and statistics
- List of Olympic champions in men's water polo
- List of Olympic medalists in water polo (men)
- List of men's Olympic water polo tournament goalkeepers
- List of world champions in men's water polo
- List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in water polo
- List of members of the International Swimming Hall of Fame
References
External links
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