Nikola Jakšić
| Nikola Jakšić | |||
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| Personal information | |||
| Born |
17 January 1997 Belgrade, Serbia, FR Yugoslavia | ||
| Nationality | Serbian | ||
| Height | 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) | ||
| Weight | 105 kg (231 lb) | ||
| Position | Centre-back | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current team | VK Radnički Kragujevac | ||
| Senior clubs | |||
| Years | Team | ||
2013–2017 | Partizan | ||
2017–2021 | Ferencvárosi | ||
2021–2024 | VK Novi Beograd | ||
2024–present | VK Radnički Kragujevac | ||
Medal record | |||
Nikola Jakšić (Serbian Cyrillic: Никола Јакшић; born 17 January 1997) is a Serbian water polo player for VK Novi Beograd.[1] At the 2016 Summer Olympics, he competed for the Serbia men's national water polo team in the men's event. He is 196 centimetres (6 ft 5 in) tall and is one of the top defenders in the world.
Honours
[edit]Club
[edit]- VK Partizan
- Serbian Championship: 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17
- Serbian Cup: 2015–16, 2016–17
- Ferencváros
- LEN Champions League: 2018–19; runner-up: 2020–21
- LEN Euro Cup: 2017–18
- LEN Super Cup: 2018, 2019
- Hungarian Championship: 2017–18, 2018–19
- Hungarian Cup: 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21
- Hungarian Super Cup: 2018
VK Novi Beograd
- LEN Champions League runners-up: 2021–22, 2022–23
- Adriatic League: 2021–22, 2023–24
- Serbian Championship: 2021–22, 2022–23
- Serbian Cup: 2023–24
Awards
[edit]- Member of the World Teamby totalwaterpolo: 2021,[2] 2023
- Sportsman of the Year of the JSD Partizan: 2015, 2016
- Young Athlete of The Year by the Serbian Olympic Committee: 2016
- Serbian Championship Defender of the Year: 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2021–22, 2022–23
- Hungarian Championship Defender of the Year: 2017–18, 2018–19, 2020–21
- Adriatic League Defender of the Year: 2021–22
- LEN Champions League Defender of the Year: 2020–21
See also
[edit]- Serbia 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 world champions in men's water polo
- List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in water polo
References
[edit]- ^ Partizanov biser Nikola Jakšić
- ^ "Στην κορυφαία επτάδα του κόσμου οι Βλαχόπουλος και Αργυρόπουλος, σύμφωνα με το Total Water Polo". www.sport24.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 2022-02-25.2021
External links
[edit]- Nikola Jakšić at World Aquatics
- Nikola Jakšić at the Hungarian Water Polo Federation (in Hungarian)
- Nikola Jakšić at Olympics.com
- Nikola Jakšić at Olympedia
- Nikola Jakšić at the Olympic Committee of Serbia (in Serbian)
- Nikola Jakšić on Instagram
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Categories:
- 1997 births
- Living people
- Water polo players from Belgrade
- Serbian male water polo players
- Water polo centre backs
- Water polo players at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Water polo players at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists for Serbia in water polo
- World Aquatics Championships medalists in water polo
- European Water Polo Championship medalists
- European champions for Serbia
- Water polo players at the 2018 Mediterranean Games
- Mediterranean Games medalists in water polo
- Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Serbia
- Summer World University Games medalists in water polo
- FISU World University Games gold medalists for Serbia
- Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Hungary
- Medalists at the 2017 Summer Universiade
- Water polo players at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Serbian water polo biography stubs
- Serbian sportspeople stubs
- European Olympic medalist stubs