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Aleksa Šaponjić ( Serbian Cyrillic: Алекса Шапоњић, born June 4, 1992), is a Serbian water polo player, and a member of the Serbia men's national water polo team. His first notable competition with his national team was the 2012 European Championship in
Eindhoven Eindhoven () is a city and municipality in the Netherlands, located in the southern province of North Brabant of which it is its largest. With a population of 238,326 on 1 January 2022,University of California, Berkeley and plays for the CA Golden Bears water polo team.


Club career

* 2011–____ CA Golden Bears


National career


2012 Eindhoven

On January 21 in the fourth match of the European Championship, Šaponjić scored his first goal ever for his national team in professional competition match. It was in a routine victory against Romania 14–5. On 27 January Šaponjić scored a goal in a semifinal 12–8 victory over Italy. On 29 January, Šaponjić won the European Championship with his national team beating in the final Montenegro by 9–8. This was his first medal with the national team. Šaponjić was a member of the bronze medal winning Serbian team in water polo at the 2012 Summer Olympics.


See also

* Serbia men's Olympic water polo team records and statistics * List of Olympic medalists in water polo (men)


References

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External links

* 1992 births Living people Sportspeople from Belgrade Serbian male water polo players Water polo drivers Water polo players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Serbia in water polo European champions for Serbia Universiade medalists in water polo Universiade gold medalists for Serbia Medalists at the 2011 Summer Universiade 21st-century Serbian people {{Serbia-Olympic-medalist-stub