Aleksandar Šoštar ( sr-cyrl, Александар Шоштар; born 21 January 1964) is a

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n water polo goalkeeper who played on the bronze medal squad of

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at the

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and on the gold medal squad for

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at the

1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서울 1988, Seoul Cheon gubaek palsip-pal), was an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October ...

. In

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he was declared for Athlete of the Year and Sportsman of the Year in

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. He currently performs the functions of the President Water Polo Club

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and President of the Sports Federation of Serbia.

Early life

Šoštar was born in

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to Croatian father Stjepan Šoštar and

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mother. His father who hails from the town of

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moved to

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during the late 1950s as an employee of the

Yugoslav People's Army The Yugoslav People's Army (abbreviated as JNA/; Macedonian and sr-Cyrl-Latn, Југословенска народна армија, Jugoslovenska narodna armija; Croatian and bs, Jugoslavenska narodna armija; sl, Jugoslovanska ljudska a ...

(JNA) where he remained living after marrying a woman from Niš and starting a family. Though the family lived in Belgrade, Aleksandar was born in Niš due to his mother visiting her relatives at the time.

Club career

Clubs

(1981–1992) * Posillipo (1992–1994) *

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(1994) *

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(1994–1996) *

(1996–1997) 2x * NIS Naftagas-Bečej (1997–2001) * FTC-VMAX (2001–2002)

References

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* 1964 births Living people Sportspeople from Niš Serbian male water polo players Yugoslav male water polo players Water polo goalkeepers Water polo players at the 1988 Summer Olympics Water polo players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Water polo players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic water polo players of Yugoslavia Olympic gold medalists for Yugoslavia Olympic bronze medalists for Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Olympic medalists in water polo European champions for Serbia and Montenegro Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics World Aquatics Championships medalists in water polo Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Yugoslavia Competitors at the 1991 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games medalists in water polo Serbian people of Croatian descent {{Yugoslavia-Olympic-medalist-stub