Maro Joković (born 1 October 1987) is a Croatian

water polo Water polo is a competitive team sport played in water between two teams of seven players each. The game consists of four quarters in which the teams attempt to score goals by throwing the ball into the opposing team's goal. The team with the ...

player. He is left-handed and plays in the right wing position. He competed at the

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and

2016 Olympics ) , nations = 207 (including IOA and EOR teams) , athletes = 11,238 , events = 306 in 28 sports (41 disciplines) , opening = 5 August 2016 , closing = 21 August 2016 , opened_by = Vice President Michel Temer , cauldron = Vanderlei Cordeiro ...

and won a gold medal in 2012 and a silver in 2016. He held the world title in 2007 and the European title in 2010.Maro Joković
nbcolympics.com Joković took up water polo aged seven at a local club near Dubrovnik. At the age of 14, he joined VK Jug Dubrovnik. He is currently studying economics at the

University of Dubrovnik The University of Dubrovnik ( hr, Sveučilište u Dubrovniku, la, Universitas Studiorum Ragusina) is a public university located in Dubrovnik, Croatia. It has its roots in various successive institutions dedicated to the teaching of maritime eng ...

. He is married to Maria and has three daughters. In 2013, he worked as a model for fashion designer Ivana Barač. At club level, Joković plays for Croatian powerhouse

Jug Dubrovnik Vaterpolski klub Jug ( en, Jug Water Polo Club) is a professional water polo club based in Dubrovnik, Croatia. The club was established in 1923 as part of sports society "JUG". As of the 2021–22 season, VK Jug competes in the Croatian League, ...

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Jug Dubrovnik *

LEN Champions League The LEN Champions League is the top-tier European professional water polo club competition with teams from up to 18 countries. It is organized by the Ligue Européenne de Natation. The competition started in 1963 as European Cup. A change of nam ...

: 2005–06, 2015–16 ; ''runners-up'' : 2006–07, 2007–08, 2012–13, 2016–17 *

LEN Super Cup The LEN Super Cup is an annual water polo match organized by LEN and contested by the reigning champions of the two European club competitions, the LEN Champions League and the LEN Euro Cup. From 1976 to 2002, the LEN Super Cup was contested betwe ...

: 2006, 2016 * Croatian Championship: 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06 2006–07, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11 2011–12, 2012–13, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2021–22 *

Adriatic League The ABA League, renamed to the ABA League First Division in 2017, is the 1st-tier regional men's professional basketball league that originally featured clubs from the former Yugoslavia (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, North Mace ...

: 2009, 2016, 2017, 2018 *

Croatian Cup Croatian Cup may refer to: *Croatian Football Cup *Croatian Football Super Cup * Croatian Women's Football Cup *Croatian Basketball Cup, also known as Krešimir Ćosić Cup *Croatian Handball Cup *Croatian Water Polo Cup *Croatian Minute Movie Cup ...

: 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19 *Croatian Super Cup: 2022 Pro Recco *

: 2014–15 * Serie A1: 2013–14, 2014–15 *

Coppa Italia The ("Italy Cup") is an annual knockout cup competition in Italian football organized by the FIGC until the 2009–10 season and the Lega Serie A ever since. History The beginning of the tournament was turbulent, due to the complexity of ...

: 2013–14, 2014–15 Olympiacos *

Greek Championship The Super League Greece 1 ( el, Ελληνική Σούπερ Λιγκ 1), or Super League 1, is the highest professional association football league in Greece. The league was formed on 16 July 2006 and replaced ''Alpha Ethniki'' at the top of ...

: 2019–20 *

Greek Cup The Greek Football Cup ( el, Κύπελλο Ελλάδος Ποδοσφαίρου), commonly known as the Greek Cup or Kypello Elladas is a Greek football competition, run by the Hellenic Football Federation. The Greek Cup is the second most im ...

: 2019–20 *

Greek Super Cup The Greek Super Cup ( el, Σούπερ Καπ Ελλάδος), officially known as the Cup of Friendship and Solidarity ( el, Κύπελλο Φιλίας και Αλληλεγγύης) was a Greek Football (soccer), association football one-match ...

: 2019 AN Brescia * Serie A1: 2020–21

Awards

* Swimming World Magazine's man water polo ''World Player of the Year " award: 2012 *Member of World Team by ''total-waterpolo'': 2019 *Member of Second World Team of the Year's 2000–2020 by ''total-waterpolo'' *Fourth Top European Player in the World by

LEN Len or LEN may refer to: People and fictional characters * Len (given name), a list of people and fictional characters * Lén, a character from Irish mythology * Alex Len (born 1993), Ukrainian basketball player * Mr. Len, American hip hop DJ *Le ...

: 2016 * World League Top Scorer:

* Olympic Games 2012 Team of the Tournament * Croatian Championship Top Scorer 2015–16 with

* Croatian Championship Top Scorer 2018–19 with

* Croatian Championship

MVP In team sports, a most valuable player award, abbreviated 'MVP award', is an honor typically bestowed upon an individual (or individuals, in the instance of a tie) whose individual performance is the greatest in an entire league, for a particu ...

2018–19 with

*Croatian "Athlete of the Year ": 2018–19 *Best Croatian Right Wing of the Year: 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 * 2019 World Championship Team of the Tournament *Croatian Water Polo Player of the Year: 2020 with Olympiacos , 2021 with Jug Dubrovnik

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Jokovic, Maro 1987 births Living people Sportspeople from Dubrovnik Croatian male water polo players Water polo drivers Left-handed water polo players Water polo players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Water polo players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Water polo players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Water polo players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Croatia in water polo Olympic silver medalists for Croatia in water polo World Aquatics Championships medalists in water polo Competitors at the 2013 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games medalists in water polo Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Croatia Olympiacos Water Polo Club players Expatriate water polo players Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Greece Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Italy 21st-century Croatian people

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