Sandro Sukno (born 30 June 1990) is a Croatian former professional

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. At the

2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

, he competed for the Croatia national team in the men's event winning the gold medal. He also won a silver medal at the

2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 20 ...

. He last played for

VK Jug 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, ...

. He currently works as an assistant coach of the senior men's Croatia national team. Sandro's father is Goran Sukno, water polo gold medalist for Yugoslavia at the

1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United States. It marked the secon ...

. Sandro was named Croatian water polo player of the year in 2014 and 2015, and best player in the 2014–15 Prva Liga. In December 2017, Sukno won the trophy for the best water polo player in the 2016–17 season. In 2017 he was named to the All-Star Team of the

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. Croatia also won the World Championship that year. In May 2019, he announced his retirement from playing professional water polo citing heart problems.

Honours

As Player

;Pro Recco *

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 ...

: 2011–12 *

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 ...

: 2012, 2015 *

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: 2011 –12 * Serie A1: 2011–12, 2015–16, 2016–17 *

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: 2015–16, 2016–17 Primorje Rijeka *

''runners-up'': 2014–15 * Croatian Championship: 2013–14, 2014–15 *

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 ...

: 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15 *

: 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15

As Coach

Pro Recco *

: 2021–22 *

: 2021, 2022 *

: 2021–22

Awards

*''Total-waterpolo'' magazine's man water polo "World Player of the Year" award: 2017 *Member of the Second World Team of the Year's 2000–20 by ''total-waterpolo'' *Member of the World Team 2017 by'' total-waterpolo'' *LEN Champions League MVP: 2014–15 *Croatian Water Polo Player of the Year: 2014 with Primorje Rijeka *Croatian Water Polo Player of the Year: 2015 with Primorje Rijeka *Croatian Water Polo Player of the Year: 2017 with Pro Recco *

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2012–13 with Primorje Rijeka *

2014–15 with Primorje Rijeka *

Top Scorer: 2010–11 with Primorje Rijeka *

Top Scorer: 2014–15 with Primorje Rijeka *

World Cup A world cup is a global sporting competition in which the participant entities – usually international teams or individuals representing their countries – compete for the title of world champion. The event most associated with the concept i ...

Top Scorer: 2010 Oradea * World League Top Scorer: 2011 Firenze * European Championship Top Scorer: 2012 Eindhoven *

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Top Scorer: 2013 Barcelona * Olympic Games 2016 Team of the Tournament * 2013 World Championship Team of the Tournament * 2017 World Championship Team of the Tournament

Orders

Order of Danica Hrvatska with face of Franjo Bučar - 2016Vijesti: Dodijeljena odlikovanja izraz su priznanja i zahvalnosti za rad i doprinos razvoju i napretku Republike Hrvatske
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* 1990 births Living people Sportspeople from Dubrovnik Croatian male water polo players Water polo drivers Water polo players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Water polo players at the 2016 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 Croatian water polo coaches Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Italy Expatriate water polo players {{Croatia-Olympic-medalist-stub