Nikola Jakšić ( sr-cyr, Никола Јакшић; born 17 January 1997) is a Serbian

water polo Water polo is a competitive sport, 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 water polo ball, ball into the oppo ...

player for VK Novi Beograd. At the 2016 Summer Olympics, he competed for the

Serbia men's national water polo team The Serbia men's national water polo team represents Serbia in international water polo competitions and is controlled by the . They have won gold medals in the Olympics, World and European Championships, World Cup, FINA World League, Mediter ...

in the men's event. He is tall and is one of the top defenders in the world.

Honours

Club

;VK Partizan * Serbian Chanmpionship: 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17 *

Serbian Cup The Serbian Cup (Serbian: Куп Србије, Kup Srbije) is the national football cup of Serbia. The winner of the competition gets a spot in the UEFA Europa League qualifying round. From 2006 to 2010, the competition was known as the Lav Cup f ...

: 2015–16, 2016–17 ;Ferencváros *

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 na ...

: 2018–19 ;''runner-up'': 2020–21 *

LEN Euro Cup The LEN Euro Cup is the second-tier European water polo club competition run by the Ligue Européenne de Natation for those clubs who did not qualify for the LEN Champions League. The cup was inaugurated in 1992. History Names of the competiti ...

: 2017–18 *

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 ...

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* Hungarian Championship: 2017–18, 2018–19 *

Hungarian Cup The Hungarian Cup ( hu, Magyar Kupa) is the Hungarian cup competition for football clubs. It was started by the Hungarian Football Association, the ''Magyar Labdarúgó Szövetség,'' in 1909, eight years after the commencement of the Hungarian ...

: 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21 *Hungarian Super Cup:

Awards

* Sportsman of the Year of the

JSD Partizan Jugoslovensko sportsko društvo Partizan ( sr-Cyrl, Југословенско спортско друштво Партизан, lit=Yugoslav Sports Society Partizan), commonly abbreviated as JSD Partizan ( sr-Cyrl, ЈСД Партизан, link ...

: 2015, 2016 * Young Athlete of The Year by the Serbian Olympic Committee: 2016 *Third Top European Player in the World by LEN: 2019 *Member of the World Team 2021 by ''totalwaterpolo''

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* * 1997 births Living people Sportspeople 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 champions for Serbia Competitors at the 2018 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games medalists in water polo Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Serbia Universiade medalists in water polo Universiade gold medalists for Serbia Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Hungary Medalists at the 2017 Summer Universiade {{Serbia-Olympic-medalist-stub

Honours

Club

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