Predrag Jokić ( sr-cyrl, Предраг Јокић; born 3 February 1983 in

Kotor Kotor ( Montenegrin Cyrillic: Котор, ), historically known as Cattaro (from Italian: ), is a coastal town in Montenegro. It is located in a secluded part of the Bay of Kotor. The city has a population of 13,510 and is the administrative ...

) is a Montenegrin 1.88 m tall

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. He is a member of the

Montenegro men's national water polo team The Montenegro men's national water polo team represents Montenegro in international men's water polo competitions, and is controlled by the Water Polo and Swimming Federation of Montenegro. Prior history Between 1918 and 1991, Montenegro was par ...

at the 2008 Summer Olympics, 2012 Summer Olympics, and the 2016 Summer Olympics.In 2003 he won the gold medal with Serbia and Montenegro at the European Championship in Kranj,Slovenia. At the 2004 Olympics, he won a silver as a member of Serbia and Montenegro team. At the 2008 Summer Olympics, the Montenegro team reached the semifinals, where they were defeated by

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and

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in the bronze medal match. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, Montenegro lost to Croatia in their semi-final, and then to Serbia again in the bronze medal match. At the 2016 Summer Olympics, Montenegro lost to Croatia in the semifinals and then lost to Italy in the bronze medal match. Jokić was given the honour to carry the national flag of Montenegro at the closing ceremony of the 2016 Summer Olympics, becoming the 25th water polo player to be a

flag bearer A standard-bearer, also known as a flag-bearer is a person (soldier or civilian) who bears an emblem known as a standard or military colours, i.e. either a type of flag or an inflexible but mobile image, which is used (and often honoured) as a f ...

at the opening and closing ceremonies of the Olympics.

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* 1983 births Living people Montenegrin male water polo players Serbia and Montenegro male water polo players Olympic water polo players of Montenegro Olympic water polo players of Serbia and Montenegro Water polo players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Water polo players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Water polo players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Water polo players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Serbia and Montenegro Olympic medalists in water polo Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics World Aquatics Championships medalists in water polo {{Montenegro-waterpolo-bio-stub

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