Aleksa Šaponjić (

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: Алекса Шапоњић, born 4 June 1992) is a

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player, and a member of the

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. His first notable competition with his national team was the 2012 European Championship in

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, the outcome was a win. He currently attends the

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and plays for the CA Golden Bears water polo team.

Club career

* 2011–____ CA Golden Bears

National career

2012 Eindhoven

On 21 January in the fourth match of the

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, Šaponjić scored his first goal ever for his national team in professional competition match. It was in a routine victory against

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14–5. On 27 January Šaponjić scored a goal in a semifinal 12–8 victory over

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. On 29 January, Šaponjić won the European Championship with his

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beating in the final

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by 9–8. This was his first medal with the national team. Šaponjić was a member of the bronze medal winning Serbian team in

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* * * 1992 births Living people Water polo players from Belgrade Serbian male water polo players Water polo drivers Water polo players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Serbia in water polo European champions for Serbia Summer World University Games medalists in water polo FISU World University Games gold medalists for Serbia Medalists at the 2011 Summer Universiade 21st-century Serbian sportsmen European Water Polo Championship medalists {{Serbia-Olympic-medalist-stub

Club career

National career

2012 Eindhoven

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