Boško Vuksanović ( sr-cyrl, Бошко Вуксановић; 4 January 1928 – 4 April 2011) was a
Yugoslavian 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 who competed in the
1952 Summer Olympics
The 1952 Summer Olympics (, ), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad (, ) and commonly known as Helsinki 1952, were an international multi-sport event held from 19 July to 3 August 1952 in Helsinki, Finland.
After Japan declared in ...
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He was born in
Kotor
Kotor (Cyrillic script, Cyrillic: Котор, ), historically known as Cattaro (from Italian language, Italian: ), is a town in Coastal Montenegro, Coastal region of Montenegro. It is located in a secluded part of the Bay of Kotor. The city has ...
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Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
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(presently Montenegro).
[Preminuo Boško Vuksanović]
(in Serbian) Vuksanović was part of the
Yugoslav team which won the silver medal in the 1952 tournament. He played in six matches. Four years later he was a
squad member of the Yugoslav Olympic team in the
1956 tournament but did not play in a match.
He died on 4 April 2011 in
Belgrade
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Serbia
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See also
* List of Olympic medalists in water polo (men)
Men's water polo has been part of the Summer Olympics program since 1900. Hungary men's national water polo team has won sixteen Olympic medals, becoming the most successful country in men's tournament.
There are fifty-nine male athletes who hav ...
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1928 births
2011 deaths
Yugoslav male water polo players
Olympic water polo players for Yugoslavia
Water polo players at the 1952 Summer Olympics
Water polo players at the 1956 Summer Olympics
Olympic silver medalists for Yugoslavia
Olympic medalists in water polo
Medalists at the 1952 Summer Olympics
Water polo players from Kotor
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