Nikola Franković (born 9 November 1982) is a retired Croatian male

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 was a member of the

Croatia men's national water polo team The Croatia men's national water polo team represents Croatia in international water polo competitions and is controlled by the Croatian Water Polo Federation. They have won gold medals in the Olympics, World and European Championships, FINA Worl ...

, playing as a driver. He was a part of the team at the

2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad (), and officially branded as Athens 2004 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 13 to 29 August 2004 in Athens, Greece. The Games saw 10,625 athletes ...

. On club level he played for

VK Primorje VK Bank (, commonly referred to as VK Primorje EB) is a professional water polo club based in Rijeka, Croatia. As of 2021–22 season, the club competes in the Croatian First League of Water Polo, Croatian League and Regional Water Polo League, R ...

and

HAVK Mladost Hrvatski akademski vaterpolo klub Mladost () or simply HAVK Mladost is a professional water polo club based in Zagreb, Croatia. The club was formed in 1946 and it is part of the Mladost sports society. As of the 2021–22 season, it competes in ...

in Croatia. With Mladost, Franković won the

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in 2008.

References

1982 births Living people Croatian male water polo players Water polo players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic water polo players for Croatia Water polo players from Rijeka European Water Polo Championship medalists 21st-century Croatian sportsmen {{Croatia-waterpolo-bio-stub