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 VK Novi Beograd ( sr-cyr, ВК Нови Београд) is a professional water polo club based in New Belgrade, Serbia. As of 2023–24 season, the club competes in the Serbian Water Polo League A, Serbian League, Regional Water Polo League, Regi ...

. At the

2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad () and officially branded as Rio 2016, were an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with preliminary events i ...

, he competed for the

Serbia men's national water polo team The Serbia men's national water polo team represents Serbia in international men's water polo. It is considered to be one of the most successful men's water polo teams in the world, winning medals in all Olympic tournaments it has entered, i ...

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

Honours

Club

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

Serbian Cup The Serbian Cup ( Serbian: Куп Србије / Kup Srbije), also known as Mozzart Serbian Cup for sponsorship reasons, is the national football cup of Serbia. The winner of the competition gets a spot in the UEFA Europa League qualifying round. ...

: 2015–16, 2016–17 ;Ferencváros *

LEN Champions League The European Aquatics 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 ...

: 2018–19; ''runner-up'':

2020–21 The dash is a punctuation mark consisting of a long horizontal line. It is similar in appearance to the hyphen but is longer and sometimes higher from the baseline. The most common versions are the endash , generally longer than the hyphen ...

LEN Euro Cup The European Aquatics Euro Cup is the second-tier European water polo club competition run by the European Aquatics for those clubs who did not qualify for the European Aquatics Champions League. The cup was inaugurated in 1992. From 2024, afte ...

: 2017–18 *

LEN Super Cup The European Aquatics Super Cup is an annual water polo match organized by European Aquatics and contested by the reigning champions of the two most important European club competitions, the European Aquatics Champions League and the European A ...

2018 Events January * January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency. * January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...

2019 This was the year in which the first known human case of COVID-19 was documented, preceding COVID-19 pandemic, the pandemic which was declared by the World Health Organization the following year. Up to that point, 2019 had been described as ...

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

Hungarian Cup The Hungarian Cup (, ), officially known as MOL Magyar Kupa for sponsorship reasons, is the Hungarian cup competition for football clubs. It was started by the Hungarian Football Association'','' in 1909, eight years after the commencement of ...

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

VK Novi Beograd *

''runners-up'': 2021–22,

2022–23 The dash is a punctuation mark consisting of a long horizontal line. It is similar in appearance to the hyphen but is longer and sometimes higher from the baseline. The most common versions are the endash , generally longer than the hyphen ...

Adriatic League The ABA League, renamed the ABA League First Division in 2017, is the top-tier regional men's professional basketball league that originally featured clubs from former Yugoslavia (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, North Macedonia, ...

: 2021–22, 2023–24 * Serbian Championship: 2021–22, 2022–23 *

: 2023–24

Awards

*Member of the World Teamby ''totalwaterpolo'': 2021,2021 2023, 2024 * 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, lin ...

: 2015, 2016 * Young Athlete of The Year by the Serbian Olympic Committee: 2016 * Serbian Championship Defender of the Year: 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2021–22, 2022–23 * Hungarian Championship Defender of the Year: 2017–18, 2018–19, 2020–21 *

Defender of the Year: 2021–22 *

Defender of the Year:

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* * 1997 births Living people Water polo players 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 Water Polo Championship medalists European champions for Serbia Water polo players at the 2018 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games medalists in water polo Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Serbia Summer World University Games medalists in water polo FISU World University Games gold medalists for Serbia Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Hungary Medalists at the 2017 Summer Universiade Water polo players at the 2024 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2024 Summer Olympics 21st-century Serbian sportsmen {{Serbia-Olympic-medalist-stub

Honours

Club

Awards

See also

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