Vladimir Gojković (
Serbian Cyrillic
The Serbian Cyrillic alphabet ( sr, / , ) is a variation of the Cyrillic script used to write the Serbian language, updated in 1818 by Serbian linguist Vuk Karadžić. It is one of the two alphabets used to write standard modern Serbian, th ...
: Владимир Гојковић; born 29 January 1981) is a
Montenegrin
Montenegrin may refer to:
* Adjective for anything related to Montenegro
* Demonym referring to the people of Montenegro, see Demographics of Montenegro
* Ethnonym, referring to Montenegrins, the ethnic group associated with Montenegro
* Monteneg ...
former
water polo
Water polo is a 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 ball into the opposing team's goal. The team with t ...
player and current water polo coach of
Montenegro national team. He won silver medal as a member of the
Serbia and Montenegro
Serbia and Montenegro ( sr, Cрбија и Црна Гора, translit=Srbija i Crna Gora) was a country in Southeast Europe located in the Balkans that existed from 1992 to 2006, following the breakup of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yu ...
team in Athens in 2004. He was 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. The team reached the semi-finals, where they were defeated by
Hungary
Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Croa ...
and finished fourth in the end. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he again played for Montenegro, who again finished fourth, losing to Serbia in the bronze medal play off.
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See also
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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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List of world champions in men's water polo
This is a list of world champions in men's water polo since the inaugural official edition in 1973.
Abbreviations
History
The 1973 Men's World Water Polo Championship was the first edition of the men's water polo tournament at the World Aqua ...
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References
External links
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1981 births
Living people
Montenegrin male water polo players
Serbia and Montenegro male water polo players
Olympic water polo players for Montenegro
Olympic water polo players for 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
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
Montenegrin water polo coaches
Montenegro men's national water polo team coaches
Water polo coaches at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Water polo coaches at the 2020 Summer Olympics
European champions for Montenegro
Expatriate water polo players
Montenegrin expatriate sportspeople in Russia
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