Aleksandar Šoštar

Aleksandar Šoštar (Serbian Cyrillic: Александар Шоштар; born January 21, 1964) is a Serbian water polo goalkeeper who played on the bronze medal squad of FR Yugoslavia at the 2000 Summer Olympics and on the gold medal squad for SFR Yugoslavia at the 1988 Summer Olympics.[1]

Aleksandar Šoštar

Šoštar in December 2012.
Personal information
Born	January 21, 1964 (1964-01-21) (age 56) Niš, SFR Yugoslavia
Height	196 cm (6 ft 5 in)
Weight	102 kg (225 lb)
Medal record Men's Water Polo Representing  Yugoslavia Olympic Games 1988 Seoul World Championship 1991 Perth European Championship 1991 Athens Mediterranean Games 1991 Athens Representing  FR Yugoslavia Olympic Games 2000 Sydney World Championship 2001 Fukuoka European Championship 2001 Budapest

In 2001 he was declared for Athlete of the Year and Sportsman of the Year in Yugoslavia.[2]

He currently performs the functions of the President Water Polo Club Partizan and President of the Sports Federation of Serbia.

Early life

Šoštar was born in Niš to Croatian father Stjepan Šoštar and Serbian mother.[3] His father who hails from the town of Ivanec moved to Belgrade during the late 1950s as an employee of the Yugoslav People's Army (JNA) where he remained living after marrying a woman from Niš and starting a family.[3] Though the family lived in Belgrade, Aleksandar was born in Niš due to his mother visiting her relatives at the time.[3]

Club career

Clubs

• Partizan (1981–1992)
• Posillipo (1992–1994)
• Budvanska Rivijera (1994)
• Barcelona (1994–1996)
• Budvanska Rivijera (1996–1997) 2x
• NIS Naftagas-Bečej (1997–2001)
• FTC-VMAX (2001–2002)

See also

• List of Olympic champions in men's water polo
• List of Olympic medalists in water polo
• List of world champions in men's water polo
• List of members of the International Swimming Hall of Fame

References

1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Aleksandar Šoštar". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved August 12, 2014.
2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-08-20. Retrieved 2010-08-20.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
3. Filić, Anton (2 June 2013). "Mladost može igrati u Ligi prvaka ako za to ima novca". Večernji list. Retrieved 2 October 2012.

Awards
Preceded by Vladimir Grbić	The Best Athlete of Yugoslavia 2001	Succeeded by Dejan Bodiroga