Stefan Mitrović (water polo)

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Stefan Mitrović
Mitrović at the 2016 Olympics
Personal information
Born (1988-03-29) 29 March 1988 (age 36)
Belgrade, SR Serbia,
SFR Yugoslavia[1]
Nationality Serbian
Height 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)[2]
Weight 91 kg (201 lb)
Club information
Current team Partizan
Senior clubs
Years Team
2006–2013
 Partizan
2013–2016
 Szolnoki
2016–2019
 Ferencvárosi
2019–2020
 Olympiacos
2020
 Apollon Smyrnis
2021–present
 Partizan
Medal record
Men's water polo
Representing  Serbia
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team
Gold medal – first place 2020 Tokyo Team
Bronze medal – third place 2012 London Team
World Championship
Gold medal – first place 2009 Rome Team
Gold medal – first place 2015 Kazan Team
Silver medal – second place 2011 Shanghai Team
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Budapest Team
European Championship
Gold medal – first place 2012 Eindhoven
Gold medal – first place 2014 Budapest
Gold medal – first place 2016 Belgrade
Gold medal – first place 2018 Barcelona
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Zagreb
FINA World League
Gold medal – first place 2007 Berlin
Gold medal – first place 2010 Niš
Gold medal – first place 2011 Firenze
Gold medal – first place 2013 Chelyabinsk
Gold medal – first place 2014 Dubai
Gold medal – first place 2015 Bergamo
Gold medal – first place 2016 Huizhou
Gold medal – first place 2017 Ruza
Gold medal – first place 2019 Belgrade
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Podgorica
FINA World Cup
Gold medal – first place 2010 Oreada
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Berlin
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place 2009 Pescara
Gold medal – first place 2018 Tarragona

Stefan Mitrović (

motorcycle accident
. He won the world title in 2009 and 2015 and the European title in 2012, 2014, 2016 and 2018.

Club career

Partizan Raiffeisen

On 22 October 2011. Mitrović scored three goals in the first round of the

Crvena Zvezda VET. On 1 March Mitrović scored a goal against VK Vojvodina
in a 10–9 win in the "A League" fourth round.

Szolnoki Dózsa-KÖZGÉP

Starting with the 2013–2014 season he played for Szolnoki Dózsa-KÖZGÉP. He was part of the team for three seasons, until 2016, winning the national championship in the last two out of the three occasions.

Ferencvárosi TC

Starting with the 2016–2017 season he will be playing for Ferencvárosi TC alongside other signings from his previous team such as Dániel Varga, Norbert Madaras and Márton Tóth.

Olympiacos

On 25 June 2019, he signed for Greek powerhouse Olympiacos.

National career

On 16 January, at the European Championship Mitrović scored a goal in the first game in an 8–5 win against Spain. Mitrović was a big part of his team on 19 January, in a big 15–12 victory against the defending European champions Croatia. He scored two goals for his team. On 27 January Mitrović scored two goals in a semifinal 12–8 victory over Italy. Stefan Mitrović won the 2012 European Championship on 29 January. He scored two goals alongside his captain Vanja Udovičić in the final against Montenegro which his national team won by 9–8.[3] Later that year he won a bronze medal at the 2012 Olympics.[1]


Honours

VK Partizan

Szolnoki

Ferencvaros

Olympiacos

Awards

Personal life

Mitrović is married to Ilinka.[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Stefan Mitrović. sports-reference.com
  2. ^ Stefan Mitrović Archived 2016-08-15 at the Wayback Machine. rio2016.com
  3. ^ "Serbia 2012 European champions". waterpolo world. 29 January 2012.
  4. ^ Stefan Mitrović. nbcolympics.com

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