Montenegrin water polo player
Predrag Jokić (Serbian Cyrillic: Предраг Јокић; born 3 February 1983 in Kotor) is a Montenegrin 1.88 m tall water polo player. He is a member of the Montenegro men's national water polo team at the 2008 Summer Olympics, 2012 Summer Olympics, and the 2016 Summer Olympics.In 2003 he won the gold medal with Serbia and Montenegro at the European Championship in Kranj,Slovenia.
At the 2004 Olympics, he won a silver as a member of Serbia and Montenegro team.[1]
At the 2008 Summer Olympics, the Montenegro team reached the semifinals, where they were defeated by Hungary and Serbia in the bronze medal match.
At the 2012 Summer Olympics, Montenegro lost to Croatia in their semi-final, and then to Serbia again in the bronze medal match.
At the 2016 Summer Olympics, Montenegro lost to Croatia in the semifinals and then lost to Italy in the bronze medal match.[2] Jokić was given the honour to carry the national flag of Montenegro at the closing ceremony of the 2016 Summer Olympics, becoming the 25th water polo player to be a flag bearer at the opening and closing ceremonies of the Olympics.[3]
See also
References
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Predrag Jokić". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2009-06-29.
- ^ "Rio 2016". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-08-25. Retrieved 2016-08-23.
- ^ "The Flagbearers for the Rio 2016 Closing Ceremony". 2016-08-21. Retrieved 2016-08-23.
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Serbia and Montenegro squads |
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Serbia and Montenegro squad – 2003 European Championship – Gold medal |
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Serbia and Montenegro men's water polo squad – 2003 World Aquatics Championships – Bronze medal |
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Serbia and Montenegro men's water polo squad – 2004 Summer Olympics – Silver medal |
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Serbia and Montenegro men's water polo squad – 2005 World Aquatics Championships – Gold medal (1st title) |
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