Milan Aleksić

Milan Aleksić (Serbian Cyrillic: Милан Алексић; born 13 May 1986) is a Serbian water polo center back who plays for Partizan and the Serbia men's national water polo team. He is a 2016 and 2020 Olympic champion and a 2012 Olympic bronze medalist. He also held the world title in 2009 and 2015 and European title in 2012, 2014 and 2016. His most notable achievements in a club competition are the LEN Euroleague and the LEN Supercup which he won in 2011 with Partizan Raiffeisen.[3][4]

Milan Aleksić
Aleksić at 2016 Olympics
Personal information
Born (1986-05-13) 13 May 1986
Belgrade, SR Serbia,
SFR Yugoslavia[1]
Nationality Serbian
Height 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)[2]
Weight 96 kg (212 lb)
Position Center Back
Club information
Current team Partizan
Senior clubs
Years Team
2003–2012
 Partizan
2012–2019
 Szolnoki
2019–2021
 Barceloneta
2021–
 Partizan
Medal record
Men's water polo
Representing  Serbia
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place2016 Rio de JaneiroTeam
Gold medal – first place2020 TokyoTeam
Bronze medal – third place2012 LondonTeam
World Championship
Gold medal – first place2009 RomeTeam
Gold medal – first place2015 KazanTeam
Silver medal – second place2011 ShanghaiTeam
Bronze medal – third place2017 BudapestTeam
European Championship
Gold medal – first place2012 Eindhoven
Gold medal – first place2014 Budapest
Gold medal – first place2016 Belgrade
Gold medal – first place2018 Barcelona
Bronze medal – third place2010 Zagreb
FINA World Cup
Gold medal – first place2010 Oradea
FINA World League
Gold medal – first place2007 Berlin
Gold medal – first place2010 Niš
Gold medal – first place2011 Firenze
Gold medal – first place2013 Chelyabinsk
Gold medal – first place2015 Bergamo
Gold medal – first place2016 Huizhou
Gold medal – first place2017 Ruza
Gold medal – first place2019 Belgrade
Bronze medal – third place2009 Podgorica
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place2009 Pescara
Gold medal – first place2018 Tarragona


Representing  Serbia and Montenegro
Universiade
Gold medal – first place2005 İzmir

Club career

Partizan Raiffeisen

On 22 October 2011 Aleksić scored a goal in the first round of the Euroleague Group, in an 8–9 loss to Szeged Beton VE. On 9 November Aleksić scored his second goal of the tournament in the second round of the Euroleague Group in the 10–10 tie against TEVA-Vasas-UNIQA. On 26 November Aleksić scored his third goal of the tournament in a 9–6 Euroleague third round win over ZF Eger in Belgrade. Aleksić scored two goals on 14 December in the fourth round of the Euroleague, in the 12–8 second defeat to ZF Eger. On 8 February Milan Aleksić scored two goals for Partizan in the fifth round of the Euroleague Group in which his team won without much problem 9–5 against TEVA-Vasas-UNIQA. On 26 February Aleksić scored his last goal in the final round of the Euroleague Group, in which his team lost by 9–8 to Szeged Beton VE and dropped out of the competition. On 1 March he scored a goal against VK Vojvodina in a 10–9 win in the "A League" fourth round.

National career

Aleksić scored his first goal at the European Championship on 17 January 2012 against Germany in Serbia's second game which the Serbs won by 13–12. On 19 January 2012, in their third game of the tournament, Aleksić scored his second goal in a difficult 15–12 victory against the defending European champions, Croatia.

100th match for the Serbia national team

On 23 January, Aleksić played his 100th official match for his national team in the last round of group A scoring a goal, in which Serbia lost to Montenegro with 11–7.

On 27 January Aleksić scored two goals in a semifinal 12–8 victory over Italy. Milan Aleksić won the 2012 European Championship with Serbia on 29 January. He scored a goal in the final against Montenegro which his national team won by 9–8.[5] This was his first gold medal at the European Championships.

At the 2012 Summer Olympics, Aleksić was part of the Serbian team that won the bronze medal.[1]

At the 2016 Summer Olympics, Aleksić was part of the Serbian team that won the gold medal.[1]

At the 2020 Summer Olympics, Aleksić was part of the Serbian team that won the gold medal.[1]

Honours

Club
VK Partizan
Szolnok
CN Atlètic-Barceloneta

See also

References
  1. Milan Aleksić. sports-reference.com
  2. Milan Aleksić Archived 2016-10-18 at the Wayback Machine. rio2016.com
  3. Milan Aleksić Archived 2016-10-19 at the Wayback Machine. nbcolympics.com
  4. "Milan Aleksic signs with Szolnok". Waterpoloworld International. Archived from the original on 2016-09-16. Retrieved 2016-02-18.
  5. Serbia 2012 European champions Archived 2013-12-14 at the Wayback Machine. Waterpoloworld.com. Retrieved on 2016-08-11.
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