Aleksa Šaponjić

Aleksa Šaponjić
	Adam Scholefield and Aleksa Šaponjić
Personal information
Born	4 June 1992 (age 32); Belgrade, Serbia
Medal record
Men's water polo
Representing Serbia
Olympic Games
European Championship
FINA World League
Universiade

Aleksa Šaponjić (Serbian Cyrillic: Алекса Шапоњић, born 4 June 1992) is a Serbian water polo player, and a member of the Serbia men's national water polo team. His first notable competition with his national team was the 2012 European Championship in Eindhoven, the outcome was a win. He currently attends the University of California, Berkeley and plays for the CA Golden Bears water polo team.

Club career

2011–____ CA Golden Bears

National career

2012 Eindhoven

On 21 January in the fourth match of the European Championship, Šaponjić scored his first goal ever for his national team in professional competition match. It was in a routine victory against Romania 14–5. On 27 January Šaponjić scored a goal in a semifinal 12–8 victory over Italy. On 29 January, Šaponjić won the European Championship with his national team beating in the final Montenegro by 9–8. This was his first medal with the national team.^[1]

Šaponjić was a member of the bronze medal winning Serbian team in water polo at the 2012 Summer Olympics.^[2]

References

^ Tim Hartog (29 January 2012). "Serbia 2012 European champions". Archived from the original on 14 December 2013. Retrieved 29 January 2012.
^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Aleksa Šaponjić". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 16 December 2012. Retrieved 30 September 2020.