Maro Joković (born 1 October 1987) is a Croatian water polo player. He is left-handed and plays in the right wing position. He competed at the 2008, 2012 and 2016 Olympics and won a gold medal in 2012 and a silver in 2016. He held the world title in 2007 and the European title in 2010.[3]
| Maro Joković | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Joković at the 2015 World Championships | |||
| Personal information | |||
| Born |
1 October 1987 Dubrovnik, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia[1] | ||
| Nationality | Croatian | ||
| Height | 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)[2] | ||
| Weight | 95 kg (209 lb) | ||
| Position | Right Wing | ||
| Handedness | Left | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current team | VK Jug | ||
| Senior clubs | |||
| Years | Team | ||
2004–2013 | VK Jug | ||
2013–2015 | Pro Recco | ||
2015–2019 | VK Jug | ||
2019–2020 | Olympiacos | ||
2020–2021 | AN Brescia | ||
2021– | VK Jug | ||
| National team | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| Croatia | |||
Medal record | |||
Joković took up water polo aged seven at a local club near Dubrovnik. At the age of 14, he joined VK Jug Dubrovnik. He is currently studying economics at the University of Dubrovnik. He is married to Maria and has three daughters. In 2013, he worked as a model for fashion designer Ivana Barač.[3]
At club level, Joković plays for Croatian powerhouse Jug Dubrovnik.
In the summer of 2023, Maro joined San Giljan ASC to take part in the summer competitions for the Maltese champions alongside Pro Recco and Australia men's national water polo team star Aaron Younger
Honours edit
Club edit
Jug Dubrovnik
- LEN Champions League: 2005–06, 2015–16 ; runners-up : 2006–07, 2007–08, 2012–13, 2016–17
- LEN Super Cup: 2006, 2016
- Croatian Championship: 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06 2006–07, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11 2011–12, 2012–13, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2021–22
- Adriatic League: 2009, 2016, 2017, 2018,2023
- Croatian Cup: 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19,2022-23
- Croatian Super Cup: 2022
Pro Recco
- LEN Champions League: 2014–15
- Serie A1: 2013–14, 2014–15
- Coppa Italia: 2013–14, 2014–15
Olympiacos
- Greek Championship: 2019–20
- Greek Cup: 2019–20
- Greek Super Cup: 2019
AN Brescia
- Serie A1: 2020–21
Awards edit
- Swimming World Magazine's man water polo ''World Player of the Year " award: 2012
- Member of World Team by total-waterpolo: 2019
- Member of Second World Team of the Year's 2000–2020 by total-waterpolo
- Fourth Top European Player in the World by LEN: 2016 [4]
- World League Top Scorer: 2012
- Olympic Games 2012 Team of the Tournament
- Croatian Championship Top Scorer 2015–16 with Jug Dubrovnik [5]
- Croatian Championship Top Scorer 2018–19 with Jug Dubrovnik[6]
- Croatian Championship MVP 2018–19 with Jug Dubrovnik[7]
- Croatian "Athlete of the Year ": 2018–19
- Best Croatian Right Wing of the Year: 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021
- 2019 World Championship Team of the Tournament
- Croatian Water Polo Player of the Year: 2020[8] with Olympiacos , 2021[9] with Jug Dubrovnik
See also edit
- Croatia men's Olympic water polo team records and statistics
- List of Olympic champions in men's water polo
- List of Olympic medalists in water polo (men)
- List of world champions in men's water polo
- List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in water polo
- List of Swimming World Swimmers of the Year
References edit
- ^ Maro Joković. sports-reference.com
- ^ Maro Joković Archived 2016-10-18 at the Wayback Machine. rio2016.com
- ^ a b Maro Joković. nbcolympics.com
- ^ Sportsfeed. "Ο Φουντούλης στους κορυφαίους της Ευρώπης" (in Greek). Retrieved 2022-02-27.
- ^ "Prvenstvo Hrvatske u vaterpolu 2015./16.", Wikipedija (in Croatian), 2021-12-27, retrieved 2022-03-05 [circular reference]
- ^ "Prvenstvo Hrvatske u vaterpolu 2018./19.", Wikipedija (in Croatian), 2021-12-15, retrieved 2022-03-06 [circular reference]
- ^ "Prvenstvo Hrvatske u vaterpolu 2018./19.", Wikipedija (in Croatian), 2021-12-15, retrieved 2022-03-05 [circular reference]
- ^ "Dočekao priznanje: Joković u 33. godini osvojio Sikiricu! Zapjevala i Rozga". www.vecernji.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 2022-03-06.
- ^ "Sportske novosti - Maro Joković najbolji igrač u 2021., a za sljedeću godinu postoji samo jedna želja - medalja". sportske.jutarnji.hr (in Croatian). 2021-12-18. Retrieved 2022-03-04.
External links edit
- Maro Joković at World Aquatics
- Maro Joković at Olympics.com
- Maro Joković at Olympedia
- Maro Joković at the Croatian Olympic Committee (archived) (in Croatian)
