Sandro Sukno (born 30 June 1990) is a Croatian former professional water polo player.[1] At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he competed for the Croatia national team in the men's event winning the gold medal. He also won a silver medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[2] He last played for VK Jug. He currently works as an assistant coach of the senior men's Croatia national team.
| Sandro Sukno | |||
|---|---|---|---|
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| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Sandro Sukno | ||
| Born |
30 June 1990 Dubrovnik, SR Croatia, Yugoslavia | ||
| Nationality | Croatian | ||
| Height | 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) | ||
| Weight | 93 kg (205 lb) | ||
| Position | Wing | ||
| Handedness | Right | ||
| Senior clubs | |||
| Years | Team | ||
2008–2011 | Jug Dubrovnik | ||
2011–2012 | Pro Recco | ||
2012–2015 | Primorje Rijeka | ||
2015–2017 | Pro Recco | ||
2018–2019 | Jug Dubrovnik | ||
Medal record | |||
Sukno's father is Goran Sukno, water polo gold medalist for Yugoslavia at the 1984 Summer Olympics.[2]
Sukno was named Croatian water polo player of the year in 2014 and 2015, and best player in the 2014–15 Prva Liga.[3] In December 2017, Sukno won the trophy for the best water polo player in the 2016–17 season.[4] In 2017 he was named to the All-Star Team of the World Championships.[3] Croatia also won the World Championship that year.[3] In May 2019, he announced his retirement from playing professional water polo citing heart problems.[3]
Honours
editAs Player
edit- Pro Recco
- LEN Champions League: 2011–12
- LEN Super Cup: 2012, 2015
- Adriatic League: 2011 –12
- Serie A1: 2011–12, 2015–16, 2016–17
- Coppa Italia: 2015–16, 2016–17
Primorje Rijeka
- LEN Champions League runners-up: 2014–15
- Croatian Championship: 2013–14, 2014–15
- Croatian Cup: 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15
- Adriatic League: 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15
As Coach
editPro Recco
- Serie A1: 2022, 2023, 2024
- LEN Champions League: 2022, 2023
- LEN Super Cup: 2021, 2022, 2023
- Coppa Italia: 2022, 2023
Awards
edit- Total-waterpolo magazine's man water polo "World Player of the Year" award: 2017[5]
- Member of the Second World Team of the Year's 2000–20 by total-waterpolo
- Member of the World Team 2017 by total-waterpolo[6]
- LEN Champions League MVP: 2014–15
- Croatian Water Polo Player of the Year: 2014 with Primorje Rijeka[7]
- Croatian Water Polo Player of the Year: 2015 with Primorje Rijeka[8]
- Croatian Water Polo Player of the Year: 2017 with Pro Recco[9]
- Adriatic League MVP 2012–13 with Primorje Rijeka
- Adriatic League MVP 2014–15 with Primorje Rijeka
- Adriatic League Top Scorer: 2010–11 with Primorje Rijeka
- Adriatic League Top Scorer: 2014–15 with Primorje Rijeka
- LEN Champions League Top Scorer: 2014–15[10] with Primorje Rijeka
- World Cup Top Scorer: 2010 Oradea
- World League Top Scorer: 2011 Firenze
- European Championship Top Scorer: 2012 Eindhoven
- World Championship Top Scorer: 2013 Barcelona
- Olympic Games 2016 Team of the Tournament
- 2013 World Championship Team of the Tournament
- 2017 World Championship Team of the Tournament
Orders
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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 men's Olympic water polo tournament top goalscorers
- List of world champions in men's water polo
- List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in water polo
References
edit- ^ "Sandro Sukno". London2012.com. London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 14 August 2012.
- ^ a b Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Sandro Sukno". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 17 February 2020.
- ^ a b c d "Sandro Sukno". FINA.org. Retrieved 17 February 2020.
- ^ "Total Player of the Year Sandro Sukno". Total Waterpolo. Retrieved 17 February 2020.
- ^ "Sandro Sukno - Winner of the TOTAL PLAYER 2017 AWARD". total-waterpolo.
- ^ "Sandro Sukno - Winner of the TOTAL PLAYER 2017 AWARD". total-waterpolo.
- ^ "Dočekao priznanje: Joković u 33. godini osvojio Sikiricu! Zapjevala i Rozga". www.vecernji.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 6 March 2022.
- ^ "Dočekao priznanje: Joković u 33. godini osvojio Sikiricu! Zapjevala i Rozga". www.vecernji.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 6 March 2022.
- ^ krikstudio (29 June 2020). "SRETAN ROĐENDAN – Sandro Sukno". Hrvatski vaterpolski savez (in Croatian). Retrieved 6 March 2022.
- ^ "LEN Champions League 2014-2015", Wikipedia (in Italian), 23 August 2021, retrieved 5 March 2022
- ^ Vijesti: Dodijeljena odlikovanja izraz su priznanja i zahvalnosti za rad i doprinos razvoju i napretku Republike Hrvatske(in Croatian)
External links
edit- Sandro Sukno at World Aquatics
- Sandro Sukno at Olympics.com
- Sandro Sukno at Olympedia
- Sandro Sukno at the Croatian Olympic Committee (in Croatian) (archived)
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