Nikola Jakšić

Nikola Jakšić (Serbian Cyrillic: Никола Јакшић; born 17 January 1997) is a Serbian water polo player for VK Novi Beograd.[1] At the 2016 Summer Olympics, he competed for the Serbia men's national water polo team in the men's event. He is 196 centimetres (6 ft 5 in) tall and is one of the top defenders in the world.

Nikola Jakšić
Personal information
Born (1997-01-17) 17 January 1997
Belgrade,
FR Yugoslavia
Nationality Serbian
Height 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Weight 105 kg (231 lb)
Position Centre-back
Club information
Current team VK Novi Beograd
Senior clubs
Years Team
2013–2017
 Partizan
2017–2021
 Ferencvárosi
2021–present
 VK Novi Beograd
Medal record
Men's water polo
Representing  Serbia
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place2016 Rio de JaneiroTeam
Gold medal – first place2020 TokyoTeam
World Championship
Gold medal – first place2015 KazanTeam
Bronze medal – third place2017 BudapestTeam
European Championships
Gold medal – first place2016 Belgrade
Gold medal – first place2018 Barcelona
World League
Gold medal – first place2015 Bergamo
Gold medal – first place2019 Belgrade
World Cup
Bronze medal – third place2018 Berlin
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place2018 Tarragona
Summer Universiade
Gold medal – first place2017 TaipeiTeam

Honours

Club
VK Partizan
Ferencváros

VK Novi Beograd

Awards

See also

References
  1. Partizanov biser Nikola Jakšić
  2. "Στην κορυφαία επτάδα του κόσμου οι Βλαχόπουλος και Αργυρόπουλος, σύμφωνα με το Total Water Polo". www.sport24.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 2022-02-25.2021


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