Aleksandar Šoštar
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Aleksandar Šoštar ' onMouseout='HidePop("27631")' href="/topics/Niš">Niš
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n water polo goalkeeper who played on the bronze medal squad of FR Yugoslavia at the 2000 Summer Olympics
and on the gold medal squad for SFR Yugoslavia at the 1988 Summer Olympics
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In 2001
he was declared for Athlete of The Year and Sportsman of The Year in Yugoslavia.
He currently performs the functions of the President Water Polo Club Partizan
and President of the Sports Federation of Serbia.
Niš
Niš is the largest city of southern Serbia and third-largest city in Serbia . According to the data from 2011, the city of Niš has a population of 177,972 inhabitants, while the city municipality has a population of 257,867. The city covers an area of about 597 km2, including the urban area,...
) is a Serbia
Serbia
Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...
n water polo goalkeeper who played on the bronze medal squad of FR Yugoslavia at the 2000 Summer Olympics
2000 Summer Olympics
The Sydney 2000 Summer Olympic Games or the Millennium Games/Games of the New Millennium, officially known as the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was celebrated between 15 September and 1 October 2000 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia...
and on the gold medal squad for SFR Yugoslavia at the 1988 Summer Olympics
1988 Summer Olympics
The 1988 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad, were an all international multi-sport events celebrated from September 17 to October 2, 1988 in Seoul, South Korea. They were the second summer Olympic Games to be held in Asia and the first since the 1964 Summer Olympics...
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In 2001
2001 in sports
2001 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.-Alpine skiing:* Alpine Skiing World Cup** Men's overall season champion: Hermann Maier, Austria** Women's overall season champion: Janica Kostelić, Croatia-American football:...
he was declared for Athlete of The Year and Sportsman of The Year in Yugoslavia.
He currently performs the functions of the President Water Polo Club Partizan
VK Partizan
Vaterpolo klub Partizan Raiffeisen is a waterpolo club from Belgrade, Serbia. VK Partizan is one of the sport clubs in Serbia that are part of sport society Partizan. Partizan's home terrain is the pool which is part of the Sportski centar Voždovac na Banjici complex...
and President of the Sports Federation of Serbia.