Sandro Sukno
Sandro Sukno | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | Sandro Sukno | ||
Born |
Dubrovnik, SR Croatia, Yugoslavia | 30 June 1990||
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 |
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.
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
[edit]As 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
[edit]Pro 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
[edit]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 (archive)
- Sandro Sukno at the Croatian Olympic Committee (in Croatian) (archived)
- 1990 births
- Living people
- Water polo players from Dubrovnik
- Croatian male water polo players
- Water polo drivers
- Water polo players at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Water polo players at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists for Croatia in water polo
- Olympic silver medalists for Croatia in water polo
- World Aquatics Championships medalists in water polo
- Competitors at the 2013 Mediterranean Games
- Mediterranean Games medalists in water polo
- Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Croatia
- Croatian water polo coaches
- Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Italy
- Croatian expatriate water polo players
- European Water Polo Championship medalists
- Croatian water polo biography stubs
- Croatian Olympic medalist stubs