Andro Bušlje

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Andro Bušlje
Personal information
Born (1986-01-04) 4 January 1986 (age 38)
Dubrovnik, SR Croatia,
SFR Yugoslavia
Nationality Croatian
Height 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)
Weight 115 kg (254 lb)
Position Centre back
Handedness Right
Club information
Current team Olympiacos
Senior clubs
Years Team
2004–2015
 Jug Dubrovnik
2015–2016
 Posillipo
2016–2019
 Olympiacos
2019–2020
 Pro Recco
2020–2021
 Mladost
2021–
 Olympiacos
National team
Years Team
2005–2022
 Croatia
Medal record
Men's water polo
Representing  Croatia
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2012 London Team
Silver medal – second place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team
World Championship
Gold medal – first place 2007 Melbourne Team
Gold medal – first place 2017 Budapest Team
Silver medal – second place 2015 Kazan Team
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Rome Team
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Shanghai Team
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Barcelona Team
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Gwanjgu Team
European Championship
Gold medal – first place 2010 Zagreb
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Barcelona
World Cup
Silver medal – second place 2010 Oradea
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Kazakhstan
FINA World League
Gold medal – first place 2012 Almaty
Silver medal – second place 2009 Podgorica
Silver medal – second place 2019 Belgrade
Silver medal – second place 2015 Bergamo
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Niš
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Florence
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Ruza
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place 2013 Mersin Team

Andro Bušlje (born 4 January 1986) is a Croatian water polo player who competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics, 2012 Summer Olympics and 2016 Summer Olympics.[1] At the 2012 Summer Olympics he was part of the Croatian team that won the gold medal.[1] He is right-handed and plays the center defender position. From 2016 to 2019 he played for Greek powerhouse Olympiacos, with whom he won the 2017–18 LEN Champions League.[2][3] He started playing water polo at the age of 12, and he made his national team debut in 2005. Bušlje is one of the top defenders in the world.

Bušlje is currently the captain of the Croatia national team, with whom he has become Olympic gold medalist, 2 times World Champion and European Champion. He is the only water polo player in the world to have won 7 FINA World Championship medals (2 gold, 1 silver and 4 bronze), an all-time record as of 2017

Bušlje was given the honour to carry the national flag of Croatia at the closing ceremony of the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo,[4] becoming the 29th water polo player to be a flag bearer at the opening and closing ceremonies of the Olympics.

Honours[edit]

Club[edit]

Jug Dubrovnik

Olympiacos

Mladost

Individual[edit]

  • Member of the World Team by total-waterpolo 2017[5]
  • Croatian Water Polo Player of the Year: 2018[6]
  • Adriatic League Defender of the Year: 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2013–14
  • Serie A1 Defender of the Year: 2015–16
  • Croatian Championship MVP: 2009–10, 2020–21
  • Croatian Championship Defender of the Year: 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2014–15, 2020–21
  • Greek Championship Defender of the Year: 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Andro Bušlje". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 24 June 2012.
  2. ^ Olympiacos is back to the Olympos after 16 years. LEN official website. 9 June 2018.
  3. ^ Πρωταθλητής Ευρώπης ο Ολυμπιακός στο πόλο Archived 2018-07-20 at the Wayback Machine. Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation. (in Greek)
  4. ^ "List of flagbearers for the 205 NOCs and the IOC Refugee Olympic Team" (PDF). olympics.com. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
  5. ^ "Sandro Sukno - Winner of the TOTAL PLAYER 2017 AWARD". total-waterpolo.
  6. ^ "Dočekao priznanje: Joković u 33. godini osvojio Sikiricu! Zapjevala i Rozga". www.vecernji.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 2022-03-06.

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Sporting positions
Preceded by Croatia captain
2017– 		Succeeded by
Incumbent
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