Sandro Sukno
Personal information
Full name Sandro Sukno
Born (1990-06-30) 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
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place2012 LondonTeam
Silver medal – second place2016 Rio de JaneiroTeam
World Championship
Gold medal – first place2017 BudapestTeam
Silver medal – second place2015 KazanTeam
Bronze medal – third place2009 RomeTeam
Bronze medal – third place2011 ShanghaiTeam
Bronze medal – third place2013 BarcelonaTeam
European Championship
Gold medal – first place2010 Zagreb
World Cup
Silver medal – second place2010 Oradea
FINA World League
Gold medal – first place2012 Almaty
Silver medal – second place2009 Podgorica
Bronze medal – third place2010 Niš
Bronze medal – third place2011 Florence
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place2013 MersinTeam

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

As Player

Pro Recco

Primorje Rijeka

As Coach

Pro Recco

Awards

Orders

See also

References

  1. ↑ London2012.com Archived 2012-08-14 at the Wayback Machine
  2. 1 2 "Sandro Sukno Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18. Retrieved 2020-02-17.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Sandro Sukno | fina.org - Official FINA website". www.fina.org. Retrieved 2020-02-17.
  4. ↑ "Total Player of the Year Sandro Sukno". Total Waterpolo. Retrieved 17 February 2020.
  5. ↑ "Sandro Sukno - Winner of the TOTAL PLAYER 2017 AWARD". total-waterpolo.
  6. ↑ "Sandro Sukno - Winner of the TOTAL PLAYER 2017 AWARD". total-waterpolo.
  7. ↑ "Dočekao priznanje: Joković u 33. godini osvojio Sikiricu! Zapjevala i Rozga". www.vecernji.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 2022-03-06.
  8. ↑ "Dočekao priznanje: Joković u 33. godini osvojio Sikiricu! Zapjevala i Rozga". www.vecernji.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 2022-03-06.
  9. ↑ krikstudio (2020-06-29). "SRETAN ROĐENDAN – Sandro Sukno". Hrvatski vaterpolski savez (in Croatian). Retrieved 2022-03-06.
  10. ↑ "LEN Champions League 2014-2015", Wikipedia (in Italian), 2021-08-23, retrieved 2022-03-05
  11. ↑ Vijesti: Dodijeljena odlikovanja izraz su priznanja i zahvalnosti za rad i doprinos razvoju i napretku Republike Hrvatske(in Croatian)
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