Vanja Udovicic


Country
Birth date
Age
12/09/1982 
30
Height
Weight
Gender
193 cm / 6'4" 
94 kg / 207 lbs 
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Sport
Team
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RankEventYearLocation
Olympic Games
2Men2004Athens, GRE
3Men2008Beijing, CHN
World Championship
1Men2009Rome, ITA
1Men2005Montreal, QC, CAN
2Men2011Shanghai, CHN
3Men2003Barcelona, ESP
World League
1Men2011
1Men2010
3Men2009Podgorica, MNE
World Cup
1Men2010Oradea, ROM

Occupation

Athlete, Student

Education

University of Belgrade, Belgrade, SRB

Club name

HAVK Mladost, Zagreb, CRO

Coach

Dejan Udovicic [national] (FINA World Aquatics Magazine, 01 Feb 2010)

Position and style

Defence (Zagreb2010, 29 Aug 2010)

Handedness

Right (Zagreb2010, 29 Aug 2010)

Additional information

Start of sporting career
He first played water polo at age nine. (story.rs, 24 Aug 2011)

Reason for taking up this sport
His parents enrolled him in swimming classes after school but he quickly became bored with simply swimming. When he heard his classmates talking about water polo he wanted to try it too. (story.rs, 24 Aug 2011)

Hero
Water polo players Igor Milanovic and Aleksandar Sostar. (story.rs, 24 Aug 2011)

Sporting philosophy / motto
"I try to convert my dreams into goals.. The future is built today." (cosmopolitan.rs, 24 Nov 2011)

Awards
He was voted the 2010 Player of the Year by FINA magazine. (fina.org, 10 Jan 2011)

He was named the Most Valuable Player at the 2010 European championships and the 2009 world championships. (fina.org, 24 Aug 2011)

In 2010 he was awarded the best player and best shooter awards at the European championship. (missology.info, 09 Jan 2011)

He was named best player at the 2010 Cup Of Italy. (missology.info, 09 Jan 2011)

General
CLUB SWITCH
He became one of the first high-profile Serbian athletes to play for a Croatian team since the countries' conflict when he signed with Miadost Zagreb. (FINA Aquatics World Magazine, 23 Oct 2010)

COUNTRY CONTROVERSY
In 2010 after three years of playing for Pro Recco he was reportedly asked to switch allegiance and play for Italy. He refused pledging his allegiance to Serbia, and was consequently sacked from Pro Recco. (pressonline.rs, 12 Jun 2010)

Previous Olympics

Beijing 2008, Athens 2004


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