| Rank | Event | Year | Location | |
| Olympic Games | ||||
| 2 | Men | 2004 | Athens, GRE | |
| 3 | Men | 2008 | Beijing, CHN | |
| World Championship | ||||
| 1 | Men | 2009 | Rome, ITA | |
| 1 | Men | 2005 | Montreal, QC, CAN | |
| 2 | Men | 2011 | Shanghai, CHN | |
| 3 | Men | 2003 | Barcelona, ESP | |
| World League | ||||
| 1 | Men | 2011 | ||
| 1 | Men | 2010 | ||
| 3 | Men | 2009 | Podgorica, MNE | |
| World Cup | ||||
| 1 | Men | 2010 | Oradea, 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
