Josip Pavić

Josip Pavić
Personal information
Nationality Croatian
Born (1982-01-15) 15 January 1982
Split, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)
Weight 90 kg (198 lb)
Sport
Country  Croatia
Sport Water polo
Club Olympiacos

Josip Pavić (Croatian pronunciation: [jǒsip pǎːʋitɕ]; born 15 January 1982) is a Croatian water polo player who competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics and 2012 Summer Olympics, winning the gold medal in 2012.[1] He was widely regarded as the best goalkeeper in the 2012 Olympic tournament.[2] He was named the best world water polo player in 2012, by FINA.[3] Pavić was the flag bearer for Croatia in the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio.

Since 2015, he plays for Greek powerhouse Olympiacos. In 2018, he won the 2017–18 LEN Champions League as captain of Olympiacos and he was voted Final Eight MVP.[4][5]

References

  1. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill. "Josip Pavić". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 24 June 2012.
  2. ↑ "Croatia wins men's water polo gold". ESPN. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
  3. ↑ Josip Pavić proglašen najboljim vaterpolistom na svijetu!(in Croatian)
  4. ↑ Πρωταθλητής Ευρώπης ο Ολυμπιακός στο πόλο. Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation. (in Greek)
  5. ↑ Olympiacos is back to the Olympos after 16 years. LEN official website. 9 June 2018.
Awards
Preceded by
Serbia Filip Filipović		 FINA Water Polo Player of the Year
2012		 Succeeded by
Hungary Dénes Varga
Olympic Games
Preceded by
Venio Losert		 Flagbearer for  Croatia
Rio de Janeiro 2016		 Succeeded by
Incumbent


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