Andro Bušlje

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. He is known as a dominant, world-class defender, who usually shuts down the opposing team's center forward.

Andro Bušlje
Personal information
Born (1986-01-04) 4 January 1986
Dubrovnik, 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 Pro Recco

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

Titles

  • 2LEN Champions League : (Jug)2005-06,(Olympiacos)2017–18
  • 1LEN Super Cup (2006)
  • 9Croatian Championships (2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013)
  • 6Croatian Cups (2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009)
  • 3Greek Championships ( 2017,2018,2019)
  • 2Greek Cups (2018,2019)

References

  1. 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)
Sporting positions
Preceded by
Sandro Sukno
Croatia captain
2017–
Succeeded by
Incumbent
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