Predrag Jokić

Predrag Jokić
Personal information
Born (1983-02-03) 3 February 1983 (age 41)
Kotor, Yugoslavia
Sport
SportWater polo
Medal record
Representing  Serbia and Montenegro
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2004 Athens Team competition
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2005 Montreal Team competition
Bronze medal – third place 2003 Barcelona Team competition
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2003 Kranj Team competition
Representing  Montenegro
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2013 Barcelona Team competition
European Championship
Gold medal – first place 2008 Málaga Team competition
Silver medal – second place 2012 Eindhoven Team competition
Silver medal – second place 2016 Belgrade Team competition

Predrag Jokić (Montenegrin Cyrillic: Предраг Јокић; born 3 February 1983 in Kotor) is a Montenegrin 1.88 m tall water polo player. He is a member of the Montenegro men's national water polo team at the 2008 Summer Olympics, 2012 Summer Olympics, and the 2016 Summer Olympics.In 2003 he won the gold medal with Serbia and Montenegro at the European Championship in Kranj,Slovenia.

At the 2004 Olympics, he won a silver as a member of Serbia and Montenegro team.[1]

At the 2008 Summer Olympics, the Montenegro team reached the semifinals, where they were defeated by Hungary and Serbia in the bronze medal match.

At the 2012 Summer Olympics, Montenegro lost to Croatia in their semi-final, and then to Serbia again in the bronze medal match.

At the 2016 Summer Olympics, Montenegro lost to Croatia in the semifinals and then lost to Italy in the bronze medal match.[2] Jokić was given the honour to carry the national flag of Montenegro at the closing ceremony of the 2016 Summer Olympics, becoming the 25th water polo player to be a flag bearer at the opening and closing ceremonies of the Olympics.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Predrag Jokić". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2009-06-29.
  2. ^ "Rio 2016". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-08-25. Retrieved 2016-08-23.
  3. ^ "The Flagbearers for the Rio 2016 Closing Ceremony". 2016-08-21. Retrieved 2016-08-23.


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