Luka Lončar
| Luka Lončar | |||
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| Personal information | |||
| Born |
26 June 1987 Zagreb, SR Croatia, Yugoslavia | ||
| Nationality | Croatian | ||
| Height | 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) | ||
| Weight | 118 kg (260 lb) | ||
| Position | Centre forward | ||
| Handedness | Right | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current team | Olympiacos | ||
| Number | 2 | ||
| Senior clubs | |||
| Years | Team | ||
2010–2011 | Medveščak | ||
2011–2013 | Brescia | ||
2013–2015 | Mladost | ||
2015–2021 | Jug Dubrovnik | ||
2021–2023 | Pro Recco | ||
2023– | Olympiacos | ||
| National team | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| Croatia | |||
Medal record | |||
Luka Lončar (born 26 June 1987) is a Croatian professional water polo player. He was part of the Croatian team at the 2016 Summer Olympics,[1] where the team won the silver medal.
Honours
[edit]Club
[edit]- AN Brescia
- Coppa Italia: 2011–12
- Jug Dubrovnik
- LEN Champions League: 2015–16 ;runners-up: 2016–17
- LEN Super Cup: 2016
- Croatian Championship: 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20
- Croatian Cup: 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19
- Adriatic League: 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18
Pro Recco
- LEN Champions League: 2021–22, 2022–23
- LEN Super Cup: 2021
- Serie A1: 2021–22, 2022–23
- Coppa Italia: 2021–22, 2022–23
Olympiacos
- Greek Championship: 2023–24
- Greek Cup: 2023–24
Awards
[edit]- Member of the World Team by total-waterpolo : 2017, 2018
- LEN Champions League Center Forward of the Year: 2015–16, 2016–17
- Adriatic League MVP: 2016–17[2]
- Croatian Championship MVP: 2016–17, 2017–18
- Croatian Championship Center Forward of the Year: 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21
- Adriatic League Center Forward of the Year: 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19
- Croatian Water Polo Player of the Year: 2018[3]
- World Championship Team of the Tournament: 2017
See also
[edit]- List of Olympic medalists in water polo (men)
- List of world champions in men's water polo
- List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in water polo
References
[edit]- ^ "Luka LONCAR – Olympic – Croatia". Olympic.org. International Olympic Committee.[dead link]
- ^ "Јадранска лига у ватерполу", Википедија (in Serbian), 27 May 2021, retrieved 4 March 2022
- ^ "Dočekao priznanje: Joković u 33. godini osvojio Sikiricu! Zapjevala i Rozga". www.vecernji.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 6 March 2022.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Luka Lončar.
- Luka Lončar at World Aquatics
- Luka Lončar at Olympics.com
- Luka Lončar at Olympedia
- Luka Lončar at the Croatian Olympic Committee (in Croatian) (archived)
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Categories:
- 1987 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Zagreb
- Croatian male water polo players
- Water polo centre forwards
- Water polo players at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Olympic silver medalists for Croatia in water polo
- World Aquatics Championships medalists in water polo
- Competitors at the 2013 Mediterranean Games
- Mediterranean Games medalists in water polo
- Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Croatia
- Water polo players at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Croatian expatriate water polo players
- Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Greece
- Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Italy
- European Water Polo Championship medalists
- Water polo players at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Croatian water polo biography stubs
- Croatian Olympic medalist stubs