Zoran Janković (water polo player)
Zoran Janković (born January 8, 1940 in Zenica , Yugoslavia , † May 25, 2002 in Belgrade ) was a Yugoslav water polo player .
He played 221 games with the Yugoslav national water polo team and scored 259 goals. At the Olympic Games in Tokyo in 1964 , he won the silver medal with the team. He was voted Sportsman of the Year in 1964. In 1968 he won the gold medal with the team at the Olympic Games in Mexico City . In 1967 and 1970 he won the bronze medal at the European Championships. In 1972 he took part in the Olympic Games again, in Munich the team did not get past 5th place. He played for the Serbian club VK Partizan Belgrade . He was six times Yugoslav champion and won the Yugoslav Cup four times. In 2004 he was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame .
Web links
- Zoran Janković in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- Zoran Janković in the International Swimming Hall of Fame (English)
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| SURNAME | Janković, Zoran |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Bosnian water polo player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 8, 1940 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Zenica , Yugoslavia |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 25, 2002 |
| Place of death | Belgrade |