Aleksandar Šoštar

Aleksandar Šoštar
Personal information
Born January 21, 1964 (1964-01-21) (age 52)
Niš, SFR Yugoslavia

Aleksandar Šoštar (Serbian Cyrillic: Александар Шоштар; born January 21, 1964) is a Serbian water polo goalkeeper who played on the bronze medal squad of FR Yugoslavia at the 2000 Summer Olympics and on the gold medal squad for SFR Yugoslavia at the 1988 Summer Olympics.[1] He was born in Niš to a Croatian father and a Serbian mother.[2]

In 2001 he was declared for Athlete of the Year and Sportsman of the Year in Yugoslavia.[3]

He currently performs the functions of the President Water Polo Club Partizan and President of the Sports Federation of Serbia.

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Awards
Preceded by
Vladimir Grbić
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia The Best Athlete of Yugoslavia
2001
Succeeded by
Dejan Bodiroga


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