Aleksandar Šapić
| Aleksandar Šapić | |
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| President of New Belgrade municipality | |
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Assumed office 27 June 2012 |
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| Preceded by | Nenad Milenković |
| President of the DS branch for the city of Belgrade | |
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In office 2011 – 8 Jun 2013 |
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| Preceded by | Dragan Đilas |
| Succeeded by | Balša Božović |
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June 1, 1978 Belgrade, SFR Yugoslavia |
| Political party |
Independent (2014–) Democratic Party (2006–2014) |
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| Men's water polo | ||
Representing  Yugoslavia Serbia and Montenegro Serbia
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| Olympic Games | ||
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2004 Athens | Team competition |
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2000 Sydney | Team competition |
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2008 Beijing | Team competition |
| World Championship | ||
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2005 Montreal | Team competition |
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2001 Fukuoka | Team competition |
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1998 Perth | Team competition |
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2003 Barcelona | Team competition |
| European Championship | ||
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2001 Budapest | Team competition |
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2003 Kranj | Team competition |
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2006 Belgrade | Team competition |
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1997 Seville | Team competition |
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2008 Málaga | Team competition |
| FINA World League | ||
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2005 Belgrade | Team competition |
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2006 Athens | Team competition |
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2007 Berlin | Team competition |
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2008 Genova | Team competition |
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2004 Long Beach | Team competition |
| FINA World Cup | ||
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2006 Budapest | Team competition |
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2002 Belgrade | Team competition |
| Mediterranean Games | ||
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1997 Bari | Team competition |
Aleksandar Šapić (Serbian Cyrillic: Александар Шапић; born 1 June 1978) is a Serbian politician and a retired water polo player. As of 27 June 2012[update], he is the president of the municipality of New Belgrade.
At 188 centimetres (6.17 ft) and 100 kilograms (220 lb) during his playing days, and a professional career that lasted from 1993 until 2009, he is considered by many to be one of the greatest water polo players of all time. As an instrumental part of the Serbia and Montenegro national water polo team, Šapić won gold at the 2005 World Aquatics Championships in Montreal. He also won three Olympic medals: a bronze medal in Beijing 2008, silver medal in Athens 2004, along with a bronze from Sydney 2000.
Born in Belgrade to father Miloš from Blatuša/ Gvozd in Kordun, Croatia and mother Slavojka from Murino near Berane in Montenegro, Aleksandar and his younger brother Vladimir grew up in New Belgrade near Studentski Grad.
Šapić started playing water polo at the age of 8. After going through all the age groups at VK Crvena Zvezda, Šapić transferred to VK Partizan in December 1991 after his previous club's pool in New Belgrade was closed down. In his first year at Partizan he made his senior debut at only 13 years of age.
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