Mlađan Janović (Montenegrin Cyrillic: Млађан Јановић; born 12 June 1984) is a Montenegrin water polo player. He currently plays for AN Brescia and he is a long-standing member of the Montenegrin national water polo team.[1] He was part of the Montenegro national team that was crowned European Champion at the 2008 European Championship in Málaga.
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| Born |
12 June 1984 Kotor, SR Montenegro, SFR Yugoslavia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |
 Montenegro | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2004–2008 2008–2009 2009–2013 2013–2014 2014–2016 2016–2017 2017–2018 |
PVK Primorac CN Marseille PVK Primorac RN Savona Pro Recco Galatasaray Olympiacos AN Brescia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
editAt club level, he played for his local club VK Primorac Kotor and was also a member of Pro Recco, Olympiacos, CN Marseille and RN Savona. Janović was a member of the Montenegro men's national water polo team who finished 4th in the 2008 Games of the XXIX Olympiad in Beijing. This was his first Olympic Games participation.[2] The team was defeated by Hungary in the semifinals and by Serbia in the bronze medal match.[3]
Montenegro won the gold medal at the 2008 Men's European Water Polo Championship in Malaga defeating Serbia 6–5 in the final.[4] He is the younger brother of Nikola Janović. Montenegro finished in 1 place at the 2009 FINA Men's Water Polo World League.[5]
Honours
editCN Marseille
- French Championship: 2006–07, 2007–08
- French Cup: 2006–07
VK Primorac Kotor
- LEN Champions League: 2008–09
- Montenegrin Cup: 2008–009
Savona
- LEN Euro Cup: 2010–11, 2011–12
Pro Recco
- Serie A1: 2013–14
- Coppa Italia: 2013–14
Galatasaray
- Turkish Championship: 2014–15
Olympiacos
- Greek Championship: 2016–17
Awards
edit- Olympic Tournament 2008 Pekin Team of the Tournament
- Serie A1 Top Scorer: 2009–10 with Savona
- European Championship MVP: 2012 Eindhoven
- Montenegrin Olympic Committee "Athlete of the Year": 2014
- World League Top Scorer: 2018 Budapest
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "NBC.com Beijing Summer Olympics'". Retrieved 2009-10-03.
- ^ "Mladan Janovic". Olympics.com. 10 February 2023. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
- ^ "Kurtiss.com'". Retrieved 2009-10-03.
- ^ "Malaga 2008 European Water Polo Championship'". Archived from the original on September 6, 2009. Retrieved 2009-10-03.
- ^ ""Montenegro wins World League", WCSN.com.au'". Retrieved 2009-10-03. [dead link]
External links
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