Predrag Jokić

{{short description|Montenegrin water polo player}}

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{{Medal|Silver|2004 Athens|Team competition}}

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{{Medal|Bronze|2003 Barcelona|Team competition}}

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Predrag Jokić (Montenegrin Cyrillic: Предраг Јокић; born 3 February 1983 in Kotor) is a Montenegrin 1.88 m tall water polo player. He is a member of the Montenegro men's national water polo team at the 2008 Summer Olympics, 2012 Summer Olympics, and the 2016 Summer Olympics.In 2003 he won the gold medal with Serbia and Montenegro at the European Championship in Kranj,Slovenia.

At the 2004 Olympics, he won a silver as a member of Serbia and Montenegro team.{{cite Sports-Reference|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/jo/predrag-jokic-1.html |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090629040143/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/jo/predrag-jokic-1.html |archivedate=2009-06-29 }}

At the 2008 Summer Olympics, the Montenegro team reached the semifinals, where they were defeated by Hungary and Serbia in the bronze medal match.

At the 2012 Summer Olympics, Montenegro lost to Croatia in their semi-final, and then to Serbia again in the bronze medal match.

At the 2016 Summer Olympics, Montenegro lost to Croatia in the semifinals and then lost to Italy in the bronze medal match.{{Cite web|url=https://www.rio2016.com/en/water-polo-standings-wp-men |title=Rio 2016 |website=Rio 2016 |access-date=2016-08-23 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160825062632/https://www.rio2016.com/en/water-polo-standings-wp-men |archivedate=2016-08-25 }} Jokić was given the honour to carry the national flag of Montenegro at the closing ceremony of the 2016 Summer Olympics, becoming the 25th water polo player to be a flag bearer at the opening and closing ceremonies of the Olympics.{{Cite web|url=https://www.olympic.org/news/the-flagbearers-for-the-rio-2016-closing-ceremony|title=The Flagbearers for the Rio 2016 Closing Ceremony|date=2016-08-21|access-date=2016-08-23}}

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