Sandro Sukno

{{Infobox water polo biography

| name = Sandro Sukno

| image = Sandro Sukno 2010.jpg

| fullname = Sandro Sukno

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1990|6|30|df=y}}

| birth_place = Dubrovnik, SR Croatia, Yugoslavia

| nationality = Croatian

| height = 2.00 m

| weight = 93 kg

| position = Wing

| L/R = Right

| years1 = 2008–2011

| clubs1 = Jug Dubrovnik

| years2 = 2011–2012

| clubs2 = Pro Recco

| years3 = 2012–2015

| clubs3 = Primorje Rijeka

| years4 = 2015–2017

| clubs4 = Pro Recco

| years5 = 2018–2019

| clubs5 = Jug Dubrovnik

| show-medals = no

| medaltemplates =

}}

Sandro Sukno (born 30 June 1990) is a Croatian former professional water polo player.{{cite web |url=http://www.london2012.com/athlete/sukno-sandro-1087258/ |title=Sandro Sukno |website=London2012.com |publisher=London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120814150732/http://www.london2012.com/athlete/sukno-sandro-1087258/ |archive-date=14 August 2012}} At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he competed for the Croatia national team in the men's event winning the gold medal. He also won a silver medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/su/sandro-sukno-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418050613/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/su/sandro-sukno-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Sandro Sukno |access-date=17 February 2020}} He last played for VK Jug. He currently works as an assistant coach of the senior men's Croatia national team.

Sukno's father is Goran Sukno, water polo gold medalist for Yugoslavia at the 1984 Summer Olympics.

Sukno was named Croatian water polo player of the year in 2014 and 2015, and best player in the 2014–15 Prva Liga.{{Cite web |url=http://www.fina.org/athletes/sandro-sukno |title=Sandro Sukno |website=FINA.org |access-date=17 February 2020}} In December 2017, Sukno won the trophy for the best water polo player in the 2016–17 season.{{Cite web |url=https://total-waterpolo.com/total-player-2017/sandro-sukno-winner-total-player-2017-award/ |title=Total Player of the Year Sandro Sukno |website=Total Waterpolo |access-date=17 February 2020}} In 2017 he was named to the All-Star Team of the World Championships. Croatia also won the World Championship that year. In May 2019, he announced his retirement from playing professional water polo citing heart problems.

Honours

=As Player=

;Pro Recco

LEN Champions League: 2011–12
LEN Super Cup: 2012, 2015
Adriatic League: 2011 –12
Serie A1: 2011–12, 2015–16, 2016–17
Coppa Italia: 2015–16, 2016–17

Primorje Rijeka

LEN Champions League runners-up: 2014–15
Croatian Championship: 2013–14, 2014–15
Croatian Cup: 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15
Adriatic League: 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15

=As Coach=

Pro Recco

Serie A1: 2022, 2023, 2024
LEN Champions League: 2022, 2023
LEN Super Cup: 2021, 2022, 2023
Coppa Italia: 2022, 2023

Awards

Total-waterpolo magazine's man water polo "World Player of the Year" award: 2017{{Cite web |title=Sandro Sukno - Winner of the TOTAL PLAYER 2017 AWARD |url=https://total-waterpolo.com/total-player-2017/sandro-sukno-winner-total-player-2017-award/ |website=total-waterpolo}}
Member of the Second World Team of the Year's 2000–20 by total-waterpolo
Member of the World Team 2017 by total-waterpolo{{Cite web |title=Sandro Sukno - Winner of the TOTAL PLAYER 2017 AWARD |url=https://total-waterpolo.com/total-player-2017/sandro-sukno-winner-total-player-2017-award/ |website=total-waterpolo}}
LEN Champions League MVP: 2014–15
Croatian Water Polo Player of the Year: 2014 with Primorje Rijeka{{Cite web |title=Dočekao priznanje: Joković u 33. godini osvojio Sikiricu! Zapjevala i Rozga |url=https://www.vecernji.hr/sport/docekao-priznanje-jokovic-u-33-godini-osvojio-sikiricu-zapjevala-i-rozga-1361562 |access-date=6 March 2022 |website=www.vecernji.hr |language=hr}}
Croatian Water Polo Player of the Year: 2015 with Primorje Rijeka{{Cite web |title=Dočekao priznanje: Joković u 33. godini osvojio Sikiricu! Zapjevala i Rozga |url=https://www.vecernji.hr/sport/docekao-priznanje-jokovic-u-33-godini-osvojio-sikiricu-zapjevala-i-rozga-1361562 |access-date=6 March 2022 |website=www.vecernji.hr |language=hr}}
Croatian Water Polo Player of the Year: 2017 with Pro Recco{{Cite web |last=krikstudio |date=29 June 2020 |title=SRETAN ROĐENDAN – Sandro Sukno |url=https://hvs.hr/sretan-rodendan-sandro-sukno/ |access-date=6 March 2022 |website=Hrvatski vaterpolski savez |language=hr}}
Adriatic League MVP 2012–13 with Primorje Rijeka
Adriatic League MVP 2014–15 with Primorje Rijeka
Adriatic League Top Scorer: 2010–11 with Primorje Rijeka
Adriatic League Top Scorer: 2014–15 with Primorje Rijeka
LEN Champions League Top Scorer: 2014–15{{Citation |title=LEN Champions League 2014-2015 |date=23 August 2021 |url=https://it.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=LEN_Champions_League_2014-2015&oldid=122620903 |work=Wikipedia |language=it |access-date=5 March 2022}} with Primorje Rijeka
World Cup Top Scorer: 2010 Oradea
World League Top Scorer: 2011 Firenze
European Championship Top Scorer: 2012 Eindhoven
World Championship Top Scorer: 2013 Barcelona
Olympic Games 2016 Team of the Tournament
2013 World Championship Team of the Tournament
2017 World Championship Team of the Tournament

Orders

50px Order of Danica Hrvatska with face of Franjo Bučar - 2016[http://predsjednica.hr/objava/1/1/1243 Vijesti: Dodijeljena odlikovanja izraz su priznanja i zahvalnosti za rad i doprinos razvoju i napretku Republike Hrvatske]{{in lang|hr}}