Stefan Mitrović (water polo)

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|name=Stefan Mitrović

|image = Stefan Mitrović Rio 2016b.jpg

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|caption = Mitrović at the 2016 Olympics

|nationality = Serbian

|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1988|3|29|df=y}}

|birth_place = Belgrade, SR Serbia,
SFR Yugoslavia[https://web.archive.org/web/20200418090233/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/mi/stefan-mitrovic-1.html Stefan Mitrović]. sports-reference.com

|height =1.94 m[https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/stefan-mitrovic Stefan Mitrović] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160815034810/https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/stefan-mitrovic |date=2016-08-15 }}. rio2016.com

|weight =91 kg

| currentclub = Partizan

| years1 = 2006–2013

| clubs1 = Partizan

| years2 = 2013–2016

| clubs2 = Szolnoki

| years3 = 2016–2019

| clubs3 = Ferencvárosi

| years4 = 2019–2020

| clubs4 = Olympiacos

| years5 = 2020

| clubs5 = Apollon Smyrnis

| years6 = 2021–present

| clubs6 = Partizan

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Stefan Mitrović ({{lang-sr-Cyrl|Стефан Митровић}}; born 29 March 1988) is a Serbian water polo center back for Partizan. He was a member of the Serbia men's national water polo teams that won a bronze medal at the 2012 Olympics and gold medals in 2016 and 2020. He was pulled out of the 2008 Beijing Olympics team after suffering injuries in a motorcycle accident. He won the world title in 2009 and 2015 and the European title in 2012, 2014, 2016 and 2018.

Club career

=Partizan Raiffeisen=

On 22 October 2011. Mitrović scored three goals in the first round of the Euroleague Group, in an 8–9 loss to Szeged Beton VE. On 26 November Mitrović scored a goal in a 9–6 Euroleague third round win over ZF Eger in Belgrade. Mitrović scored three goals on 14 December in the fourth round of the Euroleague, in the 12–8 second defeat to ZF Eger. On 8 February Stefan Mitrović scored a goal for Partizan in the fifth round of the Euroleague Group in which his team won without much problem 9–5 against TEVA-Vasas-UNIQA. On 15 February Mitrović scored his first goal of the Serbian National Championship season, in the second round of the "A League", in an 8–6 win against Crvena Zvezda VET. On 1 March Mitrović scored a goal against VK Vojvodina in a 10–9 win in the "A League" fourth round.

=Szolnoki Dózsa-KÖZGÉP=

Starting with the 2013–2014 season he played for Szolnoki Dózsa-KÖZGÉP. He was part of the team for three seasons, until 2016, winning the national championship in the last two out of the three occasions.

=Ferencvárosi TC=

Starting with the 2016–2017 season he will be playing for Ferencvárosi TC alongside other signings from his previous team such as Dániel Varga, Norbert Madaras and Márton Tóth.

=Olympiacos=

On 25 June 2019, he signed for Greek powerhouse Olympiacos.

National career

On 16 January, at the European Championship Mitrović scored a goal in the first game in an 8–5 win against Spain. Mitrović was a big part of his team on 19 January, in a big 15–12 victory against the defending European champions Croatia. He scored two goals for his team. On 27 January Mitrović scored two goals in a semifinal 12–8 victory over Italy. Stefan Mitrović won the 2012 European Championship on 29 January. He scored two goals alongside his captain Vanja Udovičić in the final against Montenegro which his national team won by 9–8.{{cite web|url=http://www.waterpoloworld.com/News/tabid/169/ArticleId/1897/news.aspx|title=Serbia 2012 European champions|date=29 January 2012|publisher=waterpolo world}} Later that year he won a bronze medal at the 2012 Olympics.

Honours

VK Partizan

LEN Champions League: 2010–11
Serbian Championship: 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12
Serbian Cup: 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12

Szolnoki

Hungarian Championship: 2014–15, 2015–16
Hungarian Cup: 2014
Hungarian Super Cup: 2016

Ferencvaros

LEN Champions League: 2018–19
LEN Super Cup: 2018
LEN Euro Cup: 2016–17, 2017–18
Hungarian Championships: 2017–18, 2018–19
Hungarian Cup: 2018
Hungarian Super Cup: 2017, 2018

Olympiacos

Greek Championship: 2019–20
Greek Cup: 2019–20
Greek Super Cup: 2019

Awards

Hungarian Championship Top Scorer: 2013–14

Personal life

Mitrović is married to Ilinka.[http://results.nbcolympics.com/athletes/athlete=mitrovic-stefan-1156043/index.html Stefan Mitrović]. nbcolympics.com In November 2024, Mitrović joined the ruling populist Serbian Progressive Party.{{Cite web |date=2024-11-28 |title="ČAST JE BITI U NJIHOVOM DRUŠTVU" Dvojica sportista postali članovi SNS, Vučević im poželeo dobrodošlicu (FOTO) |url=https://www.blic.rs/vesti/politika/sportisti-renato-vugrinec-i-stefan-mitrovic-postali-clanovi-sns/45blr6l |access-date=2024-11-29 |website=Blic.rs |language=sr}}

References

External links

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[https://web.archive.org/web/20101129122934/http://waterpoloserbia.org/index.php?id=724&tx_bzdstaffdirectory_pi1%5BshowUid%5D=11&tx_bzdstaffdirectory_pi1%5BbackPid%5D=719&cHash=e266c6c595eaf3c0600d0066b203f3b6 Stefan Mitrović] at Water Polo Association of Serbia (archived)

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