Josip Pavić

Josip Pavić (Croatian pronunciation: [jǒsip pǎːʋitɕ]; born 15 January 1982) is a Croatian water polo player who competed in the 2008, 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics, winning the gold medal in 2012 and the silver in 2016.^[1] He was widely regarded as the best goalkeeper in the 2012 Olympic tournament.^[2] He was named the best world water polo player in 2012, by FINA.^[3]

Josip Pavić

Personal information
Nationality	Croatian
Born	(1982-01-15) 15 January 1982 (age 43) Split, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia
Height	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)
Weight	90 kg (198 lb)
Sport
Country	Croatia
Sport	Water polo
Club	Olympiacos
Medal record Olympic Games 2012 London Team 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team World Championship 2007 Melbourne Team 2015 Kazan Team 2009 Rome Team 2011 Shanghai Team 2013 Barcelona Team European Championship 2010 Zagreb World Cup 2010 Oradea FINA World League 2012 Almaty 2015 Bergamo 2009 Podgorica 2010 Niš 2011 Florence Mediterranean Games 2013 Mersin Team

Pavić was given the honour to carry the national flag of Croatia at the opening ceremony of the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio, becoming the 24th water polo player to be a flag bearer at the opening and closing ceremonies of the Olympics.^[4]

Since 2015, he plays for Greek powerhouse Olympiacos. In 2018, he won the 2017–18 LEN Champions League as captain of Olympiacos and he was voted Final Eight MVP.^[5][6]

Honours

Club

HAVK Mladost

• Croatian Championship: 2001–02, 2002–03, 2007–08
• Croatian Cup: 2001–02, 2005–06, 2010–11, 2011–12
• LEN Euro Cup runners-up: 2013–14

Olympiacos

• Greek Championship: 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19
• Greek Cup: 2015–16, 2017–18, 2018–19
• Greek Super Cup: 2018
• LEN Champions League: 2017–18;runners-up: 2015–16, 2018–19

Awards

• Member of the Best Team of the Year's 2000–2020 in the World by total-waterpolo
• FINA "World Player of the Year" award: 2012
• Swimming World Magazine's man water polo ''World Player of the Year"award: 2012
• Olympics Tournament MVP: 2012 Pekin
• Croatian Water Polo Player of the Year: 2005, 2011,^[7] 2012^[8] with Mladost
• Best Croatian Goalkeeper of the Year: 2011–12, 2012–13 with Mladost
• Best Goalkeeper of 2015 World League
• Best Goalkeeper of 2015 World Championship
• Best Goalkeeper of Greek Championship: 2015–16,^[9] 2017–18,^[10] 2018–19 with Olympiacos
• LEN Champions League MVP: 2017–18
• LEN Champions League Goalkeeper of the Year: 2017–18
• Best Goalkeeper of 2018 Final Eight with Olympiacos
• LEN Champions League Final Eight MVP: 2018 with Olympiacos
• All-Tournament Team of the 2015 World Championship

See also

• Croatia men's Olympic water polo team records and statistics
• List of Olympic champions in men's water polo
• List of Olympic medalists in water polo (men)
• List of men's Olympic water polo tournament goalkeepers
• List of flag bearers for Croatia at the Olympics
• List of world champions in men's water polo
• List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in water polo

References

1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Josip Pavić". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 24 June 2012.
2. "Croatia wins men's water polo gold". ESPN. 12 August 2012. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
3. Josip Pavić proglašen najboljim vaterpolistom na svijetu!(in Croatian)
4. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Croatia". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.
5. Πρωταθλητής Ευρώπης ο Ολυμπιακός στο πόλο Archived 20 July 2018 at the Wayback Machine. Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation. (in Greek)
6. Olympiacos is back to the Olympos after 16 years. LEN official website. 9 June 2018.
7. "Dočekao priznanje: Joković u 33. godini osvojio Sikiricu! Zapjevala i Rozga". vecernji.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 6 March 2022.
8. "Dočekao priznanje: Joković u 33. godini osvojio Sikiricu! Zapjevala i Rozga". vecernji.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 6 March 2022.
9. ""Ερυθρόλευκα" τα βραβεία των κορυφαίων!". ΟΛΥΜΠΙΑΚΟΣ - Olympiacos.org (in Greek). 26 September 2016. Retrieved 9 March 2022.
10. "Αυτοί είναι οι κορυφαίοι πολίστες της φετινής σεζόν | Filathlos.gr | Το Εγκυρότερο Αθλητικό Blog!". Filathlos.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 9 March 2022.

External links

• Josip Pavić at World Aquatics
• Josip Pavić at Olympics.com
• Josip Pavić at Olympedia
• Josip Pavić at the Croatian Olympic Committee (in Croatian) (archived)

Sporting positions
Preceded by Samir Barać	Croatia captain 2013–2016	Succeeded by Sandro Sukno
Awards
Preceded by Filip Filipović	FINA Water Polo Player of the Year 2012	Succeeded by Dénes Varga
Olympic Games
Preceded by Venio Losert	Flagbearer for  Croatia Rio de Janeiro 2016	Succeeded by Incumbent