Deni Fiorentini (born 5 June 1984) is a

Croatia Croatia, officially the Republic of Croatia, is a country in Central Europe, Central and Southeast Europe, on the coast of the Adriatic Sea. It borders Slovenia to the northwest, Hungary to the northeast, Serbia to the east, Bosnia and Herze ...

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water polo player. Until 2006 he was part of

Croatia men's national water polo team The Croatia men's national water polo team represents Croatia in international water polo competitions and is controlled by the Croatian Water Polo Federation. They have won gold medals in the Olympics, World and European Championships, FINA Worl ...

. He has dual Italian and Croatian citizenship. At the

2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012, were an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

, he competed for the

Italy men's national water polo team The Italy national water polo team represents Italy in men's international water polo competitions and is controlled by Federnuoto (the Italian Aquatics Federation). The national men's team has the nickname of "Settebello" (), the term for the ...

in the men's event. His father Branko Jovanović used to play for

POŠK POŠK (POmorski Športski Klub: ''Marine Sports Club''), is a professional water polo club based in Split, Croatia, Split, Croatia. The club was founded in 1937. As of 2021–22 season, it competes in the Croatian First League of Water Polo, Croat ...

and

Yugoslavia men's national water polo team Yugoslavia men's national water polo team was the national water polo team that represented the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (1920–1929), the Kingdom of Yugoslavia (1929–1941) and the Federal Yugoslavia (1946–1992). They were o ...

. His brother Goran was also a water polo player. He is tall.

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* * * * 1984 births Living people Water polo players from Split, Croatia Croatian male water polo players Italian male water polo players Water polo centre backs Water polo players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Italy in water polo World Aquatics Championships medalists in water polo 21st-century Italian sportsmen 21st-century Croatian sportsmen {{Croatia-waterpolo-bio-stub

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