Sandro Sukno (born 30 June 1990) is a Croatian former professional

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player. At the

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, 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 The 2016 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad () and officially branded as Rio 2016, were an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with preliminary events i ...

. 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

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. Sukno was named Croatian water polo player of the year in 2014 and 2015, and best player in the 2014–15 Prva Liga. In December 2017, Sukno won the trophy for the best water polo player in the 2016–17 season. In 2017 he was named to the All-Star Team of the

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. 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 The European Aquatics Champions League is the top-tier European professional water polo club competition with teams from up to 18 countries. It is organized by the Ligue Européenne de Natation. The competition started in 1963 as European Cup. A ...

: 2011–12 *

LEN Super Cup The European Aquatics Super Cup is an annual water polo match organized by European Aquatics and contested by the reigning champions of the two most important European club competitions, the European Aquatics Champions League and the European A ...

: 2012, 2015 *

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: 2011 –12 * Serie A1: 2011–12, 2015–16, 2016–17 *

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: 2015–16, 2016–17 Primorje Rijeka *

''runners-up'': 2014–15 * Croatian Championship: 2013–14, 2014–15 * Croatian Cup: 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15 *

: 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15

As Coach

Pro Recco * Serie A1: 2022, 2023, 2024 * *

: 2022, 2023 *

: 2021, 2022, 2023 *

: 2022, 2023

Awards

*''Total-waterpolo'' magazine's man water polo "World Player of the Year" award: 2017 *Member of the Second World Team of the Year's 2000–20 by ''total-waterpolo'' *Member of the World Team 2017 by'' total-waterpolo'' *LEN Champions League MVP: 2014–15 *Croatian Water Polo Player of the Year: 2014 with Primorje Rijeka *Croatian Water Polo Player of the Year: 2015 with Primorje Rijeka *Croatian Water Polo Player of the Year: 2017 with Pro Recco *

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2012–13 with Primorje Rijeka *

2014–15 with Primorje Rijeka *

Top Scorer: 2010–11 with Primorje Rijeka *

Top Scorer: 2014–15 with Primorje Rijeka *

World Cup A world cup is a global sporting competition in which the participant entities – usually international teams or individuals representing their countries – compete for the title of world champion. The event most associated with the name is ...

Top Scorer: 2010 Oradea * World League Top Scorer: 2011 Firenze * European Championship Top Scorer: 2012 Eindhoven *

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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

* Order of Danica Hrvatska with face of Franjo Bučar - 2016Vijesti: Dodijeljena odlikovanja izraz su priznanja i zahvalnosti za rad i doprinos razvoju i napretku Republike Hrvatske
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* * * * 1990 births Living people Water polo players from Dubrovnik Croatian male water polo players Water polo drivers Water polo players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Water polo players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Croatia in water polo Olympic silver medalists for Croatia in water polo World Aquatics Championships medalists in water polo Water polo players at the 2013 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games medalists in water polo Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Croatia Croatian water polo coaches Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Italy Croatian expatriate water polo players European Water Polo Championship medalists 21st-century Croatian sportsmen {{Croatia-Olympic-medalist-stub