Andro Bušlje

Andro Bušlje (born 4 January 1986) is a Croatian water polo player who competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics, 2012 Summer Olympics and 2016 Summer Olympics.[1] At the 2012 Summer Olympics he was part of the Croatian team that won the gold medal.[1] He is right-handed and plays the center defender position. From 2016 to 2019 he played for Greek powerhouse Olympiacos, with whom he won the 2017–18 LEN Champions League.[2][3] He started playing water polo at the age of 12, and he made his national team debut in 2005. Bušlje is considered the best defender in the world.

Andro Bušlje
Personal information
Born (1986-01-04) 4 January 1986
Dubrovnik, SR Croatia,
SFR Yugoslavia
Nationality Croatian
Height 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)
Weight 115 kg (254 lb)
Position Centre back
Handedness Right
Club information
Current team Olympiacos
Senior clubs
Years Team
2004–2015
 Jug
2015–2016
 Posillipo
2016–2019
 Olympiacos
2019–2020
 Pro Recco
2020–2021
 HAVK Mladost
2021–
 Olympiacos
National team
Years Team
2005–
 Croatia
Medal record
Men's water polo
Representing  Croatia
Olympic Games
2012 LondonTeam
2016 Rio de JaneiroTeam
World Championship
2007 MelbourneTeam
2017 BudapestTeam
2015 KazanTeam
2009 RomeTeam
2011 ShanghaiTeam
2013 BarcelonaTeam
2019 GwanjguTeam
European Championship
2010 Zagreb
2018 Barcelona
World Cup
2010 Oradea
2014 Kazakhstan
FINA World League
2012 Almaty
2009 Podgorica
2019 Belgrade
2015 Bergamo
2010 Niš
2011 Florence
2017 Ruza
Mediterranean Games
2013 MersinTeam

Bušlje is currently the captain of the Croatia national team, with whom he has become Olympic gold medalist, 2 times World Champion and European Champion. He is the only water polo player in the world to have won 7 FINA World Championship medals (2 gold, 1 silver and 4 bronze), an all-time record as of 2017

Bušlje was given the honour to carry the national flag of Croatia at the closing ceremony of the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo,[4] becoming the 29th water polo player to be a flag bearer at the opening and closing ceremonies of the Olympics.

Honours

Club

Jug Dubrovnik

Olympiacos

HAVK Mladost

See also

References
  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Andro Bušlje". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 24 June 2012.
  2. Olympiacos is back to the Olympos after 16 years. LEN official website. 9 June 2018.
  3. Πρωταθλητής Ευρώπης ο Ολυμπιακός στο πόλο Archived 2018-07-20 at the Wayback Machine. Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation. (in Greek)
  4. "List of flagbearers for the 205 NOCs and the IOC Refugee Olympic Team" (PDF). olympics.com. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
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