Aleksandar Šapić
Aleksandar "Aca" Šapić (Serbian Cyrillic: Александар Шапић - Аца; born 1 June 1978 in Belgrade, Serbia) is a Serbian politician and a retired water polo player. At 1.88m and 100 kg during his playing days, and a professional career that lasted from 1993 until 2009, he's considered by many to be one of the greatest water polo players of all time. Currently, he's the president of the municipality of New Belgrade.
As an instrumental part of Serbia-Montenegro national team Šapić won gold at the World Aquatic Championships in Montreal. At the last three Olympic Games, he won a bronze medal in Beijing 2008, he collected a silver medal in Athens 2004, along with a bronze from Sydney 2000.
Read more about Aleksandar Šapić: Early Life, Club Career, National Team, Playing Style, Political Career, Personal, Other Endeavours
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