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Božidar Stanišić

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Height
  
187 cm (6 ft 2 in)

Sport
  
Water polo

1958 Budapest
  
Team

Weight
  
88 kg (194 lb)

Club
  
PKV Jadran VK Bijela

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Born
  
21 October 1938
Herceg Novi, Montenegro

Died
  
3 January 2014, Herceg Novi, Montenegro

Božidar Stanišić-Cikota (21 October 1938 – 3 January 2014) was a water polo player from Montenegro. He was part of the Yugoslav teams that won a silver medal at the 1964 Olympics and placed fourth in 1960. He won another silver medal at the 1958 European Championships.

Stanišić learned to swim aged 14. Two years later started playing water polo for PKV Jadran and won with them the national title in 1958 and 1959; he later played for VK Bijela and coached both teams. Stanišić was a lawyer by profession. He was voted the Montenegrin Athlete of the Year a record four times, in 1959, 1961, 1963 and 1965.

References

Božidar Stanišić Wikipedia