Dušan Mandić is the best in Europe

Dušan Mandić was named the best European wind polo player in 2024 today

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Dušan Mandić was named the best wind polo player in Europe in 2024 today.

In the European Swimming election, Mandić received 32,7 percent of the votes, followed by Spaniard Alvaro Granados with 22,7 percent, the Serbian Water Polo Federation announced.

Hungarian goalkeeper Soma Vogel was third with 21,8 percent of the vote, Croatian goalkeeper Marko Nijač was fourth with 12,7 percent, and his national team teammate Loren Fatović was fifth with 9,9 percent of the vote.

At the end of last year, Mandić was named the best water polo player in the world. Mandić is the fourth Serbian player to be elected the best water polo player in Europe, after Vanja Udovičić, Filip Filipović and Duško Pijetlović.

In its explanation, European Swimming highlighted Mandić's achievements last season. At the Olympic Games, where he carried the flag with volleyball player Maja Ognjenović, he won gold and was the best scorer and player of the tournament in Paris. It was his fourth Olympic medal, and his third gold.

Playing for Ferencvaros, he won the Hungarian double, the Champions League and the European Super Cup.

"Mandić's magnificent performances have led to him becoming a national hero in Serbia, and his incredible talent has been widely recognized, as he was recently named the best water polo player in the world of water sports in 2024," the statement said.

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