Božidar Stanišić

Božidar "Cikota" Stanišić (21 October 1936 – 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.[1][2]

Božidar Stanišić

Personal information
Born	21 October 1936 Herceg Novi, Zeta Banovina, Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Died	3 January 2014 (aged 77) Herceg Novi, Montenegro
Height	187 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	88 kg (194 lb)
Sport
Sport	Water polo
Club	PKV Jadran VK Bijela
Medal record Representing  Yugoslavia Olympic Games 1964 Tokyo Team European Water Polo Championship 1958 Budapest Team Mediterranean Games 1959 Beirut Team 1963 Naples Team

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.[1]

See also

• List of Olympic medalists in water polo

References

1. Božidar Stanišić. sports-reference.com
2. Zomrela čiernohorská legenda Božidar Stanišič-Cikota. mokralopta.sk (6 January 2014)

External links

• Božidar Stanišić at International Olympic Committee
• Božidar Stanišić at Olympic Channel
• Božidar Stanišić at Olympedia