Nikola Rađen

Nikola Rađen
Personal information
Nationality Serbian
Born (1985-01-29) 29 January 1985
Novi Sad, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
Height 195 cm (6 ft 5 in)
Weight 102 kg (225 lb)
Water polo information
Position Centre Forward
Handedness R
Career
YearsTeams
?–?
?–2011
2011–2012
2012–2014
2014–2015		 Vojvodina
Partizan Raiffeisen
NC Chios
VK Crvena Zvezda
Olympiacos
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2006
2006–		  Serbia and Montenegro
 Serbia
Medal record
Olympic Games
2008 Beijing Team
2012 London Team
World Championship
2009 Rome Team
2011 Shanghai Team
European Championship
2012 Eindhoven Team
2014 Budapest Team
2008 Málaga Team
2010 Zagreb Team
FINA World League
2008 Genova Team
2010 Niš Team
2011 Firenze Team
2013 Chelyabinsk Team
2014 Dubai Team
2009 Podgorica Team
Mediterranean Games
2009 Pescara Team
Mediterranean Games
2005 Almería Team
Universiade
2005 İzmir Team

Nikola Rađen (Serbian Cyrillic: Никола Рађен, pronounced [nǐkɔla râd͡ʑɛn]) (born 29 January 1985) is a Serbian water polo player who last played for Olympiacos in Greece. He was a member of the Serbia men's national water polo team at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. He won with Serbia the 2009 World Championship as well as the 2012 Eindhoven European Championship. Rađen has also won 2 LEN Euroleagues with his former clubs Partizan Raiffeisen (2011) and VK Crvena Zvezda (2013).

National career

2012 Eindhoven

On 16 January, at the European Championship Rađen scored in the first game two goals in an 8–5 win against Spain. After next two games without goals, on 21 January in the fourth match, Rađen scored his third goal of the tournament for his national team in a routine victory against Romania 14–5. Nikola Rađen won the 2012 European Championship on 29 January. He scored a goal in the final against Montenegro which his national team won by 9–8.[1] This was his first gold medal at the European Championships.

Honours

Club

VK Partizan

VK Crvena Zvezda

Failed drug test

On May 15, 2015, Serbian media published that Rađen was tested positive for cocaine after the World League game between Serbia and Spain, held on February 17, 2015.[2] The penalty for such doping violation is 4 years of not participating in any kind of sport events. On May 18, 2015, he was officially temporary suspended by FINA due to continued investigation into his positive doping results to cocaine metabolites.[3][4] Furthermore, two days later, Olympiacos, the club with whom he was under the contract, terminated the contract for violating the terms of it.[5] On August 24, 2015, he was officially suspended on a 4-year period by FINA for positive doping results; from tests taking place on February 17, and nearly two months later, on April 15.[6]

References

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  1. ↑ http://www.waterpoloworld.com/News/tabid/169/ArticleId/1897/news.aspx
  2. ↑ N., V. (18 May 2015). "FINA još ćuti, Rađen čeka kaznu". novosti.rs (in Serbian). Retrieved 18 May 2015.
  3. ↑ "ADAS: FINA suspendovala Rađena". b92.net (in Serbian). Antidoping Agencija Srbije. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
  4. ↑ "VSS: Rađen privremeno suspendovan". b92.net (in Serbian). 19 May 2015. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
  5. ↑ "Olimpijakos otpustio Rađena". b92.net (in Serbian). 20 May 2015. Retrieved 20 May 2015.
  6. ↑ "Nikola Radjen, Serbian Water Polo Player And Olympic Medalist, Suspended For Four Years By FINA Doping Panel". swimmingworldmagazine.com. 24 August 2015. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
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