Oliver Vikalo

Oliver Vikalo
Personal information
Born (1991-10-14) 14 October 1991
Travnik, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Height 194 cm (6 ft 4 in)
Weight 100 kg (220 lb)
Sport
Country  Canada
Sport water polo
Updated on 19 August 2015.

Oliver Vikalo (born 14 October 1991 Travnik, Bosnia and Herzegovina) is a Canadian water polo player who lives in Calgary, Canada.

Personal

He moved with his father Vladimir, Mother Ljubica and older sister Tina to Canada in 1995 to escape the war in Yugoslavia. Oliver graduated from the University of Calgary in 2015 with Bachelor of Commerce in Energy Management.

Career

Oliver Vikalo’s water polo career started when he joined the Calgary Renegades atom water polo program when he was eight years old. Initially he wanted to play hockey, but his family could not afford the equipment and enrollment fees for the local program. His parents put him in water polo because they were familiar with the sport that is popular in Croatia and more affordable with only a bathing suit required. He first played for Canada at the 2007 Youth Pan American Games, helping the team win bronze. He added silver and a historic gold medal at the 2008 and 2010 Junior Pan American Games, respectively. Vikalo joined the senior national team in 2010, going on to help the men win silver at the 2011 Pan Am Games in Guadalajara. He has also made two appearances at the FINA World Championships and helped the men finish a best-ever sixth in the 2014 FINA Water Polo World League Super Final. He was part of the Canadian team at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships.[1]

Notable results

See also

References

  1. ↑ "BCN 2015 Canadian Men's Water Polo Team" (PDF). Omega Timing. Retrieved 19 August 2015.


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