Nikola Rađen

Nikola Rađen
Personal information
Nationality	Serbian
Born	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
Left / right	R
Career
Years Teams ?–? ?–2011 2011–2012 2012–2014 2014–2015 Vojvodina Partizan Raiffeisen NC Chios VK Crvena Zvezda Olympiacos
National team
2008–2015 Serbia
Honours Competitor for  Serbia 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 Competitor for  Serbia and Montenegro 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

• National Championship of Serbia (5): 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11
• National Cup of Serbia (5): 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11
• LEN Euroleague (1): 2011
• Eurointer League (2): 2010, 2011

VK Crvena Zvezda

• LEN Euroleague (1): 2013
• LEN Super Cup (1): 2013
• National Championship of Serbia (1): 2012–13
• National Cup of Serbia (1): 2012–13
• Eurointer League (1): 2013

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

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.

External links

• juegosmediterraneos
• Nikola Rađen on Twitter