Sport: | Water polo |
Birth Date: | 22 March 1980 |
Birth Place: | Kotor, SFR Yugoslavia |
Nikola Janović (cnr|Никола Јановић; born 22 March 1980) is a Montenegrin water polo player and the former Minister of Sports and Youth of Montenegro.[1] He was one of the best water polo player in the world. He was a captain of the Montenegro men's national water polo team and a World and European champion with SRJ, Serbia and Montenegro, and Montenegro (2001, 2005, 2008) . He is a member of the Parliament of Montenegro.
He is the elder brother of Mlađan Janović.
In 2012, he was part of the Montenegrin water polo team that once again reached the semi-finals of the Olympic men's water polo competition.
Janović played for PVK Primorac (1994–1998), VK Crvena zvezda (1998–2000), VK Bečej (2000–2001), PVK Primorac (2001–2004), PVK Jadran (2004–2006), CN Posillipo (2006–2009), PVK Jadran (2009–2011) and VK Jug (2011–2016).