Verica Bakoc
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| Full name | Verica Bakoc | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
May 3, 1999 Toronto, Ontario, Canada | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Canadian | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Field player | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Current team | Mediterrani | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| College(s) | USC Trojans | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Verica Bakoc (pronounced [ʋêritsa bǎkotʃ]; born May 3, 1999) is a Canadian water polo player who plays for Mediterrani and for the Canada women's national team.[1]
Career
[edit]College and club career
[edit]Bakoc was part of the USC Trojans side that finished first in the 2018 NCAA Women's Water Polo Championship,[2] second in 2019 and first in 2021.[3]
She was also part of the Ethnikos Piraeus side that won the 2021–22 Women's LEN Trophy.[4]
International career
[edit]Bakoc represented Canada at the youth and junior level at the FINA Youth World Championships in 2016 where she won bronze as well as at the 2019 Universiade and 2019 FINA Junior World Championships.[5]
She represented Canada at the 2017 FINA Intercontinental Tournament, the 2022 FINA Water Polo World League, the 2022 World Aquatics Championships, 2023 World Aquatics Championships, the 2023 Pan American Games (winning silver), the 2024 World Aquatics Championships and at the 2024 Summer Olympics.
Personal life
[edit]Bakoc's father Dragan is involved in professional soccer as the president of Serbian White Eagles FC and the Canadian Soccer League.[6] Her family hails from Herceg Novi, Montenegro.[7][8]
References
[edit]- ^ "Mediterrani: Two Canadians Bakoc and Crevier to sign for Spaniards". Total Waterpolo. August 20, 2022. Retrieved November 4, 2022.
- ^ "USC women's water polo wins fifth national title, 5-4 over Stanford". NCAA. May 13, 2018. Retrieved November 7, 2022.
- ^ "USC Defeats UCLA 18-9 To Win 2021 NCAA Women's Water Polo Championship". USA Water Polo. May 16, 2021. Retrieved November 7, 2022.
- ^ "Ethnikos win the LEN Trophy". Total Waterpolo. March 30, 2022. Retrieved April 2, 2022.
- ^ "Verica Bakoc - Women's Water Polo - USC Athletics". USC Trojans. Retrieved November 4, 2022.
- ^ "An Olympian in the making has CSL connections - FC Continentals". continentalsfc.com. November 11, 2023. Retrieved November 20, 2023.
- ^ "Djevojka našeg porijekla napada olimpijsku medalju: Verica u kapici Kanade u Parizu" (in Serbian). sportfem.me. July 5, 2024. Retrieved July 8, 2024.
- ^ "Ponosna Novljanka u kapici Kanade ispunila olimpijski san: Navijaću za ajkule u Parizu, želim da pokrenem ženski vaterpolo u CG" (in Serbian). sportfem.me. July 8, 2024. Retrieved July 8, 2024.
External links
[edit]- Verica Bakoc at World Aquatics
- Verica Bakoc at Team Canada
- Verica Bakoc at Olympics.com
- Verica Bakoc at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics
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- 1999 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Etobicoke
- Canadian female water polo players
- Canadian people of Serbian descent
- Canadian people of Montenegrin descent
- University of Southern California alumni
- USC Trojans women's water polo players
- Ethnikos Piraeus Water Polo Club players
- Competitors at the 2019 Summer Universiade
- Water polo players at the 2023 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 2023 Pan American Games
- Pan American Games silver medalists for Canada
- Pan American Games medalists in water polo
- 21st-century Canadian sportswomen
- Water polo players at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Olympic water polo players for Canada