Nikola Jakšić

Nikola Jakšić (; born 17 January 1997) is a Serbian water polo player who plays for Radnički Kragujevac. At the 2016 Summer Olympics, he competed for the Serbia men's national water polo team in the men's event.

His younger brother, Petar, also represents the Serbia men's national water polo team. They won a gold medal for the 2024 Summer Olympics as Serbia won 13–11 against Croatia.

Honours Club VK Partizan Serbian Championship: 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17 Serbian Cup: 2015–16, 2016–17

Ferencváros LEN Champions League: 2018–19; runner-up: 2020–21 LEN Euro Cup: 2017–18 LEN Super Cup: 2018, 2019 Hungarian Championship: 2017–18, 2018–19 Hungarian Cup: 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21 Hungarian Super Cup: 2018 VK Novi Beograd LEN Champions League runners-up: 2021–22, 2022–23 Adriatic League: 2021–22, 2023–24 Serbian Championship: 2021–22, 2022–23 Serbian Cup: 2023–24

Awards Member of the World Teamby totalwaterpolo: 2021, 2023, 2024 Sportsman of the Year of the JSD Partizan: 2015, 2016 Young Athlete of The Year by the Serbian Olympic Committee: 2016 Serbian Championship Defender of the Year: 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2021–22, 2022–23 Hungarian Championship Defender of the Year: 2017–18, 2018–19, 2020–21 Adriatic League Defender of the Year: 2021–22 LEN Champions League Defender of the Year: 2020–21