Duško Pijetlović
Pijetlović at the 2015 World Championships
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| Nationality | Serbian |
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25 April 1985 Novi Sad, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia |
| Height | 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) |
| Weight | 97 kg (214 lb) |
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 Serbia
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| Sport | Water polo |
| Club | Pro Recco |
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Duško Pijetlović (Serbian Cyrillic: Душко Пијетловић, 25 April 1985) is a Serbian water polo center forward. He was a member of the Serbian teams that won bronze medals at the 2008 and 2012 Olympics and a gold medal in 2016. He held the world title in 2009 and 2015 and the European title in 2006, 2012, 2014 and 2016. Pijetlović won three consecutive Euroleague titles with three different teams: in 2011 with Partizan in 2012 with Pro Recco and in 2013 with Crvena Zvezda.
On 17 September 2011. in the first round of the Adriatic League, Pijetlović and Sandro Sukno were the top scorers with each scoring three times in an easy 14–6 home win against . In the second round on 24 September, he scored a goal against in a 16–4 home win. On 1 October Pijetlović scored two goals in a 10–7 Adriatic League away win against . On 8 October in the Adriatic League fourth round, Pijetlović and his team-mate and fellow countryman Prlainović were the top scorers with each scoring three times in a 14–8 away win against . Pijetlović was again the top scorer of the fifth round in his team on 15 October, he scored three goals in a 15–8 home win against . On 22 October Pijetlović scored a goal in the first round of the Euroleague Group in an easy 13–5 win over . On 26 October Pijetlović scored another goal in an easy 15–5 away win against , but this time in the sixth round of the Adriatic League. On 29 October, in the Adriatic League seventh round 13–9 home win against Mladost, Pijetlović scored three goals. Pijetlović scored his sixteenth Adriatic League goal on 5 November, in a 14–7 away win against Šibenik. On 9 November Pijetlović scored his second goal of the tournament in the second round of the Euroleague, in a 13–4 away victory against . But just after 3 days, on 12 November, he scored an amazing five goals for his team in 16–7 away win against , in the ninth round of the Adriatic League. On 26 November Pijetlović scored two goals in the Euroleague third round, in a 10–8 win against . On 30 November he scored another two goals, but in the eleventh round Adriatic League 16–1 away win over . Pijetlović managed to score just one goal on 3 December in a humiliating 21–0 defeat over in the twelfth round of the Adriatic League. In the thirteenth round on 10 December, Pijetlović scored two goals against in a 20–8 away win. Pijetlović scored three goals on 14 December in the fourth round of the Euroleague, in a 14–9 away win against VK Jadran HN. How the tournament went on, Duško Pijetlović lifted his form. On 8 February 2012. in the fifth round of the Euroleague, he scored an astonishing seven goals in a 15–7 win against . With seven goals scored he doubled up his tally to fourteen goals overall in Euroleague so far. 3 days later he scored his 27th goal in Adriatic League fifteenth round 9–8 home win against Jug CO. He made it 30 in a win over Primorje EB by 13–6 on 18 February, in the sixteenth round. On 25 February, in the last round of the Euroleague group stage, Pijetlović scored three goals in the 18–7 away win against Spartak Volgograd. Four days later, Pijetlović alongside his team-mate Filipović scored five goals in the Adriatic League fourteenth round game behind, in a 21–5 easy home win over Mornar BS. On 3 March Pijetlović scored a goal in a 12–7 Adriatic League away win against Mladost.
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