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{{Short description|Serbian-Montenegrin water polo player}}
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| height           = 198 cm
| weight           = 120 kg
| years1         = 1992–1995
| clubs1         = [[VK Partizan|Partizan]]
| years2         = 1995–1999
| clubs2         = [[VK Bečej|Bečej]]
| years3         = 1999–2000
| clubs3         = [[VK Partizan|Partizan]]
| years4         = 2000–2004
| clubs4         = [[PVK Jadran|Jadran Herceg Novi]]
| years5         = 2004–2005
| clubs5         = [[VK Partizan|Partizan]]
| years6         = 2005–2006
| clubs6         = [[PVK Jadran|Jadran Herceg Novi]]
| years7         = 2006–2007
| clubs7         = [[Ethnikos Piraeus Water Polo Club|Ethnikos Piraeus]]
| years8         = 2007–2011
| clubs8         = [[VK Budva|Budva]]
| years9         = 2011–2012
| clubs9         = [[Civitavecchia]]
| years10         = 2012–2015
| clubs10         = [[VK Crvena Zvezda|Crvena Zvezda]]
| years11         = 2015–2016
| clubs11         = [[VK Radnički Kragujevac|Radnički Kragujevac]]
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{{MedalCompetition |[[European Water Polo Championship|European Championship]]}}
{{MedalGold | [[2001 Men's European Water Polo Championship|2001 Budapest]]|}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[2003 Men's European Water Polo Championship|2003 Kranj]]|}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[2006 Men's European Water Polo Championship|2006 Belgrade]]|}}
{{Medal|Silver|[[2008 Men's European Water Polo Championship|2008 Málaga]]|}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[FINA Water Polo World League|FINA World League]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[2005 FINA Men's Water Polo World League|2005 Belgrade]]|}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[2006 FINA Men's Water Polo World League|2006 Athens]]|}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[2008 FINA Men's Water Polo World League|2008 Genova]]|}}
{{Medal|Silver|[[2004 FINA Men's Water Polo World League|2004 Long Beach]]|}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[FINA Water Polo World Cup|FINA World Cup]]}}
{{MedalGold| [[2002 FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup|2002 Belgrade]]|}}
{{MedalGold| [[2006 FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup|2006 Budapest]]|}}	
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'''Denis Šefik''' ({{lang-sr-cyr|Денис Шефик}}; born 20 September 1976) is a Serbian [[water polo]] player who played for [[VK Radnički]]. He represented the [[Serbia and Montenegro men's national water polo team|Serbia and Montenegro national team]] until 2006, [[Serbia men's national water polo team|Serbian national team]] until 2008 and since 2010, represents the [[Montenegro men's national water polo team|Montenegrin national team]].

==National team career==
He was a member of the Serbia and Montenegro team at the [[2004 Athens Olympics]] where they won the silver medal and the Serbian team at the [[Water polo at the 2008 Summer Olympics|2008 Beijing Olympics]] where they won bronze.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/se/denis-sefik-1.html |title=Denis Šefik Biography and Statistics - Olympics at Sports-Reference.com |access-date=2009-02-28 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090106043816/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/se/denis-sefik-1.html |archive-date=2009-01-06 }}</ref>  He competed for the Montenegrin team at the [[2012 Summer Olympics]], where they came fourth, losing the bronze medal match to Serbia by one point.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.olympic.org/olympic-results/london-2012/water-polo/water-polo-m|title = London 2012 Men's Water Polo|access-date = 17 September 2014|website = www.olympic.org|publisher = IOC}}</ref>
==Honours==
===Club===
; Crvena Zvezda
*[[LEN Champions League]]: [[2012–13 LEN Champions League|2012–13]]
*[[LEN Super Cup]]: 2013
* [[Serbian Water Polo League A|Serbian Championship]]: 2012–13, [[2013–14 Prva A liga (men's water polo)|2013–14]]
* [[Serbian Water Polo Cup|Serbian Cup]]: 2012–13, 2013–14
; Budva
*[[Montenegrin First League of Water Polo|Montenegrin Championship]]: 2010–11
*[[Montenegrin Water Polo Cup|Montenegrin Cup]]: 2008–09, 2010–11
; Jadran Hergec Novi
* Serbia & Montenegro Championship: 2002–03, 2003–04, 2005–06
* Serbia & Montenegro Cup: 2003–04, 2005–06 
;Bečej
* Serbia & Montenegro Championship: 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99
* Serbia & Montenegro Cup: 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99
;Partizan
* Serbia & Montenegro Championship: 1994–95
* Serbia & Montenegro Cup: 1992–93, 1993–94, 1994–95

==Awards==
*[[Serbia and Montenegro|Serbian and Montenegrin]] Olympic Committee "Athlete of the Year": 2004
* Best Goalkeeper of [[2003 Men's European Water Polo Championship|2003 European Championship]]
* Best Goalkeeper of [[2006 Men's European Water Polo Championship|2006 European Championship]]
* Best Goalkeeper of [[2008 Men's European Water Polo Championship|2008 European Championship]]
* Best Goalkeeper of [[2003 World Aquatics Championships|2003 World Championship]]
*[[Water polo at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament|Best Goalkeeper of the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens]]

==See also==
* [[Serbia and Montenegro men's Olympic water polo team records and statistics]]
* [[Serbia men's Olympic water polo team records and statistics]]
* [[Montenegro men's Olympic water polo team records and statistics]]
* [[List of Olympic medalists in water polo (men)]]
* [[List of men's Olympic water polo tournament goalkeepers]]
* [[List of world champions in men's water polo]]
* [[List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in water polo]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Sports links}}

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  | before = [[Vladimir Vujasinović]]
  | after = [[Danilo Ikodinović]]
  | title = {{flagicon|SCG}} [[Golden Badge|The Best Athlete of Serbia and Montenegro]]
  | years = 2004
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[[Category:Ethnikos Piraeus Water Polo Club players]]
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[[Category:Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Greece]]
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[[Category:Naturalized citizens of Montenegro]]
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[[Category:European Water Polo Championship medalists]]
[[Category:21st-century Serbian sportsmen]]


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