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Žarko Šešum (Serbian Cyrillic: Жарко Шешум; born 16 June 1986) is a retired Serbian handball player.

Club career

Born in Bačka Palanka, Šešum started out at his hometown club Sintelon. He was promoted to the senior squad in the 2002–03 season, at age 16. In early 2007, Šešum was transferred to Hungary and signed with MKB Veszprém. He helped the side win three consecutive championships. In 2010, Šešum moved to Germany and joined Rhein-Neckar Löwen, spending the next four years with the club. He subsequently played for fellow German team Frisch Auf Göppingen from 2014 to 2018, winning two successive EHF Cup titles (2016 and 2017).

International career

Youth

At youth level, Šešum was an instrumental member of the Serbia and Montenegro winning squad at the European Under-18 Championship in August 2004.^[1] He subsequently led his nation to the gold medal at the World Under-19 Championship in August 2005.^[2] Later the same month, Šešum was an important member of the team that finished as runners-up at the World Under-21 Championship.^[3]

Senior

A Serbia international since its inception,^[4] Šešum made his major debut for the national team at the 2009 World Championship. He was also a member of the squad that won the silver medal at the 2012 European Championship, but missed the final due to injury.^[5] Subsequently, Šešum was selected to compete at the 2012 Summer Olympics.^[6]

Honours

MKB Veszprém

Nemzeti Bajnokság I: 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10
Magyar Kupa: 2006–07, 2008–09, 2009–10
EHF Cup Winners' Cup: 2007–08

Rhein-Neckar Löwen

EHF Cup: 2012–13

Frisch Auf Göppingen

EHF Cup: 2015–16, 2016–17

Kadetten Schaffhausen

Swiss Handball League: 2018–19

References

^ "Plavi bez poraza do zlata" (in Serbian). glas-javnosti.rs. 2 August 2004. Archived from the original on 2 October 2020. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
^ "Apsolutni šampioni" (in Serbian). novosti.rs. 12 August 2005. Archived from the original on 2 October 2020. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
^ "Srebro za plave u Budimpešti" (in Serbian). b92.net. 29 August 2005. Archived from the original on 3 November 2020. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
^ "Novi početak za srpski rukomet" (in Serbian). sportskacentrala.com. 5 October 2006. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
^ "Srbija osvojila srebro u Beogradu" (in Serbian). b92.net. 29 January 2012. Archived from the original on 24 June 2020. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
^ "Vuković odbrao 15 olimpijaca" (in Serbian). b92.net. 21 July 2012. Archived from the original on 31 October 2020. Retrieved 6 August 2020.

External links

Žarko Šešum at the European Handball Federation
MKSZ record Archived 3 November 2020 at the Wayback Machine
Žarko Šešum at Olympics.com
Žarko Šešum at Olympic.org (archived)
Žarko Šešum at Olympedia
Žarko Šešum at the Olimpijski Komitet Srbije (in Serbian)

[1] "Plavi bez poraza do zlata" (in Serbian). glas-javnosti.rs. 2 August 2004. Archived from the original on 2 October 2020. Retrieved 6 August 2020.

[2] "Apsolutni šampioni" (in Serbian). novosti.rs. 12 August 2005. Archived from the original on 2 October 2020. Retrieved 6 August 2020.

[3] "Srebro za plave u Budimpešti" (in Serbian). b92.net. 29 August 2005. Archived from the original on 3 November 2020. Retrieved 6 August 2020.

[4] "Novi početak za srpski rukomet" (in Serbian). sportskacentrala.com. 5 October 2006. Retrieved 6 August 2020.

[5] "Srbija osvojila srebro u Beogradu" (in Serbian). b92.net. 29 January 2012. Archived from the original on 24 June 2020. Retrieved 10 May 2020.

[6] "Vuković odbrao 15 olimpijaca" (in Serbian). b92.net. 21 July 2012. Archived from the original on 31 October 2020. Retrieved 6 August 2020.

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