Ivo Trumbić (2 April 1935 – 12 March 2021) was a Croatian water polo player and Olympic medallist.[1] He later went on to manage. Ivo Trumbić coached the Netherlands to a bronze medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics, becoming one of the few sportspeople who won Olympic medals in water polo as players and head coaches.[2][3]
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| Born | 2 April 1935 Split, Littoral Banovina, Yugoslavia | |||||||||||||||||
| Died | 12 March 2021 (aged 85) Zagreb, Croatia | |||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) | |||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 103 kg (227 lb) | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
editAccording to the Netherlands men's national water polo team, Trumbic was not only national coach of Orange in two periods, but he also worked as a coach and technical director for a long time at AC&PC from Amersfoort. The Croat, who conquered Olympic silver (1964) and gold (1968) as a water polo player with the former Yugoslavia.[4]
Trumbic was inducted into the Swimming World's International Hall of Fame in 2015. The Royal Dutch Swimming Federation appointed him a member of merit in 2018, and in 2020 he received the Franjo Bučar Lifetime Achievement Award, Croatia's most important sports prize.[citation needed]
Ivo Trumbic died on 12 March 2021 at the age of 85.[4]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Ivo Trumbić". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.
- ^ "Ivo Trumbic (CRO/YUG/NED)". ISHOF.org. International Swimming Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 12 April 2020. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
- ^ 1976, Montreal: Ivo Trumbic and the bronze Dutch
- ^ a b "Legendary Dutch water polo coach Trumbic (86) passed away". en24news.com. Retrieved 13 March 2021.[permanent dead link]
External links
edit- Ivo Trumbić at World Aquatics
- Ivo Trumbić at the International Swimming Hall of Fame
- Ivo Trumbić at Olympics.com
- Ivo Trumbić at Olympedia
- Ivo Trumbić at the Croatian Olympic Committee (in Croatian) (archived)
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