Ivo Trumbić
 Trumbić in July 1976 at the Olympics in Montreal while coaching the Netherlands national team. | |||||||||||||||||
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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) | ||||||||||||||||
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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]
Career[]
According 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.[5]
Ivo Trumbic died on 12 March, 2021 at the age of 85.[4]
See also[]
- Yugoslavia men's Olympic water polo team records and statistics
- Netherlands men's Olympic water polo team records and statistics
- List of Olympic champions in men's water polo
- List of Olympic medalists in water polo (men)
- List of members of the International Swimming Hall of Fame
References[]
- ^ "Ivo Trumbić". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.
- ^ "Ivo Trumbic (CRO/YUG/NED)". ishof.org. ISHOF. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
- ^ 1976, Montreal: Ivo Trumbic and the bronze Dutch
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Legendary Dutch water polo coach Trumbic (86) passed away | NOW". Retrieved 2021-03-13.
- ^ "Water polo legend and Dutch national coach Ivo Trumbic (86) passed away | Sport". Netherlands News Live. 2021-03-13. Retrieved 2021-03-13.
External links[]
- Ivo Trumbić at Olympic.org (archived)
- Ivo Trumbić at OlympicChannel.com (archived)
- Ivo Trumbić at Olympics.com
- Ivo Trumbić at Croatian Olympic Committee (in Croatian)
- Ivo Trumbić at Olympedia
- Ivo Trumbić at International Swimming Hall of Fame
- Ivo Trumbić at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
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