Veselin Đuho (born 5 January 1960) is a Croatian professional

water polo Water polo is a competitive sport, competitive team sport played in water between two teams of seven players each. The game consists of four quarters in which the teams attempt to score goals by throwing the water polo ball, ball into the oppo ...

coach and former player who was a two-time Olympic gold medalist for

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at the

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and

1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서울 1988, Seoul Cheon gubaek palsip-pal), was an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October ...

. Đuho was born in

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but moved to

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as a child, where he started swimming in 1968, and joined

VK Jug Vaterpolski klub Jug ( en, Jug Water Polo Club) is a professional water polo club based in Dubrovnik, Croatia. The club was established in 1923 as part of sports society "JUG". As of the 2021–22 season, VK Jug competes in the Croatian League, ...

in 1974. He spent most of his career in Jug, winning with them five

Yugoslav league The Yugoslav First Federal Football League (Serbian: Прва савезна лига у фудбалу / ''Prva savezna liga u fudbalu'', hr, Prva savezna liga u nogometu, sl, Prva zvezna nogometna liga, mk, Прва сојузна лига, ...

titles, two Yugoslav cup titles, and the

LEN Champions League The LEN Champions League is the top-tier European professional water polo club competition with teams from up to 18 countries. It is organized by the Ligue Européenne de Natation. The competition started in 1963 as European Cup. A change of na ...

in 1981. Playing for the Yugoslavia national team, Đuho won the gold medal at the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles and at the

1988 Olympics in Seoul The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서울 1988, Seoul Cheon gubaek palsip-pal), was an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October ...

, as well as the gold medal at the 1986 World Championship in Madrid, the gold medal at the 1987 World Cup, and silver medals at the 1985 European Championship in Sofia and the 1987 European Championship in Strasbourg. Later in his career he also played in Italy for Rari Nantes Salerno and Rari Nantes Cagliari, before retiring in 1993 to become Cagliari's coach. He served as the head coach of Jug between 1997 and 2003, during which time the club won the 2000

LEN Cup The LEN Euro Cup is the second-tier European water polo club competition run by the Ligue Européenne de Natation for those clubs who did not qualify for the LEN Champions League. The cup was inaugurated in 1992. History Names of the competit ...

2000–01 LEN Champions League The 2000–01 LEN Champions League was the 38th edition of LEN's premier competition for men's water polo clubs. It ran from 2000 to 19 May 2001, and it was contested by 8 teams. The Final Four (semifinals, final, and third place game) took pla ...

Croatian First League The Hrvatska nogometna liga () ( en, Croatian football league), also known as HNL or for sponsorship reasons the SuperSport HNL, is the top Croatian professional football (soccer), football league competition, established in 1992. Previously, i ...

in 2000 and 2001, and Croatian Cup in 2001 and 2003. Đuho was then the head coach of VK Koper before become the head coach of Jug again in 2012. In March 2014, Đuho was relieved of his coaching duties in Jug, and was replaced by Miho Bobić.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Duho, Veselin 1960 births Living people Croatian male water polo players Croatian water polo coaches Yugoslav male water polo players Olympiacos Water Polo Club coaches Olympic water polo players of Yugoslavia Olympic gold medalists for Yugoslavia Water polo players at the 1984 Summer Olympics Water polo players at the 1988 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Dubrovnik Olympic medalists in water polo Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics Bosnia and Herzegovina emigrants to Croatia

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