Igor Hinić (born 4 December 1975) is a Croatian former professional

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player, who was a member of the Croatia national team, that won the silver medal at the

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, and the gold medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in

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. Hinić played in five consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country from 1996 to

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. He is, jointly with Greek Georgios Afroudakis and Hungarian Tamás Kásás, the tenth athlete to compete in water polo at five Olympics. He was also voted the Croatia national team's most valuable player. He played for Primorje,

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, Mladost, Enka Istanbul, and was right handed. He won the Italian Championship 2003, and Turkish Championship in 2015. Currently, Hinić is the coach in his hometown of Rijeka. He is 6'8" tall and weighs 243 lbs.

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* 1975 births Living people Sportspeople from Rijeka Croatian male water polo players Water polo centre forwards Water polo players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Water polo players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Water polo players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Water polo players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Water polo players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Croatia in water polo Olympic silver medalists for Croatia in water polo World Aquatics Championships medalists in water polo European champions for Croatia Croatian water polo coaches Expatriate water polo players Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Italy Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey {{Croatia-waterpolo-bio-stub

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