Ivo Trumbić (2 April 1935 – 12 March 2021) was a Croatian

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player and Olympic medallist. He later went on to manage. Ivo Trumbić coached the

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to a bronze medal at the

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, becoming one of the few sportspeople who won Olympic medals in water polo as players and head coaches.1976, Montreal: Ivo Trumbic and the bronze Dutch
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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. Trumbic was inducted into the Swimming World's International Hall of Fame in 2015. The

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appointed him a member of merit in 2018, and in 2020 he received the Franjo Bučar

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, Croatia's most important sports prize. Ivo Trumbic died on 12 March 2021 at the age of 85.

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* * * * * 1935 births 2021 deaths Water polo players from Split, Croatia Croatian male water polo players Yugoslav male water polo players Olympic water polo players for Yugoslavia Water polo players at the 1964 Summer Olympics Water polo players at the 1968 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1964 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Yugoslavia Olympic silver medalists for Yugoslavia Olympic medalists in water polo Croatian water polo coaches Netherlands men's national water polo team coaches Water polo coaches at the 1976 Summer Olympics Olympiacos Water Polo Club coaches Burials at Mirogoj Cemetery {{Yugoslavia-waterpolo-bio-stub

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