Nenad Manojlović (; 25 March 1954 – 24 November 2014) was a Yugoslav and Serbian

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player and manager. His brother Predrag also played the sport at elite level. As manager of

Serbia and Montenegro men's national water polo team The Serbia and Montenegro men's national water polo team, also widely known as the FR Yugoslavia men's national water polo team, represented Serbia and Montenegro in international water polo games, from 1993 to 2006. It was governed by the Water ...

(formerly the FR Yugoslavia men's national water polo team), Manojlović won silver and bronze medals in the Summer Olympics in Athens 2004 and Sydney 2000, silver and bronze medals in the

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2001 in

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and 2003 in

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and gold medals in the

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2001 in Budapest and 2003 in

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. Manojlović died on 24 November 2014, while being on the way to Sofia where he was to participate in the professional seminar.

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