Ratko Štritof (born 14 January 1972) is a
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 ...
player from
Croatia
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, who was a member of the national team that won the silver medal at the
1996 Summer Olympics
The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...
in
Atlanta, Georgia
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. He was born in
Rijeka
Rijeka (;
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.
He coaches
HAVK Mladost
Hrvatski akademski vaterpolo klub Mladost () or simply HAVK Mladost is a professional water polo club based in Zagreb, Croatia. The club was formed in 1946 and it is part of the Mladost sports society. As of the 2021–22 season, it competes in ...
youth team lately.
See also
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List of Olympic medalists in water polo (men)
Men's water polo has been part of the Summer Olympics program since 1900. Hungary men's national water polo team has won sixteen Olympic medals, becoming the most successful country in men's tournament.
There are fifty-nine male athletes who hav ...
References
Štritof - coach in HAVK Mladost, Zagreb
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1972 births
Living people
Water polo players from Rijeka
Croatian male water polo players
Olympic silver medalists for Croatia in water polo
Water polo players at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Water polo players at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Water polo players at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Croatian water polo coaches
Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Italy
Croatian expatriate water polo players
21st-century Croatian sportsmen
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