Tomislav Mohorić (September 27, 1926 - January 28, 1990) was a
Croatian swimmer
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and
water polo
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player. After ending his playing career he became a
water polo
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and
handball
Handball (also known as team handball, European handball, Olympic handball or indoor handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of thr ...
coach.
Career
Mohorić played for
VK Primorje
VK Bank (, commonly referred to as VK Primorje EB) is a professional water polo club based in Rijeka, Croatia. As of 2021–22 season, the club competes in the Croatian First League of Water Polo, Croatian League and Regional Water Polo League, R ...
and during his playing career the club was in always in the top five of the
Yugoslav Water Polo Championship. He also played for the newly established
handball
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team of
Primorje. In 1956 he ended his playing career and started his coaching.
In 1958 Mohorić alongside Eduard Domazet and Dmitar Trbović founded the
handball
Handball (also known as team handball, European handball, Olympic handball or indoor handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of thr ...
club ''Exportdrvo'' and Mohorić led the men's and women's senior team. His most biggest achievement was with the men's team when the club gained promotion to the
Yugoslav Second League
Yugoslav Second League ( Bosnian: ''Druga savezna liga,'' Croatian: ''Druga savezna liga'', Serbian: ''Друга савезна лига'', Slovenian: ''Druga zvezna liga'', Macedonian: ''Втора сојузна лига'', ''Vtora sojuzna l ...
and finished in second in the league. During its time the club was the best
handball
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club in
Rijeka
Rijeka (;
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and a force to be reckoned with in
Yugoslav handball
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. The club was disbanded in 1963.
During the 1960s and 1970s he was the tehniko of
VK Primorje
VK Bank (, commonly referred to as VK Primorje EB) is a professional water polo club based in Rijeka, Croatia. As of 2021–22 season, the club competes in the Croatian First League of Water Polo, Croatian League and Regional Water Polo League, R ...
most notably to the team that was second in the
LEN Cup Winners' Cup
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in 1976. Later during the 1980s he was a board member of
VK Primorje
VK Bank (, commonly referred to as VK Primorje EB) is a professional water polo club based in Rijeka, Croatia. As of 2021–22 season, the club competes in the Croatian First League of Water Polo, Croatian League and Regional Water Polo League, R ...
.
Honours
RK Primorje
*
Rijeka League
**Winner (1): 1955-56
ŽRK Primorje
*
Rijeka League
**Winner (1): 1956-57
*
Croatian Championship
**Fourth place (1): 1956-57
RK Exportdrvo
*
Rijeka League
**Winner (2): 1957-58, 1960–61
*
Rijeka Zone League
**Winner (1): 1962-63
*
Yugoslav Second League
Yugoslav Second League ( Bosnian: ''Druga savezna liga,'' Croatian: ''Druga savezna liga'', Serbian: ''Друга савезна лига'', Slovenian: ''Druga zvezna liga'', Macedonian: ''Втора сојузна лига'', ''Vtora sojuzna l ...
(West)
**Second place (1): 1961-62
ŽRK Exportdrvo
*
Rijeka League
**Winner (2): 1959-60, 1960–61
*
Rijeka Zone League
**Winner (1): 1962-63
References
Sources
*Petar Orgulić - 50 godina rukometa u Rijeci (2005), Adria public
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1926 births
1990 deaths
Croatian male water polo players
Yugoslav male water polo players
Yugoslav male handball players
Sportspeople from Rijeka
RK Zamet coaches