Veselin Đuho (Веселин Ђухо, born 5 January 1960) is a Croatian professional

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coach and former player who was a two-time Olympic gold medalist for

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at the

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and

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. Đuho was born in

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but moved to

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as a child, where he started swimming in 1968, and joined

VK Jug Vaterpolski klub Jug () is a professional water polo club based in Dubrovnik, Croatia. The club was established in 1923 as part of sports society "JUG". As of the 2021–22 season, VK Jug competes in the Croatian League, Regional League A1 an ...

in 1974. He spent most of his career in Jug, winning with them five Yugoslav league titles, two Yugoslav cup titles, and the

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in 1981. Playing for the Yugoslavia national team, Đuho won the gold medal at the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles and at the

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, as well as the gold medal at the 1986 World Championship in Madrid, the gold medal at the 1987 World Cup, and silver medals at the 1985 European Championship in Sofia and the 1987 European Championship in Strasbourg. Later in his career he also played in Italy for Rari Nantes Salerno and Rari Nantes Cagliari, before retiring in 1993 to become Cagliari's coach. He served as the head coach of Jug between 1997 and 2003, during which time the club won the 2000

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, 2000–01 LEN Champions League,

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in 2000 and 2001, and Croatian Cup in 2001 and 2003. Đuho was then the head coach of VK Koper before become the head coach of Jug again in 2012. In March 2014, Đuho was relieved of his coaching duties in Jug, and was replaced by Miho Bobić.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Duho, Veselin 1960 births Living people Croatian male water polo players Croatian water polo coaches Yugoslav male water polo players Olympiacos Water Polo Club coaches Olympic water polo players for Yugoslavia Olympic gold medalists for Yugoslavia Water polo players at the 1984 Summer Olympics Water polo players at the 1988 Summer Olympics Water polo players from Dubrovnik Olympic medalists in water polo Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics Croatian expatriate water polo players Yugoslav expatriate sportspeople in Italy Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Italy Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Greece Expatriate water polo coaches World Aquatics Championships medalists in water polo European Water Polo Championship medalists

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