.jpg) Trumbić in July 1976 at the Olympics in Montreal while coaching the Netherlands national team. | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | (1935-04-02)2 April 1935 Split, Littoral Banovina, Yugoslavia | |||||||||||||||||
| Died | 12 March 2021(2021-03-12) (aged 85) Zagreb, Croatia | |||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) | |||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 103 kg (227 lb) | |||||||||||||||||
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Ivo Trumbić (2 April 1935 – 12 March 2021) was a Croatian water polo player and Olympic medallist. He later went on to manage. Ivo Trumbić coached the Netherlands to a bronze medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics, becoming one of the few sportspeople who won Olympic medals in water polo as players and head coaches.
Career
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 Royal Dutch Swimming Federation appointed him a member of merit in 2018, and in 2020 he received the Franjo Bučar Lifetime Achievement Award, Croatia's most important sports prize.
Ivo Trumbic died on 12 March 2021 at the age of 85.
See also
- Yugoslavia men's Olympic water polo team records and statistics
- Netherlands men's Olympic water polo team records and statistics
- List of Olympic champions in men's water polo
- List of Olympic medalists in water polo (men)
- List of members of the International Swimming Hall of Fame
References
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Ivo Trumbić". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.
- "Ivo Trumbic (CRO/YUG/NED)". ISHOF.org. International Swimming Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 12 April 2020. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
- 1976, Montreal: Ivo Trumbic and the bronze Dutch
- ^ "Legendary Dutch water polo coach Trumbic (86) passed away". en24news.com. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
External links
- Ivo Trumbić at World Aquatics
- Ivo Trumbić at the International Swimming Hall of Fame
- Ivo Trumbić at Olympics.com
- Ivo Trumbić at Olympedia (archive)
- Ivo Trumbić at the Croatian Olympic Committee (in Croatian) (archived)
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- 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
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