Ivo Trumbić

Ivo Trumbić (2 April 1935 – 12 March 2021) was a Croatian water polo player and Olympic medallist.[1] 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.[2][3]

Ivo Trumbić
Trumbić in July 1976 at the Olympics in Montreal while coaching the Netherlands national team.
Personal information
Born(1935-04-02)2 April 1935
Split, Littoral Banovina, Yugoslavia
Died12 March 2021(2021-03-12) (aged 85)
Zagreb, Croatia
Height1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)
Weight103 kg (227 lb)
Medal record
Men's Water Polo
Representing  Yugoslavia
Olympic Games
1968 Mexico City Team Competition
1964 Tokyo Team Competition

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.[4]

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.[5]

Ivo Trumbic died on 12 March, 2021 at the age of 85.[4]

See also

References
  1. "Ivo Trumbić". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.
  2. "Ivo Trumbic (CRO/YUG/NED)". ishof.org. ISHOF. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
  3. 1976, Montreal: Ivo Trumbic and the bronze Dutch
  4. "Legendary Dutch water polo coach Trumbic (86) passed away | NOW". Retrieved 2021-03-13.
  5. "Water polo legend and Dutch national coach Ivo Trumbic (86) passed away | Sport". Netherlands News Live. 2021-03-13. Retrieved 2021-03-13.


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