Ivo Trumbić
Croatian water polo player (1935–2021)
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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]
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| Born | 2 April 1935 | |||||||||||||||||
| Died | 12 March 2021 (aged 85) | |||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) | |||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 103 kg (227 lb) | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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.[citation needed]
Ivo Trumbic died on 12 March 2021 at the age of 85.[4]
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