Ratko Rudić

Medal record

Ratko Rudić
Men’s Water Polo
Competitor for  Yugoslavia
Olympic Games
Silver 1980 Moscow Team Competition

Ratko Rudić (born 7 June 1948 in Belgrade[1]) is a Croatian water polo coach and a former water polo player. As of 2011, he has won 34 medals as a coach at major events, making him the most successful water polo coach ever.[2]

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Playing career

Rudić played for the Yugoslav water polo team. At the 1968 Olympics he was injured before the tournament and was able to play with his team which went on to win the gold medal. At the World Cup in 1975, he was falsely accused of doping, and so the entire Yugoslav national team was disqualified. Only after a subsequent investigation proved that Rudic did not take any banned substances, he and his team were exonerated.[3] At the Olympic Games in 1980, he won the silver medal.

Coaching career

As a coach, he was coaching four different national teams: Yugoslavia (1984-1988), Italy (1990-2000), USA (2000-2004) and Croatia (since 2004). With three of these teams he became world champion.

References

  1. ^ Bajruši, Robert (21 December 2004). "Ratko Rudić, kraj dobrovoljnog egzila vaterpolskog Tiranina" (in Croatian). Nacional (475). http://www.nacional.hr/clanak/14045/ratko-rudic-kraj-dobrovoljnog-egzila-vaterpolskog-tiranina. Retrieved 31 July 2011. 
  2. ^ "S medaljom iz Šangaja Ratko Rudić drugi najuspješniji svih vremena" (in Croatian). Večernji list. 31 July 2011. http://www.vecernji.hr/sport/vaterpolo/s-medaljom-sangaja-ratko-rudic-drugi-najuspjesniji-svih-vremena-clanak-314951. Retrieved 31 July 2011. 
  3. ^ "Ratko Rudić" (in Croatian). hvs.hr. Croatian Water Polo Federation. http://www.hvs.hr/index.php/O%20HVS-u/1636-info-ratko-rudic.html. Retrieved 31 July 2011. 

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