Igor_Hinić

Igor Hinić

Igor Hinić

Croatian water polo player

Igor Hinić (born 4 December 1975) is a Croatian former professional water polo player, who was a member of the Croatia national team, that won the silver medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta,[1] and the gold medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.[2]

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Hinić played in five consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country from 1996 to 2012. He is, jointly with Greek Georgios Afroudakis and Hungarian Tamás Kásás, the tenth athlete to compete in water polo at five Olympics.[3] He was also voted the Croatia national team's most valuable player.

He played for Primorje, Brescia, Mladost, Enka Istanbul, and was right handed. He won the Italian Championship 2003, and Turkish Championship in 2015.

Currently, Hinić is the coach in his hometown of Rijeka. He is 6'8" tall and weighs 243 lbs.[3]

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References

  1. [1]
    "Igor Hinic". databaseOlympics. Retrieved 2010-02-09.
  2. [2]
    "Igor Hinic". London2012.com. Archived from the original on 2013-01-23.
  3. [3]
    "Igor Hinić". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.


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