Igor Hinić
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Born |
Rijeka, SFR Yugoslavia | 4 December 1975|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Croatian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 203 cm (6 ft 8 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 110 kg (243 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Handedness | Right | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Senior clubs | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1990–2000 | Primorje | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2000–2001 | Roma | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2001–2008 | Brescia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2006 | Jadran Kostrena | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2008–2012 | HAVK Mladost | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2012–2016 | Enka SK | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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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]
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]
See also
References
- ^ "Igor Hinic". databaseOlympics. Retrieved 2010-02-09.
- ^ "Igor Hinic". London2012.com. Archived from the original on 2013-01-23.
- ^ a b "Igor Hinić". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.
External links
- 1975 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Rijeka
- Croatian male water polo players
- Olympic gold medalists for Croatia
- Olympic water polo players of Croatia
- Water polo players at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Water polo players at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Water polo players at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Water polo players at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Water polo players at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Olympic silver medalists for Croatia
- Olympic medalists in water polo
- Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- World Aquatics Championships medalists in water polo
- European champions for Croatia
- Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Croatian Olympic medalist stubs
- Croatian water polo biography stubs