Igor Hinić
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Born |
Rijeka, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia | 4 December 1975|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Croatian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 203 cm (6 ft 8 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 110 kg (243 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Handedness | Right | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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
[edit]- Croatia men's Olympic water polo team records and statistics
- List of athletes with the most appearances at Olympic Games
- List of players who have appeared in multiple men's Olympic water polo tournaments
- List of Olympic champions in men's water polo
- List of Olympic medalists in water polo (men)
- List of world champions in men's water polo
- List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in water polo
References
[edit]- ^ "Igor Hinic". databaseOlympics. Archived from the original on 16 October 2012. Retrieved 9 February 2010.
- ^ "Igor Hinic". London2012.com. Archived from the original on 23 January 2013.
- ^ a b Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Igor Hinić". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 3 December 2016.
External links
[edit]- Igor Hinić at World Aquatics
- Igor Hinić at Olympics.com
- Igor Hinić at Olympedia
- Igor Hinić at the Croatian Olympic Committee (in Croatian) (archived)
- 1975 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Rijeka
- Croatian male water polo players
- Water polo centre forwards
- 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
- Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists for Croatia in water polo
- Olympic silver medalists for Croatia in water polo
- World Aquatics Championships medalists in water polo
- European champions for Croatia
- Croatian water polo coaches
- Croatian expatriate water polo players
- Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Italy
- Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey
- Croatian Olympic medalist stubs
- Croatian water polo biography stubs