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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Božo Grkinić (Serbian Cyrillic: Божо Гркинић; November 17, 1913 – February 3, 1996) was Yugoslav water polo and basketball player and coach.
He was a member of the Yugoslavia national water polo team and Yugoslavia national basketball team.
Water polo career[edit]
Grkinić competed with the national water polo team at the 1948 Summer OlympicsinLondon.[1] He was given the honour to carry the national flag of Yugoslavia at the opening ceremony of the 1948 Summer Olympics, becoming the sixth water polo player to be a flag bearer at the opening and closing ceremonies of the Olympics.[2]
Basketball career[edit]
Božo Grkinić|
| Playing career | 1938–? |
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| Coaching career | 1945–1946 |
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| 1945–1946 | Partizan |
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Grkinić was the first head coach of Partizan who coached them for two seasons, in 1945 and 1946 Yugoslav Basketball League.
As a player for the national basketball team Grkinić participated in 1947 European Championship[3]inPrague, Czechoslovakia.
See also[edit]
References[edit]
^ Yugoslavia. Olympics at Sport-Reference.com Sports Reference LLC. Accessed 25 October 2011.
^ Božo Grkinić at 1947 European Championship, FIBA
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