Ratko Rudić is a retired Croatian water polo coach and former player, born on 7 June 1948 in Belgrade. He started playing in 1958 in Zadar, played for VK Jadran Split and then VK Partizan, and appeared 297 times for the Yugoslav national team, winning a silver medal at the 1980 Summer Olympics. As a coach he led Yugoslavia, Italy, the United States, Croatia and Brazil, winning four Olympic gold medals with three different national teams, and sports historians consider him the most successful water polo coach in Olympic history. He was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame in 2007 and announced his retirement in May 2020 after coaching the Italian club Pro Recco.
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