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Božo Grkinić
Božo Grkinić
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
Grkinić competed with the
national water polo team
at the
1948 Summer Olympics in London
. 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.
Basketball
career
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
in
Prague, Czechoslovakia
.