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Ratko Rudić

1948 - Today

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Ratko Rudić (born 7 June 1948) is a retired Croatian water polo coach and a former water polo player. As of 2015, he has won 38 medals as a coach at major events, making him the most successful water polo coach in history, and second most successful team sport coach of all time. He won four gold medals, of which three consecutive, with three different national teams at the Summer Olympics, as well as three gold medals with three national teams at the World Championships, among many others. In 2007 was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame, described as "one of the best, if not the best, water polo coach to walk the deck of the pool". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2024). Ratko Rudić is the 195th most popular coach (up from 200th in 2024), the 245th most popular biography from Serbia (down from 235th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Serbian Coach.

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Among COACHES

Among coaches, Ratko Rudić ranks 195 out of 471. Before him are Marco Rose, Paul Le Guen, John Madden, Mano Menezes, Tomislav Ivković, and Lajos Détári. After him are Milan Máčala, Jan Zwartkruis, Gregorio Manzano, Mirko Novosel, Matjaž Kek, and Valdeir Vieira.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1948, Ratko Rudić ranks 435. Before him are Vinko Jelovac, Bernd Stange, Erik Schinegger, Sinéad Cusack, Rula Ghani, and Ndaye Mulamba. After him are Sandra Brown, Carole Laure, Chris Mulkey, Yossi Beilin, Sergey Lebedev, and Eliyahu Rips.

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In Serbia

Among people born in Serbia, Ratko Rudić ranks 245 out of 661. Before him are Ružica Sokić (1934), Ivan Toplak (1931), Milorad Ulemek (1968), Dragan Vasiljković (1954), Käthe von Nagy (1904), and Radivoje Ognjanović (1933). After him are Milan Jovanović (1981), Abdulah Gegić (1924), Vladan Đorđević (1844), Milutin Ivković (1906), Milorad B. Protić (1911), and Kosta Tomašević (1923).

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Among COACHES In Serbia

Among coaches born in Serbia, Ratko Rudić ranks 8. Before him are Željko Obradović (1960), Dušan Ivković (1943), Vladimir Petrović (1955), Ljubiša Broćić (1911), Slavoljub Muslin (1953), and Josip Kuže (1952). After him are Ivan Jovanović (1962), Radmilo Ivančević (1950), Aleksandar Janković (1972), Marko Nikolić (1979), Goran Stevanović (1966), and Slaviša Stojanovič (1969).

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