Dubravko Šimenc

Personal information

Born

2 November 1966

Medal record

Men's Water Polo
Representing Yugoslavia
	1988 Seoul	Team Competition
Representing Croatia
	1996 Atlanta	Team Competition

Dubravko Šimenc (born 2 November 1966 in Zagreb) is a former Croatian water polo player who competed for both Yugoslavia and Croatia.^[1]

Dubravko Šimenc's father Zlatko was a water polo player who won the silver medal at the 1964 Summer Olympics playing for Yugoslavia, and also a professor at the Faculty of Kinesiology. Šimenc's mother was a volleyball player. As a boy, Šimenc played many different sports. He started to play water polo in 1975.

Šimenc's first major medal was silver in the 1985 European Championships with Yugoslavia. The following year, his club Mladost won the World Champion title in Madrid. He gave support to Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović at the Croatian presidential election, 2014–15.

References

↑ "Olympics". sports-reference. Retrieved 25 June 2012.

Aleksandar Stajčić (10 August 2004). "Dubravko Šimenc - hrvatski stjegonoša na Olimpijadi u Ateni" [Dubravko Šimenc - Croatian flagbearer at the Athens Olympics] (in Croatian). Nacional (weekly). Archived from the original on 4 July 2012. Retrieved 4 July 2012.

Olympic Games
Preceded by Zoran Primorac	Flagbearer for Croatia Athens 2004	Succeeded by Ivano Balić

Yugoslavia squad – 1988 Summer Olympics Gold Medallists

1 Šoštar 2 Lušić 3 Šimenc 4 Bukić 5 Đuho 6 Andrić 7 Vičević 8 Gočanin 9 Bezmalinović 10 Paškvalin 11 Milanović 12 Rađenović 13 Posinković Coach: Rudić

Croatia tournament squads

Croatia squad – 1994 World Aquatics Championships Fourth Place

1 Posinković 2 Vrdoljak 3 Kreković 4 Šimenc 5 Školneković 6 Bezmalinović 7 Štritof 8 Savičević 9 Vrbičić 10 Bukić 11 Kržić 12 D. Kobešćak 13 V. Kobešćak Coach: Silić

Croatia squad – 1996 Summer Olympics Runners-up

1 Školneković 2 Vrdoljak 3 Kreković 4 Šimenc 5 Kržić 6 Štritof 7 Vrbičić 8 Glavan 9 Vegar 10 Bukić 11 Hinić 12 Balić 13 Kobešćak Coach: Silić

Croatia squad – 1999 European Championship Runners-up

1 Školneković 2 Padovan 3 Đogaš 4 Šimenc 5 Sarić 6 Štritof 7 Smodlaka 8 Ivaniš 9 Bošković 10 Barač 11 Hinić 12 Vićan 13 Kobešćak 14 Letica 15 Jerković Coach: Kovačević

Croatia squad – 2000 Summer Olympics Seventh Place

1 Školneković 2 Fatović 3 Sarić 4 Šimenc 5 Kržić 6 Štritof 7 Smodlaka 8 Ivaniš 9 Bošković 10 Barač 11 Hinić 12 Vićan 13 Kobešćak Coach: Kovačević

Croatia squad – 2003 European Championship Runners-up

1 Vićan 2 Burić 3 Herceg 4 Šimenc 5 Vranješ 6 Štritof 7 Smodlaka 8 Đogaš 9 Franković 10 Barač 11 Hinić 12 Fatović 13 Kobešćak 14 Ivaniš 15 Volarević Coach: Roje

Croatia squad – 2003 World Aquatics Championships Ninth Place

1 Vićan 2 Burić 3 Volarević 4 Šimenc 5 Vranješ 6 Štritof 7 Smodlaka 8 Đogaš 9 Franković 10 Barač 11 Hinić 12 Fatović 13 Kobešćak Coach: Roje

Croatia squad – 2004 Summer Olympics Tenth Place

1 Vićan 2 Burić 3 Vranješ 4 Šimenc 5 Volarević 6 Štritof 7 Smodlaka 8 Premuš 9 Franković 10 Barač 11 Hinić 12 Fatović 13 Kobešćak Coach: Roje

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