Dubravko Šimenc

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

Dubravko Šimenc
Personal information
Born	(1966-11-02) November 2, 1966 (age 58) Zagreb, Yugoslavia (now Croatia)
Height	201 cm (6 ft 7 in)
Medal record Representing  Yugoslavia Olympic Games 1988 Seoul Team competition World Championships 1986 Madrid Team competition 1991 Perth Team competition European Championships 1985 Sofia Team competition Representing  Croatia Olympic Games 1996 Atlanta Team competition

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 was given the honour to carry the national flag of Croatia at the opening ceremony of the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, becoming the 20th water polo player to be a flag bearer at the opening and closing ceremonies of the Olympics.^[2]

He gave support to Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović at the 2014–15 Croatian presidential election.

See also

• Croatia men's Olympic water polo team records and statistics
• Yugoslavia men's Olympic water polo team records and statistics
• List of Olympic champions in men's water polo
• List of Olympic medalists in water polo (men)
• List of players who have appeared in multiple men's Olympic water polo tournaments
• List of men's Olympic water polo tournament top goalscorers
• List of flag bearers for Croatia at the Olympics
• List of world champions in men's water polo
• List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in water polo