Božo Grkinić

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Božo Grkinić ({{lang-sr-cyr|Божо Гркинић}}; November 17, 1913 – February 3, 1996) 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

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|years1 = 1948–1949

|clubs1 = Partizan

|years2 = 1949–195?

|clubs2 = Mornar

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Grkinić competed with the national water polo team at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London.{{cite web|title=Profile of Božo Grkinic|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/gr/bozo-grkinic-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418005237/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/gr/bozo-grkinic-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 April 2020|work=sports-reference|accessdate=17 November 2016}} 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.[https://web.archive.org/web/20200417092702/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/YUG/ Yugoslavia]. Olympics at Sport-Reference.com Sports Reference LLC. Accessed 25 October 2011.

Basketball career

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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[https://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/player/p/pid/64266/sid/2241/tid/390/_//index.html Božo Grkinić at 1947 European Championship]{{dead link|date=April 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}, FIBA in Prague, Czechoslovakia.