Ozren Bonačić

{{short description|Croatian water polo player}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}}

{{Infobox sportsperson

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1942|1|5|df=y}}

| birth_place = Zagreb, Independent State of Croatia

| height = 1.96 m

| weight = 110 kg

| medaltemplates =

{{MedalSport | Men's Water Polo}}

{{MedalCountry | {{YUG}} }}

{{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}}

{{MedalGold | 1968 Mexico City | Team competition}}

{{MedalSilver | 1964 Tokyo | Team competition}}

{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}

{{MedalBronze|1973 Belgrade|Team competition}}

{{MedalCompetition|European Championships}}

{{MedalBronze|1966 Utrecht|Team competition}}

{{MedalBronze|1970 Barcelona|Team competition}}

{{MedalBronze|1974 Vienna|Team competition}}

}}

Ozren Bonačić (born 5 January 1942) is a former Croatian water polo player and Olympic medalist with the Yugoslavia men's national water polo team.{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/bo/ozren-bonacic-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090106131044/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/bo/ozren-bonacic-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=6 January 2009 |title=Ozren Bonačić |publisher=Sports Reference LLC |access-date=13 May 2010}}{{cite web |url=http://www.hvs.hr/index.php/povijest.html |language=hr |title=Povijest Hrvatskog vaterpolskog saveza |publisher=Croatian Water Polo Association |access-date=13 May 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100611001112/http://www.hvs.hr/index.php/povijest.html |archive-date=11 June 2010 |url-status=dead}}

During his club career he played for HAVK Mladost, with which he won four European championship titles. Since 1978 he has been a water polo coach, and he also coached Mladost for many seasons, winning the European championship in 1996.{{cite web |url=http://www.havk-mladost.hr/index.php?a=b&page=vijest&id=228 |language=hr |title=U dva metra: Ozren Bonačić, vaterpolo trener... |publisher=HAVK Mladost |date=31 August 2006 |access-date=13 May 2010}} He was most recently the coach of Mladost in the 2008/09 season.