Perica Bukić

{{short description|Croatian water polo player}}

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{{MedalGold|1984 Los Angeles|Team competition}}

{{MedalGold|1988 Seoul|Team competition}}

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{{MedalGold|1986 Madrid|Team competition}}

{{MedalGold|1991 Perth|Team competition}}

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{{MedalSilver|1987 Strasbourg|Team competition}}

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Perica Bukić (born 20 February 1966) is a Croatian former professional water polo player and politician. He represented Yugoslavia at the 1984 and 1988 Summer Olympics.

Bukić was given the honour to carry the national flag of Croatia at the opening ceremony of the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, becoming the 17th water polo player to be a flag bearer at the opening and closing ceremonies of the Olympics.{{cite Sports-Reference |title=Croatia |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/CRO/ |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417093355/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/CRO/ |archivedate=2020-04-17 |accessdate=25 October 2011}}{{cite Sports-Reference}}

Bukić was educated at the University of Zagreb, from which he received a degree in economics.{{cite web |url=http://www.sabor.hr/Default.aspx?sec=307 |title=Perica Bukić |publisher=Croatian Parliament |language=hr |access-date=2009-01-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141016110326/http://www.sabor.hr/Default.aspx?sec=307 |archive-date=2014-10-16 |url-status=dead}}

During his active water polo years, he played for Solaris Šibenik,

Mladost Zagreb, and Jadran Split.{{cite news |url=http://www.jutarnji.hr/peking/clanak/art-2008,8,8,,129244.jl |title=8 hrvatskih kandidata za medalje |date=August 8, 2008 |newspaper=Jutarnji list |last=Vurušić |first=Vlado |language=hr |access-date=2008-08-09 |archive-date=12 August 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080812084538/http://www.jutarnji.hr/peking/clanak/art-2008,8,8,,129244.jl |url-status=dead }} He later became the sports director of "Mladost" Zagreb.

Bukić is a member of the Croatian Democratic Union. In the 2003 Croatian parliamentary election he attained a seat in the Croatian Parliament. In the 2007 Croatian parliamentary election he retained his seat. His term of office in the Parliament ended in January 2008.

In 2004 he was elected as the president of the Croatian Water Polo Federation, the sport's governing body in Croatia.

In July 2008 Bukić was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame.{{cite web |url=http://dnevnik.hr/sport/ostali_sportovi/perica-bukic-u-kuci-slavnih.html |title=Perica Bukić u Kući slavnih |date=July 12, 2008 |publisher=Dnevnik.hr |language=hr |access-date=2008-01-24}}{{cite web |url=http://www.ishof.org/honorees/2008/perica_bukic.htm |title=Perica Bukic |publisher=International Swimming Hall of Fame |access-date=2009-01-24 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100209005835/http://www.ishof.org/honorees/2008/perica_bukic.htm |archive-date=2010-02-09}}

His son is Luka Bukić, who is also a water polo player.