Ivo Štakula

Ivo Štakula
Personal information
Born(1923-02-25)25 February 1923
Dubrovnik, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes
Died26 October 1958(1958-10-26) (aged 35)
Melbourne, Australia
Sport
SportWater polo
Medal record
Representing  Yugoslavia
Water Polo
1952 Helsinki Team competition

Ivo Štakula (25 February 1923 – 26 October 1958) was a Croatian water polo player who represented Croatia and Yugoslavia nationally and was a long-time player for VK Jug Dubrovnik.

He died in Melbourne.

Štakula played with the Yugoslavian national team from 1946 to 1956. He participated in the 1948, 1952 and 1956 Olympics. He defected to Australia after the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne.

Štakula won silver with the team at the 1952 Olympics. Four years later he was a squad member of the Yugoslav Olympic team in the 1956 tournament but did not play in a match.

He also played for the Croatian national water polo team during World War II.

See also

References

  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Ivo Štakula". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
  2. ^ "Vaterpolisti, XVI igre, Melburn 1956". okscg.org.yu. Archived from the original on 13 July 2007.