Claim: Ratko Rudić is a Croatian water polo coach and a former water polo player who won eight Yugoslavian championships, winning gold medals in 1971 and 1979.
Evidence: Ratko Rudić (born 7 June 1948 in Belgrade, PR Serbia, FPR Yugoslavia) is a Croatian water polo coach and a former water polo player. With the team won eight Yugoslavian championships, six Yugoslavian cups, and two European Champions League in 1974 and 1975. Rudić played 297 games for the Yugoslavian water polo team, winning gold medals in 1971 and 1979, and silver medal at the 1975 Mediterranean Games; bronze medals in 1970 and 1974, and silver medal at the 1977 European Championship; bronze medal at the 1973 World Championship; and silver medal at the 1980 Summer Olympics.