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Born |
Split, SR Croatia, FNR Yugoslavia |
September 14, 1943||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Croatian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Listed height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Playing career | 1960–1977 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Position | Shooting guard | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Number | 4, 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1960–1977 | Jugoplastika | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ratomir "Rato" Tvrdić (born 14 September 1943) is a Croatian former basketball player who competed for Yugoslavia in the 1972 Summer Olympics. He has also won several gold and silver medals at World and European Championships with the Yugoslav team, some of them as the team's captain. He played for Croatian team KK Split. With Split he took two national championships (1971, 1977), three National Cups of Yugoslavia (1972, 1974, 1977) and two Korać Cups (1976, 1977). He was runner-up of the Champions Cup 1971/72 and of Cup Winners' Cup 1972/73 He took silvers on the FIBA World Championships 1967 and 1974 and gold in 1970. On the European Championships he took silver in 1969 and gold in 1973 and 1975. On Mediterranean Games he took gold in 1967.