Zdeslav Vrdoljak

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Zdeslav Vrdoljak
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Men's water polo
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Olympic Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1996 Atlanta Team competition
World Championship
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2007 Melbourne Team competition

Zdeslav Vrdoljak (born 15 March 1971) is a water polo player from Croatia, who was a member of the national team that won the silver medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. [1] He was born in Split in what was then Yugoslavia in 1971.

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  1. "Zdeslav Vrdoljak". databaseOlympics. Archived from the original on 16 October 2012. Retrieved 9 February 2010.