| Božo Grkinić | |
| Nationality: | Yugoslav |
| Birth Date: | 17 November 1913 |
| Birth Place: | Sveti Juraj, Croatia-Slavonia, Austria-Hungary |
| Death Place: | Belgrade, Serbia, FR Yugoslavia |
| Sport: | Water polo Basketball |
| Updated: | 10 June 2017 |
Božo Grkinić (Serbian: Божо Гркинић; November 17, 1913 – February 3, 1996) was Yugoslav water polo and basketball player and coach. He was a member of the Yugoslavia national water polo team and Yugoslavia national basketball team.
| Božo Grkinić | |
| Years1: | 1948–1949 |
| Clubs1: | Partizan |
| Years2: | 1949–195? |
| Clubs2: | Mornar |
| Nationalyears1: | 1948 |
| Nationalteam1: | Yugoslavia |
Grkinić competed with the national water polo team at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London.[1] He was given the honour to carry the national flag of Yugoslavia at the opening ceremony of the 1948 Summer Olympics, becoming the sixth water polo player to be a flag bearer at the opening and closing ceremonies of the Olympics.[2]
| Božo Grkinić | |
| Career Start: | 1938 |
| Career End: | ? |
| Coach Start: | 1945 |
| Coach End: | 1946 |
| Cyears1: | 1945–1946 |
| Cteam1: | Partizan |
Grkinić was the first head coach of Partizan who coached them for two seasons, in 1945 and 1946 Yugoslav Basketball League.
As a player for the national basketball team Grkinić participated in 1947 European Championship[3] in Prague, Czechoslovakia.