Full Professor PhD Mladen Hraste is a professor at the Faculty of Science and the Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Split. At the Faculty of Kinesiology in Split he has gained experience in teaching the following courses: Theory and methodology of water polo; History, rules and organisation of water polo; Anthropological analysis of water polo; Kinesiological analysis of water polo; Applied research in water polo; Modelling and evaluation of technical-tactical preparation in water polo.

For fifteen years, he had played professional water polo in Yugoslavia, Italy, Croatia, Spain, and Slovenia. As a player, he was a member of the junior national team.

In his playing career, he won the European Cup Winners’ Cup and one national cup. For over twenty-five years, he has been an active water polo coach of all age groups. He organises and coaches several international camps in Croatia and Slovenia.
As a coach and head coach of junior teams, he was a multiple winner of the Croatian Water Polo Championships and Cups. He has published twenty-nine scientific and ten professional papers. He is an active participant and lecturer at scientific and professional conferences.

mhraste@pmfst.hr