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Croatia At The 2004 Summer Olympics
Croatia competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, from 13 to 29 August 2004. This was the nation's fourth consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics since the post-Yugoslav era. The Croatian Olympic Committee ( hr, Hrvatski olimpijski odbor, ''HOO'') sent the nation's smallest delegation to the Games since its debut in 1992. A total of 81 athletes, 66 men and 15 women, competed in 14 sports. Men's water polo, and men's handball were the only team-based sports in which Croatia had its representation in these Olympic Games. The Croatian team featured three Olympic medalists from Sydney: rowers and brothers Nikša and Siniša Skelin, and four-time Olympian and defending weightlifting champion Nikolaj Pešalov in the men's lightweight class. Table tennis player and Olympic silver medalist Zoran Primorac became the first Croatian to participate in five Olympic Games as an individual athlete (his first appearance competed under the former Socialist Federal Republic of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Croatian Olympic Committee
The Croatian Olympic Committee ( hr, Hrvatski olimpijski odbor (HOO)) is the non-profit organization representing Croatian athletes in the International Olympic Committee. The COC organizes Croatia's representatives at the Summer and Winter Olympic Games. It also organizes the Croatian contingent at smaller events such as the Mediterranean Games. Members of the committee are 44 sports federations, which elect the Executive Council composed of the president and 15 members. In 2006, the COC organized the first Croatian World Games in Zadar. These games gather various groups of diaspora Croats against contingents from Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina. History The Croatian Olympic Committee was founded on 10 September 1991 in Zagreb. IOC was temporally recognised Committee on 17 January 1992, which was entered way to Croatian athletes in the international olympic family. They are participate first time in Winter Olympics in Albertville and Summer Olympic Games in Barcelona. Full ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atlanta
Atlanta ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Georgia. It is the seat of Fulton County, the most populous county in Georgia, but its territory falls in both Fulton and DeKalb counties. With a population of 498,715 living within the city limits, it is the eighth most populous city in the Southeast and 38th most populous city in the United States according to the 2020 U.S. census. It is the core of the much larger Atlanta metropolitan area, which is home to more than 6.1 million people, making it the eighth-largest metropolitan area in the United States. Situated among the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains at an elevation of just over above sea level, it features unique topography that includes rolling hills, lush greenery, and the most dense urban tree coverage of any major city in the United States. Atlanta was originally founded as the terminus of a major state-sponsored railroad, but it soon became the convergence point among several rai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Igor Vori
Igor Vori (born 20 September 1980) is a Croatian retired handball player and current coach. He is currently working as the sports director of the Croatian national team. Vori competed for Croatia in the 2004, 2008 and the 2012 Summer Olympics. Club career Vori played in RK Zagreb and has also played for FC Barcelona and Paris Saint-Germain. He won the EHF Champions League with HSV Hamburg during the 2012–13 season. Vori was shortlisted in the IHF's election of the 2009 World Handball Player of the Year. He retired in June 2018. International career Vori is World champion from 2003, and Olympic champion from 2004 with the Croatian national team. He received a silver medal at the 2005 World Championship, and a silver medal at the 2008 European Championship, where he also was voted ''Best defensive player''. At the 2008 Summer Olympics held in Beijing, Vori was part of the Croatian squad that reached the semifinals, after defeating Denmark in the quarter-final. They los ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goran Šprem
Goran Šprem (born 6 July 1979) is a Croatian former handball player. Šprem started his professional career with RK Zagreb in the late 1990s. He also spent a season with RK Medveščak Zagreb in 2001 and 2002, before returning to RK Zagreb for a second spell with the club between 2002 and 2004. He eventually left RK Zagreb for German side SG Flensburg-Handewitt in October 2004. He left Flensburg for a short spell with TuS Nettelstedt in February 2005, returning to the club in the summer of the same year and eventually spending a season with them. In the summer of 2006, he left Flensburg for a short spell with MT Melsungen, before joining his current club, HSG Nordhorn, in November 2006. He left Nordhorn in 2009. Šprem is also a member of the Croatian national handball team, with whom he won gold medals at the 2003 World Men's Handball Championship and the 2004 Summer Olympics. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Denis Špoljarić
Denis Milan Špoljarić (born 20 August 1979) is a Croatian former handball player who currently works as an assistant coach of RK Zagreb. He was a World champion in 2003 with the Croatian national team,"Croatia" – ''European Handball Federation (2008)'' (Retrieved on February 1, 2008) and Olympic champion in 2004. ''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on February 1, 2008) He received a silver medal at the 2005 World Championship and a silver medal at the [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vlado Šola
Vladimir "Vlado" Šola (born 16 November 1968) is a Croatian handball coach and former player. Born in Prisoje, Šola played the position of goalkeeper on the Croatian national team and competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics. Widely known for his energetic attitude and famously dyed red hair, he retired from playing professional handball in 2008. Honours Club ;Medveščak *Yugoslav Cup: 1986, 1987, 1989, 1990 *Limburgse Handbal Dagen: 1993 ;Veszprem * Hungarian First League: 2004–05, 2005–06 *Hungarian Cup: 2005 ;RK Zagreb * Croatian Premier League: 2006–07, 2007–08 *Croatian Cup: 2007, 2008 Individual *Franjo Bučar State Award for Sport Franjo Bučar State Award for Sport ( hr, Državna nagrada za šport "Franjo Bučar") is the highest recognition that Republic of Croatia gives for extraordinary achievements and contributions of remarkable meaning for the development of sport in Cr ... - 2004 Orders * Order of Danica Hrvatska with face of Franjo Bučar – 1995 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Petar Metličić
Petar Metličić (born 25 December 1976) is a retired Croatian handball player. He was captain of the Croatian national team"Croatia" – ''European Handbal Federation'' (Retrieved on January 25, 2008) from 2006 to 2009, after the departure of . He won the gold medal at the in [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valter Matošević
Valter Matošević (born 11 June 1970) is a former Croatian team handball player who was at the goalkeeper position. He played for professional teams in Croatia, Germany, Spain, Denmark and Italy. He is current handball coach. He was part of the national team for 12 years and won gold medals at the 1996 Summer Olympics, 2003 World Men's Handball Championship and 2004 Summer Olympics. Career Matošević started his career in his hometown club RK Zamet where he competed in Yugoslav First League and Croatian First League. At a very young age he was recognized as a goalkeeper prodigy so at the age of 16 he made his debut for Zamet II. In 1993 he left to join Badel 1862 Zagreb later Croatia Banka the Croatian handball title holders. At Zagreb Matošević had three successes, winning the league and cup while reaching the Champions League finals in 1995. He returned to Zamet in 1996, who had just come out of the Croatian Second League, and spent four years there helping return th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blaženko Lacković
Blaženko Lacković (born 25 December 1980) is a retired Croatian handball player. He is World champion from 2003,"Croatia" – ''European Handball Federation (2008)'' (Retrieved on February 1, 2008) and from 2004 with the Croatia national team."2004 Summer Olympics – Athens, Greece – Handball"< ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nikša Kaleb
Nikša Kaleb (born 9 March 1973) is a retired Croatian handball player. He is World champion from 2003 with the Croatian national team,"Croatia" – ''European Handball Federation (2008)'' (Retrieved on February 1, 2008) and Olympic champion from 2004. ''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on February 1, 2008) He received a silver medal at the 2005 World Championship, and a silver medal at the 2008 European Championship. Career Kaleb spent most of his career playing for his hometown club . He retired from handball in 2008. H ...
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Slavko Goluža
Slavko Goluža (born 17 September 1971) is a retired Croatian handball player and current coach of RK Zagreb. Club career Goluža was born in the village of Pješivac-Kula near Stolac. He began his career with RK Mehanika Metković. At the age of 18, he moved to RK Zagreb-Chromos, with which he won two consecutive European Cups in 1992 and 1993. He won the EHF Cup with RK Metković Jambo in 2000 and the year later the club reached the final again. Goluža also played in Germany for TuS Nettelstedt-Lübbecke, in France for Paris Saint-Germain and in Hungary for Fotex Veszprém. International career He was a member of the Croatian national team that won Olympic gold medals twice: at the 1996 and 2004 Summer Olympics. For over a decade he participated in all medals that Croatia had won at the World Championships (gold in 2003, silver in 1995 and 2005), and at the European Championship (bronze in 1994). Coaching career Goluža worked as an assistant coach with the Croatia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mirza Džomba
Mirza Džomba (born 28 February 1977) is a Croatian former professional handball player, World champion in 2003 and Olympic champion in 2004. He played for RK Zamet, Badel 1862 Zagreb, Fotex Veszprém, BM Ciudad Real and Vive Targi Kielce before retiring in 2011. He was also a member of the Croatia national team from 1997 to 2008. He holds the national team's top goal scorer record with 719 goals. He was part of the golden generation that won the 2003 World Championship and 2004 Summer Olympics. He is noted by many critics as one of the best right wings ever. In 2013 Džomba was awarded the best right wing in the history of the EHF Champions League by the European Handball Federation. Džomba has also played in six EHF Champions League finals while winning one with Ciudad Real. Among other awards, he was nominated three times for the IHF World Player of the Year award reaching third place in 2004 and 2005 and second place in 2006. He is currently a handball pundit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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