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Miljenko Rak
Miljenko Rak (born 20 September 1947) is a Croatian former long-jumper and fitness trainer. He had worked as the trainer with Olympic gold medal-winning skier, Janica Kostelić, and football manager, Slaven Bilić. He is currently fitness coach in Dinamo Zagreb and the Croatia men's national handball team. Rak was the fitness coach for the Croatia national handball team that won the gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. Having studied for a degree is physical education at University of Novi Sad, competing for SFR Yugoslavia, as a long-jumper he took part in the 1967 Mediterranean Games in Tunis winning the gold medal with a jump of . Four years later in the 1971 Mediterranean Games he won the silver medal with a jump of , and in the 1979 Mediterranean Games in Split he won the bronze medal with a jump of . Rak worked as a coach in Osijek training athletes such as 800-metre runner Slobodanka Čolović and long-jumper Siniša Ergotić. Rak started as a footballing f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Šibenik
Šibenik () is a historic city in Croatia, located in central Dalmatia, where the river Krka flows into the Adriatic Sea. Šibenik is a political, educational, transport, industrial and tourist center of Šibenik-Knin County, and is also the third-largest city in the Dalmatian region. As of 2011, the city has 34,302 inhabitants, while the municipality has 46,332 inhabitants. History Etymology There are multiple interpretations of how Šibenik was named. In his fifteenth century book ''De situ Illiriae et civitate Sibenici,'' Juraj Šižgorić describes the name and location of Šibenik. He attributes the name of the city to it being surrounded by a palisade made of ''šibe'' (sticks, singular being ''šiba''). Another interpretation is associated with the forest through the Latin toponym "Sibinicum", which covered a narrower microregion within Šibenik on and around the area of St. Michael's Fortress. Early history Unlike other cities along the Adriatic coast, which we ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1979 Mediterranean Games
The 1979 Mediterranean Games, officially known as the VIII Mediterranean Games, and commonly known as Split 1979, were the 8th Mediterranean Games. The Games were held in Split, Yugoslavia, from 15 to 29 September 1979, where 2,408 athletes (2,009 men and 399 women) from 14 countries participated. There were a total of 192 medal events from 26 different sports. The games' mascot was a Mediterranean monk seal named Adrijana. Participating nations The following is a list of nations that participated in the 1979 Mediterranean Games: * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Sports The sports program featured 192 events. The number in parentheses next to the sport is the number of medal events per sport. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Medal table References Serbian Olympic Committee External linksInternational Mediterranean Games Committee [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of Novi Sad Alumni
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Croatian Expatriate Sportspeople In England
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Croatian Expatriate Sportspeople In Turkey
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Croatian Expatriate Sportspeople In Russia
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Croatian Sports Coaches
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Croatian Male Long Jumpers
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24sata (Croatia)
''24sata'' () is a daily newspaper published in Zagreb, Croatia. As of 2007, it is the highest-circulation daily newspaper in Croatia. It is also most visited news website in Croatia and leading news source on social media platforms. History and profile ''24sata'' is a daily newspaper in Croatia. It was launched by Styria Medien AG, an Austrian media group, in March 2005. Its first editor-in-chief, Matija Babić, announced that the new newspaper would target "young, urban and modern" audiences. The first issue of ''24sata'' seemed to be nothing more than the first Croatian daily tabloid newspaper in terms of both its content and format. However, within six months after its launch the paper managed to firmly establish its position as the third daily newspaper in Croatia in terms of circulation (after ''Večernji list'' and '' Jutarnji list''). This success was due partly to the attractive price. After Matija Babić was removed from the post of editor-in-chief on 5 July 2005, B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Siniša Ergotić
Siniša Ergotić (born 14 September 1968) is a Croatian long jumper. He won the gold medal the 2001 Mediterranean Games in Tunis and the silver medal at the 2002 European Championships in Athletics in Munich. He has competed at three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1996, without reaching the finals. His personal best jump is 8.23 metres, achieved in June 2002 in Zagreb. , Ergotić is the director of the Croatia national athletics team and is also the president of the Croatian Athletics Federation The Croatian Athletics Federation ( hr, Hrvatski atletski savez) is the governing body for the sport of athletics (sport), athletics in Croatia. It was founded in 1992 after Croatia had announced independence from the Socialist Federal Republic o .... Competition record References External links * 1968 births Living people Yugoslav male long jumpers Croatian male long jumpers Croatian sports executives and administrators Athletes (track and field) at the 199 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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