Branko Kokir (; born 28 August 1974) is a Serbian former

handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball or Olympic handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of throwing it into the g ...

player.

Club career

Kokir made his professional debut with

Partizan Partizan may refer to: Sport * JSD Partizan, a sports society from Belgrade, Serbia, which includes the following clubs: **AK Partizan, athletics ** Biciklistički Klub Partizan, cycling ** Džudo Klub Partizan, judo **FK Partizan, association fo ...

and spent seven seasons with the club (1993–2000). He later moved abroad and played for SG Willstätt/Schutterwald (2000–2004),

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(2004–2005),

HSV Hamburg Handball Sport Verein Hamburg is a handball club from Germany, located in Hamburg. Currently, Handball Hamburg competes in the Handball-Bundesliga. The full name in German is ''Handball Sport Verein Hamburg e.V.'' but the club has traditionally b ...

(2005–2006) and

TuS Nettelstedt-Lübbecke TuS Nettelstedt-Lübbecke is a handball club from Lübbecke, Germany, that plays in the Handball-Bundesliga. Accomplishments *2. Handball-Bundesliga: 5 ** : 1994, 2002, 2004, 2009, 2017 * DHB-Pokal: ** : 1981 * EHF Cup Winner's Cup: ** : 1981 * ...

(2006–2009).

International career

Kokir represented

Serbia and Montenegro Serbia and Montenegro ( sr, Cрбија и Црна Гора, translit=Srbija i Crna Gora) was a country in Southeast Europe located in the Balkans that existed from 1992 to 2006, following the breakup of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yu ...

(known as FR Yugoslavia until 2003) in international tournaments, winning two bronze medals at the

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(

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and

2001 The September 11 attacks against the United States by Al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror, were a defining event of 2001. The United States led a Participants in ...

). He also participated in two

European Championships The European Championships is a multi-sport tournament which brings together the existing European Championships of some of the continent's leading sports every four years. The inaugural edition in 2018 was staged by the host cities of Berlin, ...

(

1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The '' Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently ...

and

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 6 ...

). Previously, Kokir won the gold medal at the 1998

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Honours

;Partizan *

Handball Championship of FR Yugoslavia Serbia and Montenegro Handball Super League was the highest-level national handball league competition in Serbia and Montenegro. Champions Results by teams See also * Yugoslav Handball Championship * Serbian Handball Super League The Ser ...

: 1993–94, 1994–95, 1998–99 *

Handball Cup of FR Yugoslavia Serbia and Montenegro Handball Cup was the national handball cup competition in Serbia and Montenegro. Winners Results by teams See also * Yugoslav Handball Cup * Serbian Handball Cup Serbian Handball Cup is the nationwide cup tournament ...

: 1993–94, 1997–98 ;HSV Hamburg *

DHB-Pokal The DHB-Pokal (English: German Handball Federation Cup) is an elimination handball tournament held annually in Germany. It is the second most important handball national title in the country after the Handball-Bundesliga The Handball-Bund ...

: 2005–06

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kokir, Branko 1974 births Living people Sportspeople from Karlovac Serbs of Croatia Serbian male handball players RK Partizan players TuS Nettelstedt-Lübbecke players Handball-Bundesliga players Serbian expatriate handball players in Germany Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Germany Serbia and Montenegro expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland Serbia and Montenegro expatriate sportspeople in Germany Serbia and Montenegro male handball players