Blaženko Lacković (born 25 December 1980) is a retired Croatian

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. He is

World champion A world championship is generally an international competition open to elite competitors from around the world, representing their nations, and winning such an event will be considered the highest or near highest achievement in the sport, game, ...

from 2003,"Croatia"
– ''European Handball Federation (2008)'' (Retrieved on February 1, 2008) and

Olympic champion This article includes lists of all Olympic medalists since 1896, organized by each Olympic sport or discipline, and also by Olympiad. Medalist with most medals by sport Summer Olympic sports Winter Olympic sports A. Including military patrol e ...

from 2004 with the Croatia national team."2004 Summer Olympics – Athens, Greece – Handball"
''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on February 1, 2008) He received silver medals at the

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and 2009 World championships, silver medals at the

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and 2010 European championships and bronze medals at the

2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

, the 2012 European Championship and the 2013 World Championship.

Clubs

Lacković has played for the Croatian clubs ''RK Varteks di Caprio'', Metković and

RK Zagreb Rukometni klub Zagreb ( en, Zagreb Handball Club, ) is a men's professional handball club from Zagreb, Croatia. It competes in the Croatian Premier League, SEHA League, and the EHF Champions League. RK Zagreb won 33 national championships and ...

. He was a member of German club

SG Flensburg-Handewitt SG Flensburg-Handewitt is a professional handball club from Flensburg and Handewitt in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. Currently, they compete in the Handball-Bundesliga and EHF European League. They play home matches at Flens-Arena. Since formin ...

, which reached the

EHF Champions League The Men's EHF Champions League is the most important club handball competition for men's teams in Europe and involves the leading teams from the top European nations. The competition is organised every year by EHF. The official name for the me ...

final in 2007. He eventually won the title with

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 ...

during the 2012–13 season. After six years in Hamburg Lacković signed for Macedonian side

RK Vardar Skopje RK Vardar 1961 ( mk, РК Вардар 1961) is a professional handball club from Skopje, Republic of Macedonia. Vardar is the most successful handball team in the country, having won fifteen national League and Cup titles. Also, Vardar is the ...

in the summer of 2014.On February 3, 2016 Lackovic signed for German club

THW Kiel THW Kiel is a handball club from Kiel, Germany. Currently, they compete in the Handball-Bundesliga and are the record champion with 22 titles. 2007 and 2012 were the most successful years in the club's history, as THW completed the treble, win ...

. In Kiel he plays with his teammates in national team

Domagoj Duvnjak Domagoj Duvnjak (born 1 June 1988) is a Croatian professional handball player for THW Kiel and the Croatia national team. Duvnjak is regarded as one of the best handball players of all time alongside fellow Croatian Ivano Balić. He became a mem ...

and Ilija Brozovic.

Honours

;Zagreb *

Croatian First League The Hrvatska nogometna liga () ( en, Croatian football league), also known as HNL or for sponsorship reasons the SuperSport HNL, is the top Croatian professional football league competition, established in 1992. Previously, it was called Prva ...

(3): 2001-02, 2002–03, 2003–04 *

Croatian Cup Croatian Cup may refer to: *Croatian Football Cup *Croatian Football Super Cup * Croatian Women's Football Cup *Croatian Basketball Cup, also known as Krešimir Ćosić Cup *Croatian Handball Cup *Croatian Water Polo Cup *Croatian Minute Movie Cup ...

(3): 2002, 2003, 2004 ;Flensburg *

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 ...

(1): 2005 *

Finalist (1): 2006-07 ;HSV *

Bundesliga The Bundesliga (; ), sometimes referred to as the Fußball-Bundesliga () or 1. Bundesliga (), is a professional association football league in Germany. At the top of the German football league system, the Bundesliga is Germany's primary footba ...

(1): 2010-11 *

(1): 2010 *Super Cup (2): 2009, 2010 *

(1): 2012-13 ;Vardar * Macedonian Super League (2): 2014-15, 2015–16 *

Macedonian Cup The Cup of Macedonia ( mk, Куп на Македонија, ''Kup na Makedonija'') is the top knockout tournament and the second most important football competition in Macedonia after the Macedonian First League championship. The cup was establ ...

(2): 2015, 2016 *

SEHA League South East Handball Association League or simply SEHA League is a regional men's club handball league in Southeast and East Europe, divided in two zones. Due to sponsorship reasons, the league is also known as the Gazprom League (or Gazprom South ...

(1): 2015-16 ;Kiel *

(1): 2017 ;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 *3rd top assist at 2006 European Championship *Best left back at 2009 World Championship

Orders

Order of Danica Hrvatska with face of Franjo Bučar

References

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Lackovic, Blazenko 1980 births Living people People from Novi Marof Croatian male handball players Olympic handball players for Croatia Handball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Handball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Handball players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Croatia in handball Olympic bronze medalists for Croatia in handball RK Zagreb players Olympic medalists in handball Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Croatia Competitors at the 2001 Mediterranean Games RK Vardar players Mediterranean Games medalists in handball Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Germany