Croatia
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competed at the
2002 Winter Olympics
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Salt Lake City
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Janica Kostelić
Janica Kostelić (; born 5 January 1982) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer and four-time Olympic gold medalist from Croatia. In addition to the Olympics, she won five gold medals at the World Championships. In World Cup competition, she w ...
won four medals (three gold), a record for the most medals ever won by a woman skier at a single Olympics. Croatia had never won any Winter Olympic medals previously.
Medalists
Alpine Skiing
;Men
;Women
Biathlon
;Men
Bobsleigh
Cross-country skiing
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Maja Kezele
** women's 15 km freestyle: 55th place
** women's 10 km classical: 57th place
** women's 10 km (5 km + 5 km) pursuit: 66th place
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Damir Jurčević
** men's 30 km freestyle: 63rd place
** men's 15 km classical: 61st place
** men's 20 km (10 km + 10 km) pursuit: 72nd place
** sprint 1,5 km freestyle: 48th place
** men's 50 km classical: 53rd place
*
Denis Klobučar
** men's 30 km freestyle: 66th place
** men's 15 km classical: 58th place
** men's 20 km (10 km + 10 km) pursuit: 67th place
** men's 50 km classical: 54th place
Figure skating
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Idora Hegel
Idora Hegel (born 13 April 1983, in Zagreb) is a Croatian former competitive figure skater. She is the 2004 Golden Spin of Zagreb champion and a seven-time (2000–05, 2007) Croatian national champion. She represented 2002 Winter Olympics in S ...
women's individual
** 19th place
See also
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Petar Turković,
HOO delegation member
References
External links
Official Olympic ReportsInternational Olympic Committee results database
Nations at the 2002 Winter Olympics
2002
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2002 in Croatian sport
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