Daria Obratov (; born 12 December 1989) is a Croatian

luge A luge is a small one- or two-person sled on which one sleds supine (face up) and feet-first. A luger steers by using the calf muscles to flex the sled's runners or by exerting opposite shoulder pressure to the seat. Racing sleds weigh for s ...

r. She competed in the women's singles event at the

2018 Winter Olympics , nations = 93 , athletes = 2,922 (1,680 men and 1,242 women) , events = 102 in 7 sports (15 disciplines) , opening = , closing = , opened_by = President Moon Jae-in , cauldron = Kim Yun-a , stadium = Pyeongchang Olympic Stadium , winte ...

. She used to play

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 ...

in her youth, but after knee injury and 8 operations, she took up

. Zvonimir Huktić/HINA
''DARIA OBRATOV ‘Ostvarila sam svoj olimpijski san’''
Nacional. Published 19 January 2018. Accessdate 12 February 2018. She failed to qualify to

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and 2014 Olympics.''Sanjkašici Dariji Obratov olimpijska norma za ZOI u Pjongčangu''
Croatian Olympic Committee. Published 17 January 2018. Accessdate 12 February 2018. By qualifying for the

she became the first Croatian luger to compete at the

Winter Olympics The Winter Olympic Games (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques d'hiver) is a major international multi-sport event held once every four years for sports practiced on snow and ice. The first Winter Olympic Games, the 1924 Winter Olympics, were h ...

. She finished 27th in the singles category. Seven months later, in September 2018, she announced plans to leave Croatia to continue training in the Netherlands and also compete for that country. Her first competition for Netherlands was the

2018–19 Luge World Cup The 2018–19 Luge World Cup was a multi race tournament over a season for Luge, organised by the FIL. The season started on 24 November 2018 in Innsbruck, Austria, and finished 24 February 2019 in Sochi, Russia Russia (, , ), or the Rus ...

where she finished 29th overall.

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* 1989 births Living people Croatian female lugers Dutch female lugers Olympic lugers for Croatia Lugers at the 2018 Winter Olympics Sportspeople from Split, Croatia {{Netherlands-wintersport-bio-stub