Ivan Čupić (born 27 March 1986) is a 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 who plays for
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 ...
and the
Croatian national team.
Career
He was selected by the
Croatian national team for the
2009 World Men's Handball Championship
The 2009 World Men's Handball Championship (21st tournament) took place in Croatia from 16 January to 1 February, in the cities of Split, Zadar, Osijek, Varaždin, Poreč, Zagreb and Pula. Croatia was selected from a group of four potential hos ...
. He scored 8 goals in the opening match against
South Korea
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, settling as the top scorer after the first day. He also played in the Croatian team that won the bronze medal 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 ...
.
Čupić missed the 2008 Summer Olympics, Games of XXIX Olympiad in Beijing, after losing his left ring finger in bizarre accident in July 2008. During a training session, Čupić fell and caught his wedding ring on a wire fence. The force of the fall severed his finger at the first joint.
Croatia's Cupic loses finger
Though the amputated portion of the digit could not be reattached, his career has since been unaffected by having only nine fingers.
Honours
;Gorenje
*Slovenian First League of Handball, Slovenian First League: 2008-09
*Slovenian Handball Supercup, Slovenian Super Cup: 2009
;Vive Targi Kielce
*EHF Champions League: 2015–16 EHF Champions League, 2015–16
*Polish Championship: 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016
*Polish Cup:2013, 2014, 2015, 2016
;RK Vardar
*Macedonian Handball Super League, Macedonian Super League: 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021
*Macedonian Handball Cup, Macedonian Cup: 2017, 2018, 2021
*Macedonian Super Cup: 2017, 2018, 2019
*EHF Champions League: 2016–17 EHF Champions League, 2016–17, 2018-19 EHF Champions League, 2018–19
*SEHA League: 2016–17 SEHA League, 2016-17, 2017–18 SEHA League, 2017-18, 2018–19 SEHA League, 2018-19
;RK Zagreb
*Croatian Handball Premier League, Croatian Premier League: 2022, 2023
*Croatian Handball Cup, Croatian Cup: 2022
References
1986 births
Living people
Croatian male handball players
Sportspeople from Metković
Rhein-Neckar Löwen players
RK Medveščak Zagreb players
Vive Kielce players
Handball-Bundesliga players
Handball players at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Handball players at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Olympic handball players for Croatia
Olympic bronze medalists for Croatia in handball
Olympic medalists in handball
Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Sportspeople with limb difference
Croatian amputees
Expatriate handball players in Poland
Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Germany
Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Poland
Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Slovenia
Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Spain
Croatian expatriate sportspeople in North Macedonia
Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Croatia
Competitors at the 2005 Mediterranean Games
Mediterranean Games medalists in handball
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