Josip Glasnović (born 7 May 1983) is a

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n sports shooter who competes in shotgun events. His biggest success was the gold medal in

trap A trap is a mechanical device used to capture or restrain an animal for purposes such as hunting, pest control, or ecological research. Trap or TRAP may also refer to: Art and entertainment Films and television * ''Trap'' (2015 film), Fil ...

at the

2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 20 ...

. He reached the trap final at the

2008 Summer Olympic Games The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Nati ...

in Beijing, where he finished 5th. He also won a gold medal in team trap along with his national team teammates, his brother

Anton Glasnović Anton Glasnović (born 18 January 1981) is a Croatian sports shooter who competes in shotgun events. His biggest success to date was reaching the trap final at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. His also won a gold medal in team trap along wit ...

and

Giovanni Cernogoraz Giovanni Cernogoraz (born 27 December 1982) is a Croatian sports shooter. Competing in shotgun events, he won the Olympic gold medal in men's Olympic Trap, trap at the London 2012 Summer Olympics. He was elected for Croatian Sportsman of the yea ...

at the 2012 European Shotgun Championships in Larnaca. In the

, he won a gold medal in trap, beating

Giovanni Pellielo Giovanni Pellielo (born 11 January 1970) is an Italian sport shooter. He won the silver medal in Men's trap at the 2008 Summer Olympics, and also earned a bronze medal in the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney and a silver medal in the 2004 Summer ...

in the final round.

Personal life

Glasnović is of Kosovo Croat descent. He is married to Ana Došen Glasnović and they have two children together. He is a devout

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Olympic results

Orders

Order of Danica Hrvatska with face of Franjo Bučar – 2016Vijesti: Dodijeljena odlikovanja izraz su priznanja i zahvalnosti za rad i doprinos razvoju i napretku Republike Hrvatske
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References

External links

Profile
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International Shooting Sport Federation The International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) is the governing body of the Olympic shooting events in rifle, pistol and shotgun (clay target) disciplines, and of several non-Olympic shooting sport events. ISSF's activities include regula ...

website {{DEFAULTSORT:Glasnovic, Josip 1983 births Living people Croatian people of Kosovan descent Croatian male sport shooters Olympic shooters of Croatia Olympic medalists in shooting Shooters at the 2008 Summer Olympics Trap and double trap shooters Sportspeople from Zagreb European Games competitors for Croatia Shooters at the 2015 European Games Shooters at the 2016 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Croatia Shooters at the 2020 Summer Olympics