Karmen Kokot is a Croatian former

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. Born in Labin,

Istria Istria ( ; Croatian language, Croatian and Slovene language, Slovene: ; ist, Eîstria; Istro-Romanian language, Istro-Romanian, Italian language, Italian and Venetian language, Venetian: ; formerly in Latin and in Ancient Greek) is the larges ...

, she played for local club

ŽRK Rudar Labin ŽRK Rudar Labin is a Croatian women's handball club based in Labin. It was established in 1954. It plays in the 2. HRL West. Several notable players from the club went on the play for the national team, both Croatia's and Yugoslavia's. The play ...

. She was part of the golden generation of ŽRK Rudar Labin's players who played in the Yugoslav Premier League. As a youth, Kokot played for

Yugoslavia women's national junior handball team The Yugoslavia women's national junior handball team was the national under-20 handball team of Yugoslavia. They were the junior branch of the Yugoslavia women's national handball team. They won the 1977 Women's Junior World Handball Championship, ...

. She was named best player of the Yugoslavian junior league playing for Rudar, and became a standard player in Yugolavia's national team. She also played for Yugoslavia women's national handball team with the B team. In 2011, at an event in occasion of the signing of a cooperation agreement between Mladi Rudar Labin and the Balić - Metličić Academy, presided by many former handball players, including

Ivano Balić Ivano Balić (; born 1 April 1979) is a Croatian former professional handballer who is currently working as assistant coach (sport), coach of the Croatia men's national handball team, Croatia national handball team. He was voted five times in a ...

, Lorena Beučić, Adriana Prosenjak, Ornela Paliska and Valner Franković, she performed at an exhibition game with the other greatest players in Labin's history, including Prosenjak, Paliska and Ingrid Zuliani.

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