Momir Rnić (; born 3 February 1955) is a Serbian

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 ...

coach and former player who competed for Yugoslavia in the

1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1980, Letniye Olimpiyskiye igry 1980), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad (russian: Игры XXII Олимпиады, Igry XXII Olimpiady) and commo ...

, in the

1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United States. It marked the secon ...

, and in the

1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서울 1988, Seoul Cheon gubaek palsip-pal), was an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October ...

Club career

After starting out at Hercegovina Sečanj, Rnić briefly played for

Proleter Zrenjanin Fudbalski klub Proleter Zrenjanin () is a football club from the city of Zrenjanin, Vojvodina, Serbia. History Early period Soon after World War II, the club almost achieved promotion to the Yugoslav Second League after finishing top of the ...

, before moving to

Crvenka Crvenka () is a small town located in the municipality of Kula in the West Bačka District, Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, Serbia. The town has a Serbian ethnic majority, and it had a population of 9,001 in 2011. Name In Serbian, th ...

. He later returned to Proleter Zrenjanin. In 1986, Rnić moved abroad to TV Niederwürzbach.

International career

At international level, Rnić represented

Yugoslavia Yugoslavia (; sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Jugoslavija, Југославија ; sl, Jugoslavija ; mk, Југославија ;; rup, Iugoslavia; hu, Jugoszlávia; rue, label=Pannonian Rusyn, Югославия, translit=Juhoslavija ...

and competed in three Olympic Games, winning the gold medal in

1984 Events January * January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888. * January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeast A ...

and the bronze medal in

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. He also participated in two

World Championships A world championship is generally an international competition open to elite competitors from around the world, representing their nations, and winning such an event will be considered the highest or near highest achievement in the sport, game, ...

, winning the 1986 edition.

Coaching career

In 1990, Rnić became head coach of his former club

, taking them to the European Cup final in

1991 File:1991 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Boris Yeltsin, elected as Russia's first president, waves the new flag of Russia after the 1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt, orchestrated by Soviet hardliners; Mount Pinatubo erupts in the Phil ...

and winning the Yugoslav Championship in 1992. Between 2001 and 2003, Rnić served as head coach of TVA Saarbrücken in the

2. Handball-Bundesliga The 2. Handball-Bundesliga is the second tier of professional handball in Germany. Season It is directly linked to the Handball-Bundesliga, the country's highest tier, by a promotion and relegation system. Before the 2011–12 season, the lea ...

. He took charge of

Vojvodina Vojvodina ( sr-Cyrl, Војводина}), officially the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, is an autonomous province that occupies the northernmost part of Serbia. It lies within the Pannonian Basin, bordered to the south by the national capital ...

in January 2004.

Personal life

Rnić is the father of fellow handball player Momir Rnić.

Honours

Player

;TV Niederwürzbach *

: 1988–89

Coach

;Proleter Zrenjanin *

Yugoslav Handball Championship The Yugoslav Handball Championship was the highest level competition in men's team handball in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, played regularly for almost four decades between 1953 and 1992, before being abandoned due to the breakup ...

: 1991–92

References

External links

Olympic record
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Rnic, Momir 1955 births Living people People from Sečanj Serbian male handball players Yugoslav male handball players Olympic handball players of Yugoslavia Olympic gold medalists for Yugoslavia Olympic bronze medalists for Yugoslavia Handball players at the 1980 Summer Olympics Handball players at the 1984 Summer Olympics Handball players at the 1988 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in handball Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics Competitors at the 1979 Mediterranean Games Competitors at the 1983 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Yugoslavia Mediterranean Games medalists in handball RK Proleter Zrenjanin players RK Crvenka players TV Niederwürzbach players Handball-Bundesliga players Expatriate handball players Yugoslav expatriate sportspeople in Germany Serbian handball coaches Yugoslav handball coaches Serbia and Montenegro expatriate sportspeople in Germany