Nenad Žugaj (born 19 April 1983 in
Zagreb) is a male wrestler from
Croatia. He had started wrestling at the age of ten.
He attended a sports gymnasium. After graduation, he has been studying at the Faculty of Kinesiology and in 2007 became professor of kinesiology.
In the same year he enrolled in officer school, becoming a lieutenant of the Croatian Armed Forces.
In senior competition, Nenad wrestles in the 84 kg Greco-Roman category. His first club was the wrestling club “Hrvatski dragovoljac“ and he is now a member of wrestling club, "Lika".
His best achievement, so far, is a bronze medal at the
2010 World Championship in Moscow. He has also won a Mediterranean Games gold medal in 2009 in Pescara. He has also won a bronze at the European Championships and a bronze at the Mediterranean Games.
His
twin brother
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Neven Žugaj
Neven Žugaj (born 19 April 1983 in Zagreb) is a male wrestler from Croatia.
His twin brother Nenad Žugaj (younger by three minutes) also represents Croatia in wrestling. In 2016 European Wrestling Championships – Men's Greco-Ro ...
is also a Greco-Roman wrestler competing for Croatia.
In Semifinals at the
European Games 2015 he was eliminated by Davit Chakvetadze of Russia.
He competed at the
2012 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 ...
in Greco-Roman wrestling in the under-84kg category, winning 14th place.
[Jurica Gizdić]
Hrvatski olimpijci i odličnici
Hrvatski olimpijski odbor, Zagreb, 2016. , str. 116. (preuzeto 12. veljače 2018.)
References
External links
Biography on fila-wrestling.comOfficial websiteLondon 2012 profile
Living people
1983 births
Sportspeople from Zagreb
Croatian male sport wrestlers
Wrestlers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Olympic wrestlers for Croatia
Croatian twins
Croatian army officers
European Games competitors for Croatia
Wrestlers at the 2015 European Games
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World Wrestling Championships medalists
Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Croatia
Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Croatia
Competitors at the 2009 Mediterranean Games
Competitors at the 2013 Mediterranean Games
Mediterranean Games medalists in wrestling
20th-century Croatian people
21st-century Croatian people