Nikša Kaleb (born 9 March 1973) is a retired 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. He is World champion from 2003 with the Croatian national team,"Croatia"
– ''European Handball Federation (2008)'' (Retrieved on February 1, 2008) and Olympic champion from 2004.
''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on February 1, 2008) He received a silver medal at the 2005 World Championship, and a silver medal at the 2008 European Championship.

Career

Kaleb spent most of his career playing for his hometown club

RK Metković Rukometni klub Metković – Mehanika is a men's professional handball club from Metković, Croatia. It is the only club to win a domestic title and the Croatian Cup, except RK Zagreb. Due to economic difficulties the club has not competed in Croa ...

. He retired from handball in 2008.

Honours

;Metković * Croatian First A League **Winner (0): 1999-00 (Revoked) **Runner-up (6): 1998-99, 1999-00, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04 * Croatian First B League **Winner (1): 1993-94 *

Croatian Handball Cup The Croatian Handball Cup ( hr, Hrvatski rukometni kup) is a national team handball competition in Croatia operated by the Croatian Handball Federation. It has been held annually since Croatian independence in 1991 and succeeded the former Yugoslavi ...

**Winner (2): 2001, 2002 **Runner-up (1): 2004 *

EHF Cup The EHF European League is an annual men's handball club competition organised by the European Handball Federation (EHF) since 1981. It is the second-tier competition of European club handball, ranking only below the EHF Champions League. Previ ...

**Winner (1): 2000 **Runner-up (1): 2001 ;Zagreb *

Croatian First League The Hrvatska nogometna liga () ( en, Croatian football league), also known as HNL or for sponsorship reasons the SuperSport HNL, is the top Croatian professional football league competition, established in 1992. Previously, it was called Prva ...

**Winner (4): 2004-05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007-08 *

**Winner (4): 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 *

**Runner-up (1): 2005 ;Individual *

Franjo Bučar State Award for Sport Franjo Bučar State Award for Sport ( hr, Državna nagrada za šport "Franjo Bučar") is the highest recognition that Republic of Croatia gives for extraordinary achievements and contributions of remarkable meaning for the development of sport in Cr ...

- 2004

Orders

Order of Danica Hrvatska with face of Franjo Bučar - 2004

References

1973 births Living people Croatian male handball players Olympic handball players for Croatia Handball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Croatia Sportspeople from Metković RK Zagreb players Olympic medalists in handball Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics 20th-century Croatian people {{Croatia-Olympic-medalist-stub