Valner Franković (born 9 July 1968) 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. Franković played for the younger selections of the Yugoslav national handball team. He played and won two Balkan Cups, 1988 Romania and 1989 Bulgaria as well as a bronze medal at

IHF Men's Junior World Championship The IHF Men's Junior World Championship is the official competition for men's national handball teams of under-21 years category. It is being organized by the International Handball Federation since 1977. It takes place every two years in odd year ...

in 1989. He played for the

Croatia national handball team The Croatia national handball team represents Croatia in international men's team handball competitions and friendly matches. The handball team is controlled by the Croatian Handball Federation (HRS). Croatia has often ...

at the

1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...

in Atlanta, where Croatia won the gold medal.

Honours

;Zamet * Yugoslav Second League (1): 1986-87 * Croatian Championship U-21 (1): 1990 * Croatian A First League Runner-up (1): 1991-92 ;Rudar Labin * Croatian First B League - South (1): 1992-93 ;Badel 1862 Zagreb * Croatian A First League (2): 1993-94, 1994-95 *

Croatian Cup Croatian Cup may refer to: *Croatian Football Cup *Croatian Football Super Cup * Croatian Women's Football Cup *Croatian Basketball Cup, also known as Krešimir Ćosić Cup *Croatian Handball Cup *Croatian Water Polo Cup *Croatian Minute Movie Cup ...

(2): 1994, 1995 * EHF Champions League Finalist (1): 1994-95 ;Karlovačka Banka * Croatian A First League Runner-up (1): 1995-96 *

Finalist (1): 1997

References

1968 births Living people Croatian male handball players Olympic handball players for Croatia Handball players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Croatia in handball Olympic medalists in handball Handball players from Rijeka RK Zamet players RK Zagreb players Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Italy {{Croatia-Olympic-medalist-stub Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Croatia Competitors at the 1997 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games medalists in handball