Vesna Jelić (born in
Novo Mesto
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), is a former Croatian female
volleyball
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player. She was part of the
Croatia women's national volleyball team
The Croatia women's national volleyball team represents Croatia in international women's volleyball
Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball ...
.
Career
She competed with the national team at the
2000 Summer Olympics
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in Sydney, Australia, finishing 7th.
Family
Vesna is the sister of volleyball player
Barbara Jelić who was also part of the Croatian team at the 2000 Summer Olympics.
They are the daughters of volleyball player
Ivica Jelić
Ivica Jelić (born 10 August 1952) is a Croatian volleyball player and coach. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1980 Summer Olympics. He is the father of Barbara Jelić-Ružić
Barbara Jelić-Ružić (born 8 May 1977) is a former ...
who was the head coach of the Croatian team in 2000 and played for the Yugoslav team at the
1980 Summer Olympics
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.
See also
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Croatia at the 2000 Summer Olympics
References
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1982 births
Living people
Croatian women's volleyball players
Croatian people of Slovenian descent
Volleyball players at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Olympic volleyball players for Croatia
Galatasaray S.K. (women's volleyball) players
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