Lidija Horvat (born 5 May 1982) is a 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 ...

player, who currently plays for the Romanian club Rapid Bucuresti and for the

Croatia women's national handball team The Croatia women's national handball team is the national handball team of Croatia. It is governed by the Croatian Handball Federation and takes part in international team handball competitions. Results Olympic Games World Champion ...

. She played on the Croatian team at the

2008 European Women's Handball Championship The 2008 EHF European Women's Handball Championship was held in the Republic of Macedonia from 2–14 December, it was won by Norway women's national handball team, Norway after beating Spain women's national handball team, Spain 34–21 in the ...

, where Croatia finished 6th, and at the

2012 Summer 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, th ...

, where Croatia finished in 7th. In June 2015, she transferred to the

Trabzon Trabzon (; Ancient Greek: Tραπεζοῦς (''Trapezous''), Ophitic Pontic Greek: Τραπεζούντα (''Trapezounta''); Georgian: ტრაპიზონი (''Trapizoni'')), historically known as Trebizond in English, is a city on the B ...

-based Turkish club Zağnos SK to play in the

Turkish Women's Handball Super League The Turkish Women's Handball Super League ( tr, Türkiye Kadınlar Hentbol Süper Ligi) is the top professional league for Turkish women's handball clubs. It is administered by the Turkey Handball Federation, and the winners are recognized as Tu ...

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1982 births Living people Croatian female handball players Olympic handball players of Croatia Handball players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Handball players from Zagreb Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Expatriate handball players in Turkey Zağnos SK (women's handball) players Croatian expatriate sportspeople in France RK Podravka Koprivnica players 21st-century Croatian women {{Croatia-handball-bio-stub