Božidar Peter (3 March 1938 – 24 April 2012) was a former

Croatia Croatia, officially the Republic of Croatia, is a country in Central Europe, Central and Southeast Europe, on the coast of the Adriatic Sea. It borders Slovenia to the northwest, Hungary to the northeast, Serbia to the east, Bosnia and Herze ...

handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball, Olympic handball or indoor 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 thr ...

player, coach and journalist. Peter was part of the first successful generation of

Partizan Bjelovar RK Bjelovar (Rukometni Klub Bjelovar) is a team handball club from Bjelovar, Croatia formed in 1955. The club currently competes in the Croatian Second League of Handball (North) and the Croatian Handball Cup. During Communist Yugoslavia, the c ...

. With the club he won the

Yugoslav First League The Yugoslav First League ( Bosnian: Prva savezna liga u fudbalu, sr-Cyrl-Latn, Прва савезна лига у фудбалу, Prva savezna liga u fudbalu, , , , , ) was the premier football league in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia (1918–1941) ...

three time, the

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once and got to the final of the European Champions Cup in

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where they lost to

Frisch Auf Göppingen Turn- und Polizeisportgemeinschaft Frisch Auf Göppingen e.V. is a sports club from Germany, located in Göppingen, Baden-Württemberg. The club's men's handball team plays under the name FRISCH AUF! Göppingen in Handball-Bundesliga. Nine-time c ...

. He played for the Yugoslav national team at 1958 World Championship in

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and 1961 World Championship in

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. He moved to

Rijeka Rijeka (; Fiume ( �fjuːme in Italian and in Fiuman dialect, Fiuman Venetian) is the principal seaport and the List of cities and towns in Croatia, third-largest city in Croatia. It is located in Primorje-Gorski Kotar County on Kvarner Ba ...

where he finished his playing career and began coaching in RK Kvarner. He worked in

Novi list ''Novi list'' () is the oldest Croatian daily newspaper published in Rijeka. It is read mostly in Primorje-Gorski Kotar County of Croatia Croatia, officially the Republic of Croatia, is a country in Central Europe, Central and Southeas ...

as a journalist.

Honours

;Partizan Bjelovar *

**Winner (3): 1957-58, 1960-61, 1966-67 **Runner-up (4): 1958-59, 1959-60, 1962-63, 1963-64, *

**Winner (1): 1960 * European Champions Cup **Finalist (1):

;Kvarner * Regional League of Primorje and Istra **Winner (2): 1967–68, 1968–69 **Runner-up (1): 1965-66 * Croatian Unique League **Winner (1): 1969-70 ;Yugoslavia * 1958 World Championship - 8th * 1961 World Championship - 9th ;Individual *Best sportsperson in

Bjelovar Bjelovar (, , Czech language, Czech: ''Bělovar'' or ''Bělovár,'' Kajkavian dialect, Kajkavian: ''Belovar,'' Latin: ''Bellovarium'') is a city in central Croatia. In the Demographics of Croatia, 2021 census, its population was 36,316 . It is ...

- 1957

Sources

*Razvoj rukometa u Hrvatskoj - 1986 *Partizan Bjelovar - 1982 *50 godina rukometa u Rijeci - 2005 *Slike rukometne bajke Bjelovara 2006

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Peter, Bozidar Yugoslav male handball players Croatian handball coaches RK Kvarner players RK Kvarner coaches Sportspeople from Bjelovar Handball players from Rijeka 1938 births 2012 deaths