Danira Bilić (; born 22 July 1969) is a retired

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player. As part of the Yugoslavian women's team, she won a silver medal at the

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. She was European basketball's

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three times running, in 1988, 1989 and 1990. In 1991, she was awarded Croatia's highest national recognition for sports, the

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. She was announced to be honoured as a member of the 2024 Class of the

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during the enshrinement ceremony in

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in September 2024. Since retiring she has maintained an active involvement in sport, and is currently the Director of the

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. In 2009 the

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awarded her their "Women in Sports" European trophy. She is also a

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, being a member of the

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She is wife of former Croatian handball player

Zvonimir Bilić Zvonimir Bilić (born 22 September 1971) is a former Croatian handball player and coach. He played for the national team of Croatia. Honours ;Medveščak Zagreb *Limburgse Handbal Dagen (1): 1993 * Croatian First A League Runner-up (1): 1992� ...

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(archived) * * * 1969 births Living people Olympic basketball players for Yugoslavia Olympic silver medalists for Yugoslavia Croatian women's basketball players Yugoslav women's basketball players Basketball players at the 1988 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics Croatian Democratic Union politicians Representatives in the modern Croatian Parliament Basketball players from Šibenik Olympic medalists in basketball Croatian sportsperson-politicians 21st-century Croatian women politicians 21st-century Croatian politicians Shooting guards ŽKK Šibenik players Medalists at the 1987 Summer Universiade Summer World University Games medalists in basketball FISU World University Games gold medalists for Yugoslavia Croatian sports executives and administrators Croatian expatriate basketball people in Spain {{Croatia-basketball-bio-stub