Nikša Kaleb (born 9 March 1973) is a Croatian former

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. He is World champion from 2003 with the Croatian national team,"Croatia"
– ''European Handball Federation (2008)'' (Retrieved on February 1, 2008) and Olympic champion from 2004.
''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on February 1, 2008) He received a silver medal at the 2005 World Championship, and a silver medal at the 2008 European Championship.

Career

Kaleb spent most of his career playing for his hometown club RK Metković. He retired from handball in 2008.

Honours

;Metković * Croatian First A League **Winner (0): 1999-00 (Revoked) **Runner-up (6): 1998-99, 1999-00, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2003–04 * Croatian First B League **Winner (1): 1993-94 *

Croatian Handball Cup The Croatian Handball Cup () is a national team handball competition in Croatia operated by the Croatian Handball Federation. It has been held annually since Croatian independence in 1991 and succeeded the former Yugoslavian Handball Cup. Winner ...

**Winner (2): 2001, 2002 **Runner-up (1): 2004 *

EHF Cup The EHF European League is an annual men's handball club competition organised by the European Handball Federation (EHF) since 1981. It is the second-tier competition of European club handball, ranking only below the EHF Champions League. Previo ...

**Winner (1): 2000 **Runner-up (1): 2001 ;Zagreb *

Croatian First League The Hrvatska nogometna liga (; ), abbreviated as HNL and also known for sponsorship reasons as the SuperSport HNL, is a professional association football league in Croatia and the highest level of the Croatian football league system. Establish ...

**Winner (4): 2004-05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007-08 *

**Winner (4): 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 *

**Runner-up (1): 2005 ;Individual *

Franjo Bučar State Award for Sport Franjo Bučar State Award for Sport () is the highest recognition that Republic of Croatia gives for extraordinary achievements and contributions of remarkable meaning for the development of sport in Croatia. This award has been given since 1991. I ...

- 2004

Orders

* Order of Danica Hrvatska with face of Franjo Bučar - 2004

References

1973 births Living people Croatian male handball players Olympic handball players for Croatia Handball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Croatia in handball Handball players from Metković RK Zagreb players Olympic medalists in handball Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics 20th-century Croatian people 21st-century Croatian sportsmen {{Croatia-Olympic-medalist-stub