Vedran Zrnić (born 26 September 1979)
[ is a Croatian former professional ]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, and Olympic champion from 2004 with the Croatia national team.["2004 Summer Olympics – Athens, Greece – Handball"]
''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on February 1, 2008) He received a silver medal at the 2005 World championship.
He was born in Zagreb
Zagreb ( ) is the capital (political), capital and List of cities and towns in Croatia#List of cities and towns, largest city of Croatia. It is in the Northern Croatia, north of the country, along the Sava river, at the southern slopes of the ...
, on 26 September 1979.[
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Honours
;Badel 1862 Zagreb
* Croatian First League (5): 1996-97, 1997-98, 1998-99, 1999-00, 2000-01
* Croatian Cup (4): 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000
*EHF Champions League
The EHF Champions League is the most important club handball competition for men's teams in Europe and involves the leading teams from the top European nations. The competition is organised every year by EHF. The official name for the men's com ...
runner-up (3): 1997, 1998, 1999
;Prule 67 Ljubljana
* Slovenian First League (1): 2001-02
* Slovenian Cup (1): 2002
;Gorenje Velenje
* Slovenian First League runner-up (1): 2004-05
;VfL Gummersbach
* EHF Cup Winners' Cup (1): 2010, 2011
* EHF Cup (1): 2009
* EHF Champions Trophy runner-up (1): 2006
;Beşiktaş
*Turkish Super League (1): 2014-15
*Turkish Cup (1): 2015
*Turkish President's Cup (1): 2014
;Individual
* Franjo Bučar State Award for Sport - 2004
*3rd top goalscorer of Croatian national team
Orders
* Order of Danica Hrvatska with face of Franjo Bučar - 2004
References
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1979 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
RK Zagreb players
Olympic medalists in handball
Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Beşiktaş J.K. Handball Team players
Expatriate handball players in Turkey
Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Croatia
Competitors at the 2001 Mediterranean Games
Mediterranean Games medalists in handball
RK Nexe Našice players
Croatian expatriate handball players in Germany
Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey
Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Poland
Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Slovenia
Expatriate handball players in Slovenia
21st-century Croatian sportsmen
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