Vladimir Jelčić (born 10 October 1968) is a retired Croatian

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 ex-assistant coach of

RK Zagreb Rukometni klub Zagreb (, ) is a men's professional handball club from Zagreb, Croatia. It competes in the Croatian Premier League and the EHF Champions League. RK Zagreb has won 38 national championships and the national cup 32 times. The c ...

. He played for the Croatia national handball team at the

1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...

in Atlanta, where Croatia won the gold medal. He was part of the

team that won the 1992 and 1993 European Champions Cup. He also helped RK Zadar reach the semi-final of the

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 ...

in 1996 which is to date the club biggest achievement. He is currently the assistant coach in

Honours

;Metković *

Croatian Cup Croatian Cup may refer to: *Croatian Football Cup *Croatian Football Super Cup *Croatian Women's Football Cup *Croatian Basketball Cup, also known as Krešimir Ćosić Cup *Croatian Handball Cup *Croatian Water Polo Cup The Croatian Water Polo C ...

**Winner (1): 2002 *

Yugoslav Third League Yugoslav Third League (; sr-Cyrl, 3. савезна лига) was the third tier football league of SFR Yugoslavia. The top clubs were promoted to the second tier, the Yugoslav Second League Yugoslav Second League ( Bosnian: ''Druga savezna l ...

**Winner (1): 1985-86 ;Zagreb * Croatian First A League **Winner (6): 1991-92, 1992-93, 1993-94, 1994-95, 1999-00, 2000-01 *

**Winner (5): 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2000 *

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) ...

**Winner (2): 1988-89, 1990-91 *

Yugoslav Cup The Yugoslav Cup (; ; , ), officially known between 1923 and 1940 as the King Alexander Cup (; , and between 1947 and 1991 as the Marshal Tito Cup (; ; ; ), was one of two major association football, football competitions in Socialist Federal Re ...

**Winner (1): 1991 * European Champions Cup **Winner (2): 1991-92, 1992-93 *

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 ...

**Finalist (1): 1994-95 * EHF Super Cup **Winner (1): 1993 **Finalist (1): 1998 ;Celje * 1. SRL **Winner (3): 1996-97, 1997-98, 1998-99 *

Slovenian Cup Slovene or Slovenian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Slovenia, a country in Central Europe * Slovene language, a South Slavic language mainly spoken in Slovenia * Slovenes, an ethno-linguistic group mainly living in Slovenia * Sl ...

**Winner (3): 1997, 1998, 1999 ;Trieste *Serie A **Winner (1): 2001-02 *Coppa Italia **Winner (1): 2002 ;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 ...

- 1996 *Best Croatian sports team by: COC: 1996

Orders

* Order of Danica Hrvatska with face of Franjo Bučar - 1995

External links

Vladimir Jelčić on European Handball Federation pages

References

1968 births Living people Sportspeople from Čapljina Croatian male handball players Olympic handball players for Croatia Handball players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Croatia in handball Olympic medalists in handball RK Zagreb players RK Zagreb coaches Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Croatia Competitors at the 1993 Mediterranean Games Croatian handball coaches Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Slovenia Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Italy Mediterranean Games medalists in handball Croatian sportspeople from Bosnia and Herzegovina {{Croatia-Olympic-medalist-stub