Croatian Olympic Committee

Gymnastics: Robert Seligman wins silver in Pommel Horse discipline at the European Championships in Glasgow

Details: Category: Croatian Gymnastics Federation; Published: 12 August 2018

Glasgow, August 12, 2018 - Fantastic weekend of Croatian sports (with World Sailing and European Athletics gold), was completed by the gymnast Robert Seligman (32), winner of silver medal in Pommel Horse at the European Championships in Glasgow.

Athletics: Sandra Perković European Champion for the fifth time in a row

Details: Category: Croatian Athletics Federation; Published: 11 August 2018

Berlin, August 11, 2018 - At the European Athletics Championship in Berlin, Sandra Perković (28), the World's Best Discus Thrower, won a gold medal. The double golden Croatian Olympian (London 2012 and Rio 2016) has been invincible at continental competitions since 2010.

Sailing: brothers Šime and Mihovil Fantela World Champions in the 49er class

Details: Category: Croatian Sailing Federation; Published: 11 August 2018

Aarhus, August 11, 2018 - Sailing brothers Šime and Mihovil Fantela became the Croatian sports sensation of the day by winning a gold medal in 49er at the World Championships in the Danish city of Aarhus.
According to the announcements, as a leading crew they performed the race for medals in a routine way, tactically almost perfect... Šime and Mihovil collected a total of 72 points and in the final race they entered finish the fifth, and by then the main followers - the Germans, were at the rear of the fleet, enabling the French Frei and Delpech to seize the chance and take a silver medal (91 points). As a comfort to the Germans, Fischer and Graf won a bronze medal (93 points), but Heil and Plössel ended medalless.

European gold in Rowing to the Sinković brothers, European silver to the shooter Anton Glasnović

Zagreb, August 4, 2018 - Shooter Anton Glasnović, winner of silver in Trap at the European Championships in Austrian city of Leobersdorf, gave us a great overture into a successful weekend of Croatian athletes.European Vice-Champion hit in the finals 44 out of 50 goals, two less than the winner, Slovenian Boštjan Maček (46/50). Czech Jiri Liptak took the third place. This is the first European medal for Anton Glasnović, World Vice-Champion in 2013.

Silver medal for Zlatko Mateša, the Croatian Olympic Committee’s President, at the AK Vrsar Cup in the ultra-light category of precision landing

Zagreb, July 30, 2018 - While our athletes are winning medals for Our Beautiful Homeland all around the world, a medal that arrived at the Croatian Olympic Committee (HOO) on Monday was more than interesting.

Water polo players winners of the European bronze, along with a correct gesture by Loren Fatović

Barcelona, July 28, 2018.- Croatian water polo players, current World Champions, won a bronze medal at the European Championships in Barcelona, defeating Italy in a fight for the third place with 10-8.

Olympic torch for Youth Olympic Games 2018 lit in the Greek Olympia

Athens, July 24, 2018. – The torch aimed at the Youth Olympic Games, which will take place from 6 to 22 October 2018 in Buenos Aires (Argentina), was traditionally lit in the Greek Olympia by girls dressed as the ancient priestesses in the ceremony of using parabolic mirrors and sun rays.

Historical silver of our basketball, U20 representation the second at the European Championships

Chemnitz, July 22, 2018 - The Croatian National Basketball Team U20 won a silver medal at the European Championships in the German city of Chemnitz after being defeated by Israel in the finals (66-80).

IOC officially confirmed that Nikita Glasnović can be the Croatian Olympian in Tokyo 2020

Lausanne, July 20, 2018 – The Croatian Olympic Committee (HOO) received nice news came from the International Olympic Committee (IOC) headquarters in Lausanne. Taekwondoka Nikita Glasnović, who decided to change her sports citizenship last year and - after her native Sweden - to perform for Croatia, officially gained the right to perform for Our Beautiful Homeland at the Summer Olympics in Tokyo in 2020.

Dragutin Šurbek, one of the greatest Croatian athletes of all time, laid to rest at the Zagreb’s Cemetary Mirogoj

Zagreb, July 19, 2018 – This Thursday, Sportska Hrvatska, his home city Zagreb, family members and numerous friends, including those from the neighboring countries, said goodbye to the table tennis legend Dragutin Šurbek who died on July 15, 2018 at the age of 72.

MG 2018: After the gold medal in Rowing, we have two more gold medals in Bowls and Toni Filipi wins silver in Boxing

Tarragona, June 30, 2018 – On the penultimate day of the Mediterranean Games in Tarragona, the Croatian female and male athletes won three gold and one silver medal. In the morning program, Luka Radonić the "harvest" of medals with gold in Men’s Lightweight Single Sculls, while in the evening we have won two of the brightest medals in Bowls.

MG 2018: Rower Luka Radonić brought Croatia the fifth gold medal

Tarragona, June 30, 2018 - On the previous day of the Mediterranean Games in Tarragona, the fifth gold medal for Croatia was won by Veseli Luka Radonić in the discipline of a lawful single on a semi-rigid 1000 m.

MG 2018: Andrea Ivančević won gold and rounded thus up the eighth day

Tarragona, June 29, 2018 - The eighth day of competing, featuring Matea Jelić’s gold in Taekwondo and secured silver medals by Toni Filipi and male handball team, was crowned in the evening with Andrea Ivančević’s gold in Athletics and female volleyball team’s entrance in the Finals.

MG 2018: Taekwondoka Matea Jelić winner of gold, boxer Toni Filipi and the male handball players competing for gold

Tarragona, June 29, 2018 - Taekwondoka Matea Jelić (in the category of up to 67 kg) joined the weightlifter Amar Musić and discus thrower Sandra Perković as gold medalists at the Mediterranean Games in Tarragona.

MG 2018: Sandra Perković winner of second Croatian gold medal

Tarragona, June 28, 2018 - Although the taekwondokas Tomić and Glasnović cheered us up with silver and bronze in the eve of the day, the seventh – and the most successful – day of Croatian female and male athletes competing at the Mediterranean Games in Tarragona – was, as expected, in expectation of Sandra Perković’s gold in Discus Throw.

MG 2018: Tomić and Glasnović won silver and bronze in Taekwondo, female volleyball players going to Semifinals

Tarragona, June 28, 2018 - The seventh day of competing at the Mediterranean Games in Tarragona brought the Taekwondo competitions and our first two representatives have also won medals. Kristina Tomić won silver and Nikita Glasnović bronze.

MG 2018: Stipe Žunić winner of silver, Toni Filipi secured a bronze

Tarragona, June 27, 2018 - The sixth day at the Mediterranean Games in Tarragona was marked by the shot-putter Stipe Žunić, winner of silver medal with the best 20.21 meters. Filip Mihaljević was sixth with 19.56.

MG 2018: Seligman winner of silver in Pommel Horse, Baron took the 4th place

Tarragona, June 26, 2018 - After the Amar Musić's gold medal in Weightlifting, at the end of the fifth day of competing at the Mediterranean Games in Tarragona, the gymnast Robert Seligman won silver.

Weightlifter Amar Musić winner of the first Croatian gold at the Mediterranean Games in Tarragona

Tarragona, June 26, 2018 - Croatian weightlifter Amar Musić won a gold medal at the Mediterranean Games in Tarragona. In a very respectable competition, Musić managed to lift – in his category – the cleand an jerk lift - hundred kilograms more than his own weight.

MG 2018: Two Bronze Medals in Wrestling and Important Victory of our Female Volleyball Team

Tarragona, June 25, 2018 - On the fourth day of competing at the Mediterranean Games in Tarragona (June 22 – July 1), the Croatian athletes won two bronze medals, both in Greco-Roman Wrestling.

MG 2018: Karateka Enes Garibović Winner of Silver in Men's -75kg

Tarragona, June 23, 2018 - Although Saturday was only the second competition day there was a wealth of medals at the Mediterranean Games in Tarragona. By gaining silver in the category of -75 kg, the karateka Enes Garibović ensured that Croatia starts filling the medal record list of countries, currently led by Italy and Spain.

MG 2018: Two Croatian gold medals in team competition – Women's Volleyball and Men's Handball – for a total of 17 medals won in Tarragona

Tarragona, 1 July 2018 – Team sports brought us another two gold medals that adorned the completion of our performance at the Mediterranean Games in Tarragona. Looking at the overall effect, it can be said that our female volleyball and male handball players were celebrating somewhat sensationally.

Mediterranean Games' Opening Ceremony with Josip Glasnović as the flagbearer of the Croatian flag

Tarragona, June 22, 2018 - A ceremonial parade of female and male athletes from 26 participating countries at the Nou Estadi de Tarragona Stadium in Tarragona opened the XVIII. Mediterranean Games. The Spanish King Philip VI, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez and Catalan President Quim Torra announced the Games opened in their first joint appearance.

The Croatian flag was the first one raised in the park near the Mediterranean Games' Stadium in Tarragona

Tarragona, June 20, 2018 - The Croatian tricolored flag was officially below the central stand of the Nou Estadi di Tarragona Stadium, where the XVIII Mediterranean Games will be opened in two days.

HOA in the project of training of primary school students in Olympism and Olympic values

Zagreb, July 4, 2018 - The Croatian Olympic Academy (HOA) has organized the third of six planned educational workshops on Olympism and Olympic values for elementary school students, the project that was launched at the end of June as part of the Olympic Day celebration.