Croatian Olympic Committee

Invitation to the 3rd conference on investments in sport

Details: Category: International Cooperation; Published: 6 September 2019

Vilnius, September 5. 2019 - The Mykolas Romeris University is hosting the 3rd of 7 national conferences entitled “Investments in Sport” organised within the project under the same title (Investments in Sport, abbr. iSport), which was co-funded by the Erasmus+: Sport Programme of the European Union.

The 3rd conference on investments in sport will be held at the premises of the Mykolas Romeris University in Vilnius, Lithuania on 16 September 2019.

Annual recognition of the City of Slunj to the Croatian Olympic Committee’s Office for Local Sports Programs, Slunj natives received a van

Details: Category: Olympic News; Published: 6 August 2019

Slunj, August 6. 2019 - At the solemn session of the City Council of Slunj, on the occasion of the Day of the City of Slunj on August 6, 2019, deserving individuals and associations – including the Croatian Olympic Committee’s Office for Local Sports Programs - have traditionally been awarded public annual recognitions. In the hall of the Pučko otvoreno (Open University) Slunj, the acknowledgement – presented by the Slunj Mayor Jure Katić and President of the City Council of Slunj Ivan Bogović - was received by Croatian Olympic Committee’s Assistant Secretary-General for Sports Programs on the Local Level Siniša Krajač.

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The memory of Goran's bronze, the first Olympic medal for the Republic of Croatia

Zagreb, August 6, 2019 - 27 years ago, at the Barcelona Olympics, the first Olympic medal was won for independent Croatia. The creator of this venture was tennis player Goran Ivanišević who, after a bronze in Singles, brought Croatia soon another bronze in Doubles with Goran Prpić. Until the quarterfinals in which he ensured bronze, Ivanišević celebrated in four matches a five-set victory over Portuguese Bernard Moto, Dutch Paul Haarhuis, Swiss Jakobo Hlasek and then in a four-hour marathon with a Frenchman Fabrice Santoro.

In Memoriam: The oldest Croatian Olympian Ivo Lipanović passed away

Split, July 31, 2019 - Ivo Lipanović, the oldest Croatian Olympian and the last Croatian athlete who participated at the 1948 Olympics, passed away at the age of 91 on Tuesday (July 30th) in Split. Ivo Lipanović was born in Orebić at the Pelješac peninsula on August 18, 1928. He was a participant of the first Olympic Games held after the World War II, in London in 1948. For the HVK monograph (Croatian rowing club) Gusar, by the author Herca Ganza Čaljukušić, Lipanović spoke about his beginnings in Gusar.

Mateša received the President of the World Karate Federation Espinosa and a delegation of the Croatian Karate Federation

Zagreb, July 31, 2019 - President of the Croatian Olympic Committee (HOO) Zlatko Mateša prepared a reception for three-member-delegation of karate, including President of the World Karate Federation (WKF) Antonio Espinosa, Head of the Croatian Karate Federation (HKS) Davor Cipek and President of the HKS Veterans Committee Vjekoslav Šafranić. They discussed the status of karate at the world and national level, and mostly on the status of karate at large multi-sport events, where the co-speakers mostly commented the IOC's decision on the one-time inclusion of karate in the Olympic sports program exclusively for Tokyo Olympics 2020.

COC congratulated the water polo players on winning bronze medal at the World Championships in South Korea

Gwangju/Zagreb, July 27, 2019 -Croatian water polo players continued their trophy series at large competitions. By beating Hungary with 10-7 in the battle for bronze medal battle at the World Championships in the South Korean city of Gwangju, the Croatian national team participated – for the seventh time in a row – in the winning ceremony at world meetings. This great tradition that lasts since 2007 and gold medal at the World Championships in Melbourne, followed by three bronze medals-in Rome 2009, Shanghai 2011 and Barcelona 2013, then by silver in Kazan in 2015 and gold in Budapest in 2017. Although one of the desired goals-placement in the finals and securing the Olympic visa for Tokyo-is not accomplished, our water polo players deserve congratulations for their performance and a new medal.

Katarina Krišto’s silver second judo medal at the EYOF in Baku

Baku, July 25, 2019 – Croatian judoka Katarina Krišto won a silver medal in the category -63 kg at the European Youth Summer Olympic Festival (EYOF), held in Baku (Azerbaijan) from July 21st to 27th. This is the second Croatian judoka’s medal, a day after Ana Viktorija Puljiz won a gold medal. In the round of 8 Krišto was better than the Hungarian Nikolett Nyiri, having her beaten by ippon, as well as she did in the quarterfinals with the Polish Martyna Glubiak and in the semifinals with the Ukrainian Julia Kurchenko. Ippon (after 42 seconds of the fight) was decisive in the final fight as well, but in favor of the overall winner, the Dutch Joanne van Lieshout.

EYOF 2019 in Baku: judoka Ana Viktorija Puljiz won gold

Baku, July 24, 2019 -Croatian judoka, cadet Ana Viktorija Puljiz won a gold medal in the category -48 kg at the XV European Youth Summer Olympic Festival (EYOF) in Baku, confirming the status of one of the best young athletes in our beautiful homeland. In the round of 8, the fantastic Solin native used ippon and wazari to beat Georgia 's Gagoshidze-Filkina, and in the quarterfinals she used ippon to beat the British Bostock. In the semifinals’ duel with Belgium 's Dierickx ippon was also sufficient to secure at least a silver medal. In the finals with Portuguese Raquel Brito, Puljiz successfully preserve the advantage of wazari, earned after 13 seconds of fighting, for the third Croatian gold medal at EYOF.

The second gold won by Franko Grgić, this time at 1500 m, with the record of EYOF

Baku, July 23, 2019 -Young Croatian swimmer Franko Grgić won the second gold medal at the XV European Youth Summer Olympic Festival (EYOF) in just two days. The European Youth Summer Olympic Festival (EYOF), held from July 21st to 27th in the Azerbaijani capital of Baku. After yesterday's triumph at 400 meters, the Split’s swimming gem convincingly celebrated in 1500 meters Freestyle as well, breaking for as many as 20 seconds the EYOF record. So far it was 15:24.02, and from now on, with the name of the record holder Franko Grgić stands the time 15:04.75. The second was the Hungarian David Bethlehem (15:15.60), and the third German Silas Beth (15:20.58).

EYOF 2019 in Baku: swimmer Franko Grgić wins a gold medal

Baku, July 22, 2019 – On the second day of contesting at the XV European Youth Summer Olympic Festival (EYOF) in Azerbaijani city of Baku, the young Croatian swimmer Franko Grgić won a gold medal in the discipline of 400 meters Freestyle. Already in the qualifications, this brilliant Split native won in his group, and then he swam his personal and state junior and younger junior record (3:52.10), only 12 hundredths of a second slower than the EYOF record. The total of 33 swimmers participated in competition , and Grgić triumphed in front of Germany's Silas Beth (3:52.63) and Greek Alexandros Kachris (3:53.53) in the finals.

The XV Summer EYOF solemnly opened in Baku, Croatian flag bore by judoka Ana Viktorija Puljiz

Baku, July 21, 2019 - At the Olympic Stadium in Baku the XV European Youth Summer Olympic Festival (EYOF) was solemnly opened, which will feature around 3600 young female and male athletes from 50 countries of the old continent during seven competing days. Among them, there will be 54 Croatian representatives in nine (out of ten) sports. The spectacle marked by song, dance, light effects, fireworks and folklore tradition of Azerbaijan was participated by around forty Croatian female and male athletes, coaches and accompanying staff, led in the solemn parade by the flag bearer, judoka Ana Viktorija Puljiz.

At the celebration in Mraclin marked the first 20 years of the Olimp magazine

Mraclin, July 9, 2019 - A celebration on the occasion of 20th anniversary of publication of the Olimp magazine – whose founder and publisher is the Croatian Olympic Committee (HOO) was held in the picturesque Mraclin, a settlement belonging to Velika Gorica. The celebration – whose host was the Mraclin Football club - was attended by numerous former and current associates of Olimp, representatives of the Velika Gorica City Council, Mraclin Local Committee and local associations, as well as the HOO staff, led by its Heads Zlatko Mateša and Josip Čop and Assistant Secretary General for sports programs at the local level Siniša Krajač.

COC AND COA candidate Iris Španjol’s Master's degree in Russia

Zagreb, July 7, 2019 -Through the mediation of the European Olympic Committees (EOCs) and in cooperation with the Croatian Olympic Academy (HOA), the Croatian Olympic Committee (HOO) entered in June last year its candidate for a Master's degree in sports administration at the Russian International Olympic University in Sochi. . One year later, Iris Španjol from Zagreb successfully mastered the aforementioned educational program and acquired the title of Master in Sports Administration, confirming that it was an excellent choice of HOA and HOO for her one-year scholarship of the Vladimir Potanin Foundation.

Reception for guests from the Japanese city of Kagawa, athletes’ preparatory base for the Olympics

Zagreb, July 5, 2019 - Secretary General of the Croatian Olympic Committee (HOO) Josip Čop and Assistant Secretary General for Olympic Program Damir Šegota prepared a reception for a four-day delegation of the Japanese city of Kagawa, that is, the Japanese prefecture of the same name. Thereafter, HOO was visited by the members of the leading body of Kagawa Prefecture (from the government departments for promotion, planning and marketing): Shinike Shinji, Ishihara Yoichi and Hiroshi Hayashi and Kono Saki from the Prefecture Promotion Department . Since the subject of the talks was the stay of Croatian athletes in Kagawa for preparations before the Tokyo Olympics in Tokyo, the delegation was accompanied by the Coach Licensing Secretary of the Croatian Athletic Federation (HAS) Bruno Erent.

At the Round table Women in Croatian Society presented a new portal www.zeneimediji.hr

Zagreb, July 4, 2019 - Organized by the Agency for Electronic Media, and under the high auspices of the President of the Republic of Croatia Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović, a Round table "Women in Croatian Society" was held at the Mimara Museum in Zagreb. On this occasion the web portal www.zeneimediji.hr was officially presented and the Agreement on Cooperation between the Agency for Electronic Media and partner institutions and organizations, including the Croatian Olympic Committee (the signee is the SecretaryGeneral Josip Čop) as well.

Retrospective exhibition Odlučujući trenutak (Decisive moment) 2009-2019 in Rijeka

Rijeka, July 3, 2019 - Croatian Olympic Academy (HOA) and the Primorje-Gorski Kotar County Sports Association (ZSPGŽ) opened on Korzo in Rijeka the retrospective exhibition "Odlučujući trenutak 2009-2019", marking ten years of holding the international exhibition of the same name with more than 3500 collected photographs. On the occasion of this exhibition, the HOA and the ZSPGŽ printed a monograph that features the photos of photo-contest participants over the last decade. Among them there are 100 of the award-winning photo authors.

European Games Minsk: Table tennis player Pucar won bronze and reached standard for Tokyo, boxer Milun secured bronze

Minsk, June 26, 2019 - Croatian table tennis player Tomislav Pucar won a bronze medal at the second European Games in Minsk (June 21-30) and reached – with the third place in individual competition – the Olympic standard for Tokyo 2020. After being beaten in semifinals by the current European Champion, Germany’s Timo Boll,, with 1-4 (4-11, 9-11, 5-11, 12-10, 4-11), our table tennis player once again superbly presented himself in the fight for bronze by beating the Ukrainian of Chinese origin Lei Kou with 4-1 (11-2, 9-11, 11-9, 11-7, 11-2).

HTZ presented in Minsk the Croatian tourist offer, accompanied by female medalists and one Olympian

Minsk, June 25, 2019 - Croatian Tourist Board (HTZ), the golden partner of Croatian Olympic family and permanent sponsor of the Croatian House at the Olympic Games since Athens 2004, prepared - in cooperation with the Croatian Olympic Committee’s Marketing Department - the promotion of Croatian tourism in Belarus. The event at the Hilton Hotel in Minsk, attended by representatives of the Zagreb Tourist board, attracted great interest among Belarusian tour operators and travel agencies’ representatives. The presentation of Croatian tourist offer was unavoidable, and the beauties of our country leave no one indifferent.

European Games 2019: Gold to Lucija Babić in Sambo and bronze to Barbara Matic in Judo

Minsk, June 23, 2019 – The Croatian representatives at the second European Games in Minsk (June 21-30) finished the third day of competitions by winning two medals. The historical gold was won by Lucija Babić in Sambo, after beating the Ukrainian Kateryna Moskalova with a convincing 4-0 in the finals. In the quarterfinals, Babić defeated the Belarusian Namazava with 3-0 and in the semifinals the Moldova’s Budeanu with 3-2. Since it is a sport typical for the former Soviet Union states (Sambo is a combination of several martial arts, and in translation from the Russian reads: Self-defense without weapons), the success of the Croatian athlete is to be extremely valued.

European Games Minsk 2019: Instead of raising national flags, athletes planted oak trees

Minsk, June 20, 2019 - The flag-raising ceremony of the participating countries in the eve of the European Games in Minsk significantly differed from previous tradition before major multi-sports events. There was no single flag lifting in the reserved period for each Sports Delegation, but all the flags welcomed the participants on the masts and the symbolics of that act was shifted to a more lasting memory of the Games’ host. Namely, representatives of 50 countries chose two athletes who planted - in the future park, outside the Sports Village - oak trees, and a plaque with the flag of a country was immediately added to each planted oak.

Invitation to the 2nd conference on investments in sport

Lisbon, 18 June 2019. The Portuguese Olympic Committee is hosting the 2nd of 7 national conferences entitled "Investments in Sport" organised within the project under the same title (Investments in Sport, abbr. iSport), which was co-funded by the Erasmus+: Sport Programme of the European Union.

Croatian Olympic Committee promoted partner Toyota and saw off athletes to the European Games in Minsk

Zagreb, June 18, 2019 - As part of the seeing off the Croatian female and male athletes to the 2nd European Games in Minsk (June 21 to 30, 2019) the Croatian Olympic Committee (HOO) and the long-time partner of the International Olympic Committee, Toyota, presented the "Start Your Impossible" campaign at the Zagreb hotel Westin. The prominent Japanese company is once again a partner of Croatian Olympians in the mobility segment and will also be at the service to the Croatian Paralympians, welcomed by President of the Croatian Paralympic Committee Ratko Kovačić.

Member of the CNOC Council Željan Konsuo promoted in Zagreb the monograph on the VK Jug “Pet do 100”

Zagreb, June 13, 2019 - After an exceptionally successful Dubrovnik promotion of VK Jug monograph, titled Pet do 100 (5 to 100), Zagreb presentation of the impressive work of Željko Konsuo and his associates also attracted great attention of the local (sports) public. Besides the female and male water polo players, coaches, officials and friends of sports, the promotion at the Concert Hall Vatroslav Lisinski was made truly special by attendance of numerous dignitaries from political life, led by the Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenković.

Pula: Predstavljen bogat program Europskog tjedna mobilnosti

Samobor: Bit će novih sportaša

Zagrebačka županija: Obilježavanje Europskog tjedna kretanja

Sisak: Europski tjedan mobilnosti u Sisku od 16. do 22. rujna

Blato: OBILJEŽAVANJE HRVATSKOG OLIMPIJSKOG DANA

Požega: U nedjelju, 15. rujna u Drškovcima će biti svečano otvoren Športski centar Martina

Split: Otvoren športski centar na Mejašima

Međimurska županija: Međimurje ima najmlađeg svjetskog prvaka u povijesti sportskog ribolova

Samobor: Edukacija za trenere iz područja "Psihologija sporta"

Međimurska županija: Terme Sveti Martin domaćin 1. kola europske Lige prvaka u stolnom tenisu

Solin: KOŠARKA: Zahvalnicom KK Solin je nagrađen i Ivica Dukan, najpoznatiji član solinskog kluba

Pula: Dan sporta u DC Rojc

Kutina: 19. Međunarodna utrka Kutina-Voloder 'Voloderska jesen'

Samobor: Kup grada Samobora u preponskom jahanju

Ivanec: U subotu, 14. rujna, RK Ivančica velikom manifestacijom otvara novu rukometnu sezonu

Samobor: Hrvatski olimpijski dan

Slunj: LUCIJA BAKALAR BRONČANA NA EUROPSKOM PRVENSTVU U KICKBOXINGU

Sveti Ivan Zelina: Novo košarkaško igralište na prostoru ŠRC-a

Opatija: King of Učka u projektu ZWB

Kutina: Održan 1. biciklistički maraton Kutina ZA Vukovar

Jastrebarsko: Prezentacijom rukometa obilježili Hrvatski olimpijski dan i nabavu novog semafora

The memory of Goran's bronze, the first Olympic medal for the Republic of Croatia

In Memoriam: The oldest Croatian Olympian Ivo Lipanović passed away

Mateša received the President of the World Karate Federation Espinosa and a delegation of the Croatian Karate Federation

Mateša and Čop congratulated Štambuk on the high Japanese decoration

Mateša: The youngsters from EYOF are our aces for the Paris Olympics 2024

Croatian handball cadets won gold medal at EYOF in Baku

XV Closing ceremony of Summer EYOF, Croatia 13th by won medals