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Zagreb, December 19, 2019 - At the traditional ceremony of the Great Day of Croatian Sports held at the Crystal Hall of the Westin hotel in Zagreb, the Croatian Olympic Committee (HOO) recalled the greatest successes of our female and male athletes in the year soon to end. For the 25th time the Croatian Olympic Committee has selected the athlete (s) of the year, and it all started in January 1995 by rewarding the most successful athletes in the previous year. The festive atmosphere in Westin was adorned by numerous prominent figures, including representatives of governmental authority’s highest officials, as well as the City of Zagreb and two ambassadors - Her Excellency Misako Kaji of Japan and Her Excellency Xu Erwen of China.
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Zagreb, October 18, 2019 -At the premises of the Croatian Ministry of Defense (CMD) which, in cooperation with the Croatian Olympic Committee (COC), implements the Top Athletes Support Program, ensuring them the status of contractual reservists of Croatian Army (CA), gathered 28 of total 41 beneficiaries of the Program, among them a dozen Olympians for Tokyo 2020. Vice-President of the Croatian Government and Minister of Defense Damir Krstičević, Chief of General Staff Mirko Šundov and Croatian Olympic Committee’s Vice President Sanda Čorak thanked them on great results in 2019 whereby they promoted both the Republic of Croatia and the Croatian Army.
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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. -
Mateša and Čop congratulated Štambuk on the high Japanese decoration
Zagreb, July 31, 2019 - The Japanese Ambassador to Croatia, Her Excellency Misako Kaji presented on Monday to the Croatian diplomat, doctor and writer Drago Štambuk, the State Medal of her homeland. In the premises of the Japanese Embassy at Zagreb’s Zrinjevac, the former Croatian Ambassador to Japan and South Korea was presented the Medal of the Rising Sun with a golden and silver star, the gift of the Japanese government. The reason is very simple - for exceptional merits in strengthening bilateral intergovernmental ties in the field of economy, culture, sports... -
Mateša: The youngsters from EYOF are our aces for the Paris Olympics 2024
Zagreb, July 28, 2019 – The Croatian Sport Delegation returned on Sunday, in several groups, from the XV European Youth Summer Olympic Festival (EYOF) in Baku. The morning welcome to the golden handball players was followed by greatest shine, happiness and song, enjoyed also by the female and male wrestlers, athletes, tennis players, ... The lobby of the Franjo Tuđman Airport echoed, from time to time, with song and cheerleading of the cadet handball team which, along with the Head Coach Nino Marković and coaching staff, has no doubts on confirming its value in the future as well. However, the main individual star was the swimmer Franko Grgić with two gold medals around his neck. -
Croatian handball cadets won gold medal at EYOF in Baku
Baku, July 27, 2019 – On the last day of the XV European Youth Summer Olympic Festival (EYOF) in Baku, the Croatian handball cadets won a gold medal by beating in the final match their peers from Germany with 29-28. It was a game with a lot of turns, especially dramatic in the second half. The Germans turned Croatian 12-9 to 17-21 in the middle of the second part, and then followed a new turn of our team to 23-22. Two minutes before the end, Croatia achieved a hard-to-reach 29-26, which the rival team only managed to mitigate to one hit behind. The bronze medal went to the Danish team, better in the fight for third place than the French with 28-21. -
XV Closing ceremony of Summer EYOF, Croatia 13th by won medals
Baku, July 27, 2019 -In the capital of Azerbaijan the XV European Youth Summer Olympic Festival (EYOF) ended. The Closing Ceremony of the Games was held in the crowded Baku’s Crystal Hall, and the entire program was aimed at entertainment and relaxation of European sports youth (between 14 and 18 years) after one-week competition challenges in 10 sports. The host organized a several-hours-long musical spectacle, in which six prestigious musicians participated, and finally the DJ, with whom the Ceremony ended. During the Ceremony, the flag of the European Olympic Committees (EOCs) was handed over to Ján Nosko, the Mayor of the Slovak city of Banská Bystrica, the host of the XVI edition of the Summer EYOF 2021. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
New Japanese Ambassador to Croatia wished great preparations to our athletes in Tokamachi
Zagreb, June 13, 2019 - President of the Croatian Olympic Committee (HOO) Zlatko Mateša received a three-member delegation of the Japanese Embassy in the Republic of Croatia, led by the new Ambassador H.E. Misako Kaji, at the premises of the National Olympic Association in Zagreb. The main topic of the talks were the Tokyo Olympics 2020 and continuation of sports cooperation between Croatian athletes and their Japanese friends, primarily from the city of Tokamachi. -
The Award Milan Neralić
The Croatian Olympic Committee’s Award Milan Neralić was founded in March 2019 for an outstanding contribution to the development of sports at the local level in the field of scientific, professional and/or pedagogical work, and promotion of the physical and health culture of children and youth or sports and recreational activities of local residents. The Award is a sculpture bearing a symbolic link with the first Croatian winner of the Olympic medal Milan Neralić (bronze in Fencing at the Paris Olympics 1900), and its integral part is a written charter. Each year, on the International Day of Sport up to five awards will be presented, of which at least one will be presented to an association or other legal sports entity at the local level. -
World premiere of the movie on Croatian sports legends held in Zagreb and Osijek
Zagreb, June 7, 2019 - The world premiere of the documentary movie "Croatian Sports Legends - 120 years of Croatian Sports" was held in Cinestar’s completely full hall at Zagreb shopping mall Branimir Center. The famous Croatian director Jakov Sedlar with his associates, screenwriter Nina Škrabe and producer Anton Kikaše, summed up in this film our trophy and glorious sports history - from Olympic bronze of swordsman Milan Neralić at the Paris Olympics 1900 to last year's spectacular world silver of Croatian football players and our tennis players – winners of the World Champions title. -
Admission to HOO for the vice-President of the Sri Lanka Olympic Committee
Zagreb, June 7, 2019 – At the Croatian Olympic Committee’s headquarters, the President of the Croatian Olympic Committee (HOO) Zlatko Mateša, accompanied by of the Head of the Croatian NOC’s International Cooperation Department Ljiljana Ujlaki Šubić, received the Sri Lanka NOC’s Vice President Asanga Seneviratne. His mission in Croatia is connected with the possibilities of establishing cooperation in the field of sports, especially handball. The CNCO President recalled that we are bound to this by the Sports Cooperation Agreement signed between the two national Olympic Committees in Colombo in 2010 and renewed in November last year. -
Communications Seminary of the Croatian Olympic Committee and Croatian Sports Journalists Association with very attractive topics
Zagreb, June 7, 2019 - In cooperation of the Croatian Olympic Committee (HOO) and the Croatian Sports Journalists Association (HZSN), the Communications Seminary with very interesting topics was held at the headquarters of the Croatian NOC. The Seminary was attended by fifteen representatives of the national sports federations and associations and staff of the CNOC PR & Multimedia Department. Following the greeting words of the CNOC President Zlatko Mateša and HZSN President Jura Ozmec, experienced Hina’s (Croatian News Agency) photojournalist and official cameraman of the Croatian Athletes at the European Games in Minsk and at the Tokyo Olympics Damir Senčar talked about digital photography (its design and application). -
At the ceremony held in Zagreb the CNOC presented the first Milan Neralić Award
Zagreb, June 4, 2019 - At the ceremony held at the Westin hotel in Zagreb, the Croatian Olympic Committee (HOO) awarded - for the first time - the Milan Neralić Award for an outstanding contribution to the development of sports at the local level. The laureates are: Anton Peruško (Sports Association of Istrian County), Slobodan Gračaković (Sports Association of Primorje-Gorski Kotar County), Emil Pravdić (Association for Sports Recreation "Sport for all" of Osijek-Baranja County), Zlatko Lasan (ŽRK Dugo Selo '55) and one community – the Sports Community of Zadar, on whose behalf the recognition was received by its President Snježana Jurinić. -
Heads of the Croatian Olympic Committee congratulated the brothers Sinković on winning gold medal at the European Championships in Lucerne
Lucerne, June 2, 2019 - At the European Rowing Championships (senior level) in Lucerne, the Golden Croatian Olympians in Double Sculls in Rio de Janeiro in 2016, Martin and Valent Sinković, won a gold medal in Men’s Coxless Pairs (M2-), while Luka Radonić (Lightweight Single Sculls) and Damir Martin (Classic Men’s Single Sculls) participated in the A finals but not fast enough to step onto the winning pedestal. In a rarely seen dominance and demonstration of rowing quality, the brothers Sinković had the race under control from the beginning to the end and triumphed with 6:22.460 minutes, ahead of Rumania with 6.24.530 and Spaniards with 6:26.310 minutes. Luka Radonić took the fourth place in Lightweight Single Sculls finals with a time of 7:06.490 minutes, which is more than four seconds behind for third-placed Italian Goretti. -
HOO congratulated the female ninepin bowling players on winning the World Champions title in Czech Republic
Zagreb, May 27, 2019 -Croatian female bowling ninepin bowling players won the World Champions title by defeating the Hungarian National Pin Bowling Team in Sunday’s match in the Czech city of Rokycany with 5-3 (in pins 3759-3665), while Ines Maričić set a new World record with 687 pins. In the first round, Marijana Liović defeated Boglarka Hari, Ana Bačan Schneider was better than Andrea Toth, while Mirna Bosak was outscored by Gyöngyi Csongradi. In the second round, Ines Maričić was great and with 687 pins improved the World Record, which was previously also held by her (678 pins) at the World Championships in German city of Dettenheim in 2017. -
Congratulation to Stojko Vranković on membership in FIBA’s Europe Board
Zagreb, May 26, 2019 – The elections for President, members of the FIBA Europe Board and Treasurer were held on Sunday at the headquarters of the European basketball umbrella organization in Munich and the President of the Croatian Basketball Federation (HKS) Stojko Vranković was elected a member of the FIBA Europe Board. On the eve of the Munich elections, the Croatian Basketball Federation emphasized the candidacy of its Head for membership in FIBA Europe Board and the candidacy was accepted by majority of the Assembly's votes. Turkey’s Turgay Demirel was elected the President of FIBA Europe. -
HOO congratulated the National Gymnastics Team on successful performance at the World Cup in Osijek
Osijek, May 26, 2019 - Gymnastics World Cup (DOBRO World Cup Osijek 2019) in the Osijek sports hall Gradski vrt brought Croatia two brightest medals. After Robert Seligman’s gold won on Saturday in Pommel Horse, on the second day of finals the best Croatian gymnast Ana Đerek won another gold medal. In the finals of the party, Ana brilliantly performed in Floor Wag and received a high score of 13,033, worth the first place. With the same number of points, the second was Ukrainian Angelina Radivilova who, despite a higher starting score, had a weaker performance than Ana. -
Korean delegation visited HOO; wishing to use Rijeka 2020 for even stronger promotion of taekwondo in Europe
Zagreb, May 23, 2019 - A five-member delegation from South Korea visited the Croatian Olympic Committee for the purpose of promoting taekwondo, as well as strengthening the cooperation with the fans of this sport in Croatia. The delegation was led by Shin Kinam, Special Envoy of the Korean Minister of Culture, Tourism and Sports. Guests from Korea were received by the President of the Croatian Olympic Committee (HOO) Zlatko Mateša, accompanied by the leader of the Korean-Croatian Business Club Zoran Horvat and former taekwondoka, coach and prominent taekwondo officer Tamara Pradegan. The Croatian ambassador to South Korea Damir Kušen assisted in the realization of this meeting and the main motive of the meeting is the wish of the World Taekwondo Federation (World Taekwondo) from Seoul for sports presentation in Rijeka – next year’s European Capital of Culture. Namely, since a cooperation agreement between World Taekwondo and the University of Rijeka was signed three years ago, the Korean government wants to use this prestigious status of the Croatian city in 2020 for a stronger promotion of taekwondo at the European level. The President of the Croatian Olympic Committee Mateša supported this Korean initiative and promised to help them in fulfilling another great wish – hosting Dalić's electees in the near future. Shin Kinam announced that this is a logical sequence given the popularity of Croatian football players in South Korea. Of course, in addition to sports, Croatia is interested in cooperation in many other areas in South Korea. This is also confirmed by the composition of the delegation visiting our beautiful homeland. Shin Kinama was accompanied by the film producer Baek Hak Gi, professor of music at Na Jungyoon, official translator Redden Soonyoung and UPI reporter Lee Sang Bong. (cnoc/vk) -
HOO congratulated the Croatian National Sambo Team on three medals won at the European Championships
Zagreb, May 21, 2019 – The Croatian National Sambo Team blended into the last weekend’s "medal harvest", colored bronze to numerous Croatian female and male athletes. They brought three bronze medals from the European Senior Championships in the Spanish city of Gijon (from 17-20 May 2019). Dejan Gunjavić (with coach Željko Banić) had the hardest time to medal for winning bronze in Combat Sambo in the category of up to 82 kg. He managed to eliminate the multiple World Champion Russia’s Alexei Ivanov, but he was defeated in the semifinals by the Belarusian Yauheni Aleksiyevich. -
HOO congratulated the takewondoka(s) on a record number of medals at the World Championships
Zagreb, May 19, 2019 – The Croatian National Taekwondo Team brings from the World Championships in Manchester (UK) a record number of medals won at world events. After Doris Pole (+73 kg) and Kristina Tomić (49 kg) won bronze in the past couple of days, on the last day of competing at the World Championships 20-year-old Bruna Vuletić (62 kg) and 19-year-old Ivan Šapina (87 kg) won two more bronze medals. On the way to the finals and the brighter medal Vuletić and Šapina were defeated by Brazilian representatives Caroline Santos and Miguel Martins Soares. -
Legendary water polo player Sandro Sukno announces the end of his active career
Zagreb, May 19, 2019 - On the official website of the Croatian Water Polo Federation (HVS) on Sunday evening appeared the news, which we hoped would be a significantly different. The legendary captain of the Croatian National Water Polo Team, 28-year-old Sandro Sukno, announced the end of his active career. After a heart surgery in the USA and a prolonged postoperative period, there was a quiet mentioning of such a possibility, but there was also a hope that one of the best Croatian water polo players of all time will return to the sports in which he is excellent, brilliant, unbeatable! Sandro explained everything in the statement: -
HOO congratulated the dives on winning gold and two bronze medals at the European Championships in Slovenia
Zagreb, May 18, 2019 - Our representatives in wildwater kayaking and canoeing once again confirmed Croatia's world power status in the non-Olympic discipline of sprint. At the newly completed ECA Wildwater Canoeing European Championships on the river Soča, between Kobarid and Bovec in the neighboring Slovenia, we have won three medals – Singles’ gold and two team bronze medals. The beginning was marked by Emil Milihram, a golden canoeist in Single (C1), who triumphed for its sixth European Champion title. -
Congratulations to Zdenko Šipić, Head of the EFCS Health Commission
Zagreb, May 17, 2019 - Croatian sports officials are often elected to the governing bodies or important committees of European and World associations and this is often the case also with kinesiologists or physicians, who are – besides their professional involvement – also active in sports or recreation. By a recent decision of the Executive Board of the European Association "Sport for all" (EFCS) brought at its session in Paris, Croatian representative Zdenko Šipić was appointed President of the EFCS Health Commission. -
Congratulations to the Croatian rowers for successful performance at the World Cup in Plovdiv
Plovdiv, May 12, 2019 - The best Croatian rowers have proven to be very competitive at the premiere this season’s competition of the world rowing elite. At the first World Cup regatta in the Bulgarian city of Plovdiv, the Single Scull rower Damir Martin got back into the winning groove, the brothers Martin and Valent Sinković took second place in Coxless Pair, while the Lightweight Single Scull rower Luka Radonić was the first to step on the winning pedestal – in Saturday's program he won a bronze medal. Olympic Vice-Champion from Rio de Janeiro, Damir Martin, convincingly won the first place by being six and a half seconds better than the runner-up Belarusian Pilip Pavoukou, while the third was the Finnish Robert Ven. -
Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games Tickets to Go on Sale
Zagreb,May 9, 2019 – HOO and CoSport, the leading provider of Olympic ticketing and hospitality, are pleased to announce that Individual Tickets for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games will be available exclusively through cosport.com starting with an initial request phase. CoSport has been appointed by the Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee as the sole Authorized Ticket Reseller in Croatia. Tokyo 2020 Tickets Available in Croatia During May 9 - 31 Request Phase Hotel and Ticket Packages Will Be Available Exclusively through cosport.com June 20. On July 24, 2020, the world will come together in Tokyo for the Olympic Games Opening Ceremony, followed by 16 days of competition in Japan’s capital city. Demand for tickets to these highly-anticipated Games is expected to be strong. -
Tokyo 2020 Olympic games ticket sales to begin soon
Zagreb -April 30'th, 2019. – CoSport, the Official Hospitality Provider of the Croatian Olympic Committee, was formally announced as the Tokyo 2020 Authorised Ticket Reseller for Croatia. In this important role CoSport will work closely with the Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee and Croatian Olympic Committee to help welcome fans to the next Olympic Games with a wide variety of ticket and package options. Demand for tickets is expected to be strong. The highly anticipated Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games will take place less than 15 months from now, from July 24 to August 9, 2020. -
Redesigned Olimp magazine with abundance of interesting topics in its 70th edition
Zagreb, April 3, 2019 - In the year marking two decades of its release, the magazine Olimp dazzled in a new image. The round, 70th edition is the first in a redesigned edition. It has remained equally attractive, informative and interesting in terms of its content. Interview with the President of the Working Group for Drafting the Proposal of Croatian National Sports Program 2019-2026, the Croatian NOC Vice President Sanda Čorak is the central topic of the edition, Sarajevo’s Winter EYOF - is the main multi-sports event the overview of which this edition of Olimp provides, followed by the regular sections. -
HZSN: Radica Jurkin presented the Award for Promoting Sports in Publishing
Zagreb, April 6, 2019 - Croatian Sports Journalists Association (HZSN) celebrated the 70th anniversary of its operation at the Westin hotel in Zagreb and on that occasion presented awards for particularly valuable achievements in the past year. Among the laureates was the Head of the Croatian NOC’s Publishing, Public Relations and Web Department Radica Jurkin, who was presented the HZSN Award for Promoting Sports in Publishing After creating and bringing to life the news service Sportska Hrvatska back in 2012 and received for this project, together with Željko Erceg, the HZSN award, during 2018 Radica finished – with the Croatian NOC’s full support - a new capital project of Sports Library or officially the Croatian NOC’s Library. -
Introduction of Croatian NOC’s Award Milan Neralić for Contribution to the Development of Croatian Sports
Zagreb, March 28, 2019 - After the Croatian NOC’s Assembly unanimously accepted, at its 24th session, the proposal for introduction of the Croatian NOC’s Award Milan Neralić for outstanding contribution to the development of sports at the local level, adopting at the same time the Ordinance of the said Award and the Invitation for Proposals, as early as one day later the said decisions entered the process of their realization. The Award will be presented each year as a Lifetime Award to individuals or associations that contributed to the development of sports at the local level in a 25-year or longer period of time. It implies that individuals are older than 60 and legal entities - over 25 years. -
Opening ceremony of the Croatian NOC’s Library
Zagreb, March 20, 2019 - For the purpose of preserving the tangible heritage from the rich history of the Croatian sports, the Croatian NOC's Library was officially opened in Zagreb. It took a year and a half from the idea to the realization of the project, with national sports federations, county sports communities, city sports associations and numerous individuals as donators of books, magazines and valuable documents, along with the Croatian NOC. On the day of official opening, the Library counts 1882 copies of sports books, 1030 unique titles, 919 copies of serial publications, 255 own editions of the Croatian NOC, 81 copies of sports biographies and numerous authors’ works. -
Morana Paliković Gruden winner of IOC’s Women and Sport Trophy
Zagreb, March 20, 2019 - Vice President of the Croatian NOC and President of the Croatian Gender Equality in Sport Commission Morana Paliković Gruden is the European winner of the International Olympic Committee’s Women and Sport Trophy. The awarding ceremony was held in the night from Tuesday to Wednesday at the United Nations building in New York and this year's World Award winner is Po Chun Liu, the first baseball judge in the Chinese city of Taipei. -
Swimmer Franko Grgić ensured the Olympic standard for Tokyo
Rijeka, March 17, 2019 - At the Team State Championships in Rijeka, sixteen-year-old swimmer from Split’s club Adriatic Franko Grgić reached the Olympic standard for performance at the Tokyo Olympics next year. In addition, by winning in 1500 M Freestyle Grgić improved the Croatian record (with 14: 56.55), as well as the best personal result to date. At the same time, he is the first Croat to swim the said route in less than 15 minutes. The result of the career and achieved Olympic standard at the age of 17 will certainly be a new "wind in the back" to the perspective Split’s swimmer. -
Guidelines on investments in sport are under way
Lisbon, 18 December 2018. - Yesterday the National Olympic Committee of Portugal has closed a successfully organised meeting of partner organisations on the European project entitled "Investments in Sport" (iSport).The meeting was held on 17 December 2018 at the facilities of the Pousada Hotel in Lisboa, Portugal. The National Olympic Committee of Portugal was represented by the NOC Research and Project Office Director Rita Nunes, and the meeting was led by the iSport lead researcher Guenther Grohall, representative of the SportsEconAustria Institute for Sport Economy, and one of the most prominent researchers in the field. -
Workshop for researchers on the iSport project held in Vienna
Vienna, 6 March 2019. - The SportsEconAustria Institute for Sport Economy hosted the workshop for researchers participating in the development of the study on the economic impact of an investment in sport. The study is carried out within the project entitled "Investments in sport" (iSport), which was co-funded by the Erasmus+: Sport Programme of the European Union. -
HOO sharplay condemned the attack on Belgrade water polo players in Split
Zagreb, February 9, 2019 - The Croatian NOC (HOO) published its press release in which the President of the Croatian NOC Zlatko Mateša reacted on a Saturday’s incident at Split's waterfront, when the water polo players of Belgrade’s Crvena Zvezda (Red Star) were attacked. "In the name of the Croatian Olympic Committee and the entire Croatian Sports Family I strongly condemn this hooligan act that has nothing to do with sports. The attack on athletes from other country, who have only come to fulfill their club's obligations, does not belong into the same sentence as Split, which we call 'the most sporty city in the world'. -
The iSport project was kicked-off in Zagreb
Zagreb, 8 February 2019. - Yesterday the Croatian Olympic Committee has successfully completed the first meeting of partner organisations working together on the implementation of the European project entitled “Investments in Sport” (iSport). The kick-off meeting was held on 6-7 February 2018 at the headquarters of the Croatian Olympic Committee in Zagreb, Croatia. The Croatian Olympic Committee was represented by the NOC Vice President Sanda Čorak, and the NOC Coordinator for EU Funds and Programmes Alma Papić, who led the meeting as the iSport Project Manager. -
HOO congratulated Davor Šuker on his new mandate in UEFA's Executive Committee
Zagreb, February 7, 2019 - The 43rd Congress of the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) was held in Rome, where elections for the Executive Committee were held and the former member of the leading UEFA’a body, the President of the Croatian Football Association (HNS) Davor Šuker, was elected to a new four-year mandate. Šuker was first elected in 2015, and now - among the ten candidates - he was elected to one of the eight positions, with as many as 47 votes out of 55 member states (there were 53 valid voting slips). -
Seminary of the European project for women in sport was held in Vienna
Vienna, 31 January 2019 - The European Commission and the Council of Europe organized a seminary under the project entitled " ALL IN: Towards gender balance in sport", held from 28 to 30 January 2019 in Vienna. The representatives of Austria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Greece, Israel, Portugal and Spain participated in the three-day seminary. The Croatian NOC was represented by the European Union Programs; Funds and EU Program Coordinator Alma Papić, who will conduct a survey in Croatia on the representation of women in Olympic sports. -
Croatia represented by 10 young female and male athletes at the XIV Winter EYOF in Sarajevo
Zagreb, January 28, 2018 - In ten days, Sarajevo and Eastern Sarajevo are hosting the 14th edition of the Winter EYOF, that is, the Winter European Youth Olympics Festival (9-16 February 2019), which will feature ten Croatian female and male athletes aged 14 to 18 years. In the Alpine skiing, our star-of-hope-representative is Tvrtko Ljutić and in the Nordic version Marko Skender (cross-country skiing) and Karlo Kunštek (biathlon). Maja Ivandić and Stribor Suman will compete in short track speed skating, while Hana Cvijanović will be our only representative in figure skating. The most numerous Croatian aces are in curling - Irena Grgić and Katarina Čar and Marin Kaspret and Sven Prinčić. -
Top male and female athletes, future Croatian Armed Forces reservists, began their military training in Požega
Požega, January 15, 2019 - The cooperation of the Croatian NOC (HOO) and the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Croatia (MORH) on the inclusion of top athletes through the contract reservists within the Armed Forces received a new practical prelude. The education of the sixth generation of top athletes on voluntary military training started at the Center for Basic Training of the Croatian Terrestrial Army in the centre of the "123rd Brigade of the HV (Croatian Army)" in Požega,. There were 11 of planned 16 athletes-privates that responded to the roll out. -
Olympian Vedrana Malec will be Croatia's representative at the IOC International Athletes’ Forum in April
Zagreb, January 8, 2018 - The 9th IOC International Athletes' Forum, i.e. - the meeting of representatives of the NOC Athletes’ Commissions from around the world will be held in Lausanne from April 13 to 15, 2019. The organizer is the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the main topic of the Forum will be the exchange of experiences and preparatory activities for the implementation of the IOC Athletes’ Commission Work Strategy, adopted last year. -
Numerous awards to football players on the Great Day of Croatian Sport
Zagreb, December 19th, 2018 – At the traditional ceremony of the Great Day of Croatian Sport, the Croatian NOC (HOO) reminded of athletic achievements in the year soon to be over and rewarded the most successful figures as well as most deserving persons in the field of sports for lifetime achievement. -
Croatian Olympic Committee's Annual Congress of Coaches
Zagreb, November 28th, 2018 - Most of 200 young coaches and sports workers who applied for participation, attended the two-day Annual Congress of Coaches organized by the Croatian Olympic Committee (HOO) at the Zagreb hotel Panorama. -
Historical success of Croatian tennis players - the second overall triumph in the prestigious Davis Cup
Lille, November 25, 2018 - For the second time since playing under their own tricolor and 13 years after the first triumph, Croatian tennis players are on the top of the world. On a hot terrain in French city of Lille, Željko Krajan's protégées defeated the host France - one of the greatest tennis nations of all time – with 3-1. Marin Čilić brought the winning point to Croatia in Sunday's triumph over Lucas Pouille with 3-0, in sets 7-6 (3), 6-3 and 6-3. -
Olympian Ivan Kljaković Gašpić - the Croatian Representative on Education for New Sports Leaders in 2019
Zagreb, November 16, 2018 - The celebrated Split sailor, 34-year-old Olympian Ivan Kljaković Gašpić, was elected as Croatian representative for a prestigious international educational program – the New Leaders Sport Leadership Programme. -
Croatian Olympic Committee congratulated the World Karate Champion Ivan Kvesić on his triumph
Zagreb, September 10th, 2018 - At the World Karate Championships in Madrid, Croatian representative Ivan Kvesić (Kumite category -84 kg) won a gold medal breaking thus the ten-year long waiting for a World Title in Croatia. On his way to the big triumph in the light-heavyweight category, Kvesić was free in the 1st round and after that he beat the Romanian Christian Marian Michalache with 4-0, Dionicio Gustavo from the Dominican Republic with 8-1, Belarusian Anton Isakau with 4-3, Denmark’s Michel Corbalan with 5-0, while in the semifinals he was better than the European and World Champion Turk Ugur Aktas, who – being defeated by Ivan with 2-1, had to settle with bronze. -
Custodian of the Romanian Crown and her husband attended the reception at the Croatian Olympic Committee
Zagreb, November 5, 2018 - The Romanian delegation, led by the Custodian of the Romanian Crown, Her Majesty Princess Margareta and her husband, His Royal Highness Prince Radu, attended the reception at the Croatian Olympic Committee (COC), held on Monday, November 5, 2018. In conversation with the President of the Croatian Olympic Committee, Zlatko Mateša, the topics on the organization and status of sports in the two countries were prevalent, as well as on the cooperation of the two National Olympic Committees, which was specified in the Contract closed in 2009. -
Draganja inducted into the Cal Athletic Hall of Fame of University of California, Berkeley
Zagreb, October 28, 2018 - The best Croatian swimmer of all time, Duje Draganja, was officially inducted into the Hall of Fame at the California’s Berkeley University in the night from Friday to Saturday in Croatian time. The ceremony was held in Oakland and on Saturday afternoon Draganja was introduced to the supporters in front of 60,000 spectators at a college football game at California Memorial Stadium.Draganja, winner of Olympic silver for Croatia at 50 M Freestyle in Athens in 2004, won for Berkeley eight NCAA National championships, 12 conference titles and his score in men’s 50 M Freestyle is the second fastest time in the University’s history. -
Prague Conference reaffirmed the Olympic Festival as an important tool in the promotion of Olympism
Prague, October 26, 2018 - Olympic Festival is the tool of the future and recognized as such by the International Olympic Committee - could be heard in Prague at the recently completed conference of project participants, male and female representatives of seven National Olympic Committees (Croatia, Slovenia, Italy, France , Belgium, the Netherlands and Finland and the region of South Bohemia). -
Noted performance of the members of Croatian Olympic Committee’s Gender Equality in Sport Commission at the conference in Zagreb
Zagreb, October 25, 2018 - „Addressing inequality in sports: women’s status in leadership positions and prevention of violence against women" - was the subject of an international conference, held on October 25th at Zagreb's hotel Dubrovnik. An exceptionally well-attended conference was organized as part of the joint project of the Council of Europe and the European Commission "ALL IN: Towards gender balance in Sport", as part of the Croatian presiding of Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe. -
COC Council confirmed at its 20th session the first evident Olympians for Tokyo 2020 – shooters and sailors
Zagreb, October 23, 2018 - The overall Croatian women's sports should be provided with better conditions – states a brief conclusion of the members of Croatian Olympic Committee’s Council at its 20th session, held in Zagreb under the chairmanship of the COC’s Head, Zlatko Mateša. The reason for this conclusion was the agenda’s point on the new Croatian Olympic Committee’s Development program with the task of encouraging the rather deficient female team sports of younger age categories. -
Croatian Olympic Academy at the Sport and Peace Forum in Greece as an example of good practice
Zagreb, October 20, 2018 – This year, already traditional Sport and Peace Forum was held on the island of Rhodes (Greece) under the highest auspices of the Prince of Monaco, Alberta II. and Greek President Prokopios Pavlopoulos. The Forum gathered 350 representatives from 50 countries with the aim of exchanging the best practices, policies and establishing major regional and subregional trends in the Mediterranean. -
50th anniversary of winning the first Croatian single Olympic gold by the swimmer Đurđica Bjedov
Zagreb, October 19, 2018 – The Croats are particularly fond of Summer Olympics, held in Ciudad de Mexico in 1968, because they brought us two Olympic medals won by the swimmer Đurđica Bjedov, the popular Đuke. The first was the most shiny one– gold medal, won on October 19, 1968. So, on this date, exactly fifty years ago, we have won the first Croatian single Olympic gold. -
Croatian Olympic Committee’s Center for Sports Rights commenced its activities
Zagreb, October 18, 2018 - After the logistic preparation, the Center for Sports Rights - established by the Resolution of the Croatian Olympic Committee’s Council No. 900/17 from November 7th, 2017, as a separate work unit of the Croatian Olympic Committee – commenced its activities. The Center's activities encompass already existing procedures for resolving disputes in sports through independent bodies such as the Sports Arbitration Council, Sports Arbitration Tribunal, Disciplinary Commission of the Croatian Olympic Committee and Ethics Committee, with the additional activity of scientific research and training through the organization of workshops, seminaries and round tables on the topic of legal relations in sports. -
IOC increases the share of women in its commissions by almost 17 percent
Lausanne, August 8, 2018 - The International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced on Wednesday the news on composition of the IOC commissions for 2018. The emphasis is on progress in the fight for gender equality. -
EOC welcomed Belarusian visa abolition during 20 19 Minsk EG
Rome, August 7, 2018 – From the Rome seat of the European Olympic Committee (EOC) welcomed the signing of a state decree which will allow visa-free entry for foreign visitors to come to the 2nd European Games in Minsk (June 21-30, 2019) and stay in Belarus without a visa up to 30 days. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
Company TIM4PIN d.o.o. joins the COO in providing support to EU fund users
Zagreb, July 2, 2018 - The Croatian Olympic Committee (HOO) and TIM4PIN signed a cooperation agreement in the field of business consultancy, whereby the HOO received support in providing support to potential EU project applicants, contributing directly or indirectly to the development of sports in Croatia. -
The 70th International Olympic Day celebrated throughout Croatia on June 23
Zagreb, June 23, 2018 – On June 23, the Croatian Olympic Family celebrated the International Olympic Day, which celebrates this year its 70th anniversary, through a series of sports matches and events throughout Croatia. -
Partnership agreement of the Croatian Olympic Committee, Croatian Olympic Academy and Croatian Association for Sports Management
Zagreb, June 13, 2018 - In accordance with the earlier agreement, the Croatian Olympic Committee (HOO), the Croatian Association for Sports Management (HASM) and the Croatian Olympic Academy (HOA) signed in Zagreb the agreement on partnership and cooperation. -
Croatian Olympic Committee’s President Zlatko Mateša received the international award for contribution to sports at the ceremony in London
Zagreb, June 5, 2018 – The President of the Croatian Olympic Committee and member of the European Olympic Committees’ Executive Board, Zlatko Mateša, was presented the award “Power brands – Hall of Fame” in London last weekend. -
Luger Daria Obratov nominated for the prestigious European Fair Play Movement Award
Zagreb, April 27, 2018 - The Croatian Olympic Committee (HOO) and the Croatian Fair Play Committee (HFPO) officially put up the Luge Olympian Daria Obratov as a candidate for the prestigious Fair Play Award of the Old Continent – the European Fair Play Plaque of Merit and Diploma, awarded each year during the European Fair Play Movements’s autumn Congress.
