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Lausanne, 3 September 2020 - The Executive Committee of the National Olympic Committee of Lithuania (LNOC) on August 13 approved the Olympic Movement Code on the Prevention of the Manipulation of Competitions.
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Zagreb, 9 August 2020 - The only Croatian sports daily - Sportske novosti (SN), is marking its 75th anniversary. They started publishing as Ilustrirane fizkulturne novine on 9 August 1945, continued as Narodni sport in December of the same year and since 1 March 1962 they are published under today's very recognizable name in the world of media.
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Zagreb, 31 July 2020 - On Friday, the Minister of Tourism and Sports Nikolina Brnjac met with the leaders of the umbrella sports associations and on that occasion announced that merger of tourism and sports into one ministry would further strengthen the sports sector. The meeting with Minister Brnjac was attended by: President of the Croatian Olympic Committee (COC) Zlatko Mateša, President and Secretary of the Croatian Paralympic Committee (HPO) Ratko Kovačić and Ticijan Komparić, President of the Croatian Academic Sports Association Zrinko Čustonja, President and Secretary of the Croatian School Sports Federation Nikica Perković and Ivan Dujić and President and Honorary President of the Croatian Deaf Sports Association Oliver and Mario Lušić.
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Kolinda Grabar Kitarović appointed to the IOC’s Future Host Commission for the Olympic Games
Lausanne, 30 July 2020 – A new big recognition came to the former Croatian president Kolinda Grabar Kitarović, since recently the first Croatian female member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). At the suggestion of the IOC President Thomas Bach, she was appointed to the prestigious IOC’s Future Host Commission for selection of hosts of the (Summer and Winter) Olympic Games. -
President of the Croatian Olympic Committee Zlatko Mateša hosted the IOC member Kolinda Grabar Kitarović for the first time
Zagreb, 30 July 2020 – The newly elected International Olympic Committee’s member Kolinda Grabar Kitarović visited the COC headquarters at the invitation of the Croatian Olympic Committee’s President Zlatko Mateša. The Assistants of the COC’s Secretary General for certain “offices” – Biserka Vrbek (Legal Department), Robert Gojević (National Sports Associations), Damir Šegota (Olympic program) and Ranko Četković (Marketing) presented to the former Croatian President and now a senior Olympic official the way of functioning of the COC and its relations with the International Olympic Committee . -
President Zlatko Mateša received the first Secretary General of the Croatian Olympic Committee Slavko Podgorelec
Zagreb, 23 July 2020 – On the day celebrating exactly 365 days before the opening of the Olympic Games in Tokyo, the President of the Croatian Olympic Committee (COC) Zlatko Mateša hosted the first Secretary General of the COC Slavko Podgorelec, who held this position from 16 September 1991 to 31 October 2000. -
Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović elected IOC member as the fourth person and the first woman from Croatia
Zagreb, July 17, 2020 - In my work, I will strive to promote Olympic values and commitment to the Olympic movement - said Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović, thanking for the trust shown after becoming the fourth person and the first woman from Croatia to be elected a member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). Until recently the Croatian President, Ms, Kitarović earned this prestigious status with convincing electoral majority (86 votes in favor and 3 against) at the 136th session of the IOC, held in a form of video conference. -
Croatian Olympic Committee signed a Cooperation Agreement with the RomaniUnion "Kali Sara"
Zagreb, July 16, 2020 - Croatian Olympic Committee (COC) and Romani Union in the Republic of Croatia "Kali Sara" signed a Cooperation Agreement aimed at contributing to the promotion of integration of the Romani national minority into Croatian society and development of sports, sports values and sports infrastructure within the common interests of the two associations. -
COC congratulations on the occasion of the World Sports Journalists’ Day
Zagreb, 2 July 2020 – On the second day of July we mark the World Day of Sports Journalists. This year, that date is particularly intriguing because months before its celebration, the profession of sports journalist went through an unusual period of crisis. Due to the lack of sports events, postponed and canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the representatives of the "seventh force" around the world were largely deprived of topics on everyday media content. In such circumstances, many have been declared redundant, others have experienced drastically reduced wages and fees, the crisis is still current and uncertain... -
The celebration of International Olympic Day virtually brought together the Olympians from around the world
Lausanne, 23 June 2020 - The traditional annual celebration of sports and Olympic values on 23 June - International Olympic Day 2020 - in the current world pandemic situation has once again contributed to the reminder of the birth of the modern Olympic Games - June 23, 1894. -
Olympian Ivan Gudelj wins the City of Split Award for Personal Achievement
Split, May 3, 2020 - By decision of Split City Council, legendary Hajduk football player Ivan Gudelj received this year’s the City of Split Award. Gudelj is laureate in the competition of awards for personal achievement, where the awards for group and lifetime achievement are also given. -
Helping sports: Croatian Government helps sports clubs by converting 40 million kuna from the Central Office for Sports
Zagreb, April 15, 2020 - By converting the funds of the Central State Office for Sports (SDUŠ) for preserving the workplaces in sports collectives, the Croatian Government provided, at its session held on Thursday, 40 million kuna as support to sports clubs that cannot act during the coronavirus pandemic. -
Let’s celebrate the International Day of Sport for Development and Peace together - online
Zagreb, April 15, 2020 - International Day of Sport for Development and Peace (MDSRM) is an annual celebration of the power of sports to drive social change, community development and to foster peace and understanding. Since the partners cannot celebrate it in accordance with the clauses of the agreement signed in early February in Zagreb, they jointly propose: LET’’S MARK IT TOGETHER - ONLINE! -
Congratulations 9. Birthday Sports Television (SPTV)!
Zagreb, April 15, 2020 – Nine years ago (April 4, 2011), Sports Television (SPTV) – the most watched sports channel in Croatia, wholly-owned by the Croatian Olympic Committee – began broadcasting by launching the news show. Besides the France's National Sports Channel, SPTV is the only specialized sports TV media in the world owned by a National Olympic Committee. -
Krešimir Ivaniš presented the IOC's Trophy „Sports and Sustainable Architecture“ 2019 at the Croatian Olympic Committee's 54th Assembly
Zagreb, February 27th, 2020 - The 54th session of the Croatian Olympic Committee's Assembly was held at the Zagreb's hotel Panorama, and it began with a solemn act. Croatian Olympic Committee's President Zlatko Mateša presented the International Olympic Committee's (IOC) Trophy “Sports and Sustainable Architecture” 2019 to Krešimir Ivaniš, a great contributor to the development and maintenance of sports infrastructure in Croatia. Born in Karlovac, a student and teacher in Zagreb at the Faculty of Architecture left a deep mark on sports construction throughout the Republic of Croatia. He is the founder and long-time leader of the Croatian Olympic Committee's Sports Construction and Environment Commission and for a four-year term he was also a member of the EOCs Commission of the same name. -
Mateša at the head of the European Olympic Committee's working group for strengthening the cooperation with the EU
Rome, February 14th 2020 - The formation of the European Olympic Committee's(EOCs) forming of the working group for strengthening the relations with the European Union (EU) has been confirmed at the headquarters of the European Olympic Committees (EOCs) in Rome. The three-member working body consistsof EOCs Vice President Niels Nygaard and members of the EOCs Executive Board Spyros Capralos and Zlatko Mateša. The President of the COC Mateša was also appointed the Head of the group. -
State recognitionspresented to TinSrbić, Ivan Kvesić, Dina Levačić and coach Branko Ivanković
Zagreb, February 4th, 2020 - Duringthe ceremony held at the Predsjednički dvori (Presidential Palace) at Zagreb's Pantovčak, President of the Republic of Croatia Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović presented forty recognitions and awards to deserving individuals and institutions from various fields of social and humanistic activities as an expression of gratitude for their exceptional achievements and skills that contributed to the development and reputation of the homeland, including, of course, the "Best Croatian Ambassadors in the World" - its athletes and sports staff. -
Laureates of the Great Day of Croatian Sports: Sandra Perković, Tin Srbić, water polo players, female bowlers and Sinković brothers
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. -
MORH thanked top athletes – army reservists on excellent results in 2019
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. -
Annual recognition of the City of Slunj to the Croatian Olympic Committee’s Office for Local Sports Programs, Slunj natives received a van
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. -
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). -
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.
