Winter Olympics in Sochi Are Ahead of Us - Sixteen Unforgettable Olympic Competitions and Inspiring Sports Performances
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CROATIAN OLYMPIC DELEGATION XXII OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES SOCHI 2014 IMPRESSUM PUBLISHER Croatian Olympic Committee Trg Krešimira Ćosića 11 10000 Zagreb, Croatia www.hoo.hr FOR THE PUBLISHER Josip Čop EDITOR Radica Jurkin EDITORIAL BOARD Manuela Sentđerđi Čorković Maja Čizmić Regula Jadran Mimica (JET SET MAGAZIN) Mihovil Švigir (JET SET MAGAZIN) TEXT BY Radica Jurkin TRANSLATION Carpe Diem - N.T. Dalma Jagićeva 7 10000 Zagreb, Croatia COVER PAGE LAYOUT Marin Stojić (JET SET MAGAZIN) Preradovićeva 21 10000 Zagreb, Croatia PHOTOS Romeo Ibrišević, Ivo Pervan, COC Archive, Hina, Croatian Ski Association PRINTED BY Denona Getaldićeva 1 10000 Zagreb, Croatia PRINTING RUN 150 copies This edition was prepared for printing on January 28th, 2014. 4 CONTENTS Foreword by Zlatko Mateša, President of the Croatian Olympic Committee .................................6 Foreword by Josip Čop, Secretary General of the Croatian Olympic Committee ...................8 I. CROATIAN OLYMPIC DELEGATION SOCHI 2014 Mission .........................................................................................10 Croatian Athletes and Ocials .......................................................12 Competition schedule .................................................................... 26 II. CROATIAN ATHLETES AT OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES Croatian Athletes at Olympic Winter Games ................................30 III. CROATIAN OLYMPIC COMMITTEE TODAY The Highest Sports Body in Croatia ..............................................40 IV. ABOUT CROATIA Facts, Croatia in the EU, Arts and Culture ....................................44 Sponsors and Partners of the Croatian Olympic Committee ...........50 5 6 FOREWORD Dear athletes, XXII Winter Olympics in Sochi are ahead of us - sixteen unforgettable Olympic competitions and inspiring sports performances. Recently, on January 17th, 2014, we celebrated 22 years of international recognition of the COC. This historical event made possible the first performance of Croatian athletes under the own flag at Winter Olympics in Albertville in 1992. Since that first appearance under the Croatian flag, the Croatian Olympic athletes brought Croatia 10 medals President of the from the Olympic Winter Games - four gold, five silver Croatian Olympic and one bronze. Committee Winter Olympics brought back the memories of Zlatko Mateša, PhD unforgettable moments – the moments of greatest successes of Croatian skiing – dazzling performances of the most successful Croatian female athlete of all time, Janica Kostelić, winner of four gold and two silver medals at Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City and Winter Olympics in Turin, winner of three silver medals Ivica Kostelić and winner of the first Croatian Olympic medal in Nordic disciplines, the bronze one, Jakov Fak. Among the world's best winter sports athletes in Sochi there will be also the Croatian sports stars. They will send the world a message of peace, tolerance and friendship, which is the most important task of every National Olympic Committee and all the athletes performing under the flag of their country. I am convinced that all of our Olympians will give their best and that they will represent Croatia with dignity, making all of us at home very proud of them. I wish all the participants of Winter Olympics in Sochi a lot of sports success and personal satisfaction. 7 8 FOREWORD Dear sports friends, All around the world, from the earliest age, many athletes dream of taking part in the Olympic Games. The realization of this dream is a great reward for all the hard work and sacrifice, it is something that will be remembered for a lifetime. Being a participant of this, the biggest sports event, represents the peak event in career of every athlete, regardless of the achieved score. Of course, the Olympic medalists are added to the special list of winners and their Secretary General names are recorded there forever. of the Croatian Olympic We are also very happy that 11 of our athletes earned the Committee privilege of participating in the Games in Sochi. At the Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City in 2002, Croatia has Josip Čop won four medals (14 Croatian athletes participating in the Olympics), in Turin in 2006 three medals (24 Croatian athletes participating in the Olympics), as well as in Vancouver in 2010 (19 Croatian athletes participating in the Olympics). What awaits us in Sochi? Already one medal would be a tremendous success, continuing thus a series of Croatian pedestals at the Winter Olympics. All the eyes of Croatian fans are turned to Ivica Kostelić. Regardless of being in a weaker form this season, one must always count on him, especially concerning the Combined and Slalom. So far his collection of successes counts three silver medals and who knows, maybe Sochi will bring him the first gold… Over three billion viewers worldwide will be watching the events in Sochi, the city that gave its best to meet the highest standards of the world’s biggest sports spectacle. Let’s add to all of this also the permanent formation of standards of Olympic community which implies mutual respect, tolerance and promotion of peace, friendship, solidarity and fair play, opposing any form of violence and manipulation in sports. All of this makes the Olympics a magnificent and outstanding event. 9 DELEGATION ATHLETES SPORTS OFFICIALS TOTAL M F TOTAL ALPINE SKIING 6 2 8 7 15 CROSS COUNTRY 1 1 2 2 4 SNOWBOARD 1 1 1 2 MISSION - OFFICIALS 3 3 MISSION - MEDICAL TEAM 2 2 MISSION - TOTAL 5 5 TOTAL 11 15 26 10 MISSION & MEDICAL TEAM CHEF DE MISSION DamirŠegota Date of Birth: May 22nd, 1966 Place of Birth: Zagreb, Croatia DEPUTY CHEF DE MISSION Petra Nosso Date of Birth: August 29th, 1975 Place of Birth: ALPINE SKIING 6 2 8 7 15 Zagreb, Croatia CROSS COUNTRY 1 1 2 2 4 PRESS ATTACHÉ SNOWBOARD 1 1 1 2 Nenad Error MISSION - OFFICIALS 3 3 Date of Birth: MISSION - MEDICAL TEAM 2 2 January 20th, 1953 MISSION - TOTAL 5 5 Place of Birth: Dvor, Croatia TOTAL 11 15 26 PHYSIOTHERAPIST Zoran Pršo Date of Birth: February 6th, 1969 Place of Birth: Pula, Croatia PHYSIOTHERAPIST Tomislav Bućanac Date of Birth: July 31st, 1978 Place of Birth: Zagreb, Croatia 11 12 Croatian Athletes at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi 13 14 Plitvice Lakes National Park ALPINE SKIING SofijaNovoselić Date of Birth: January 18th, 1990 Place of Birth: Zagreb, Croatia AndreaKomšić Date of Birth: May 4th, 1996 Place of Birth: Kiseljak, Bosnia and Hercegovina 15 Sofija Novoselić Andrea Komšić ALPINE SKIING Ivica Kostelić Date of Birth: November 23rd, 1979 Place of Birth: Zagreb, Croatia NatkoZrnčić Dim Date of Birth: March 7th, 1986 Place of Birth: Zagreb, Croatia 16 Ivica Kostelić Natko Zrnčić Dim Filip Zubčić Date of Birth: January 27th, 1993 Place of Birth: Zagreb, Croatia Dalibor Šamšal Date of Birth: December 25th, 1985 Place of Birth: Rijeka, Croatia 17 Dalibor Šamšal Filip Zubčić 18 Zavižan - Mountain Velebit ALPINE SKIING Matej Vidović Date of Birth: April 14th, 1993 Place of Birth: Zagreb, Croatia Sebastian Brigović Date of Birth: April 20th, 1992 Place of Birth: Rijeka, Croatia 19 Matej Vidović Sebastian Brigović 20 Plitvice Lakes National Park ALPINE SKIING TEAM LEADER COACH VEDRAN JURIJ PAVLEK HAFNER Date of Birth: Date of Birth: April 27th, 1973 April 14th, 1951 Place of Birth: Place of Birth: Zagreb, Croatia Jesenice, Slovenia COACH COACH DAVOR KRISTIAN KOMŠIĆ GHEDINA Date of Birth: Date of Birth: May 19th, 1971 November 20th, 1969 Place of Birth: Place of Birth: Kiseljak, Pieve De Cadore, Bosnia Hercegovina Italia TECHNICAL COACH PERSONELL PETER ŽIGA PEN ROSINA Date of Birth: Date of Birth: April 3rd, 1975 June 14th, 1973 Place of Birth: Place of Birth: Celje, Slovenia Maribor, Slovenia COACH GORAN VIDOVIĆ Date of Birth: May 27th, 1964 Place of Birth: Zagreb, Croatia 21 CROSS COUNTRY Vedrana Malec Skiathlon 10+10 km, Individual 10 km cl., Sprint F, Team Sprint F, Long distance 30 km F Date of Birth: March 24th, 1990 Place of Birth: Zagreb, Croatia Team Leader Zlatko Malec Date of Birth: May 9th, 1959 Place of Birth: Zagreb, Croatia 22 CROSS COUNTRY Edi Dadić Skiathlon 15+15 km, Individual 15 km cl., Sprint F, Team Sprint F, Long distance 50 km F Date of Birth: December 22nd ,1993 Place of Birth: Rijeka, Croatia Coach Zoran Skender Date of Birth: September 21st, 1968 Place of Birth: Ravna Gora, Croatia 23 SNOWBOARD MorenaMakar Halfpipe Date of Birth: January 22nd ,1985 Place of Birth: Zagreb, Croatia Team Leader Pavel Pisarović Date of Birth: September 29th, 1971 Place of Birth: Zagreb, Croatia 24 OTHER MEMBERS OF CROATIAN TEAM AT THE 2014 WINTER OLYMPICS IN SOCHI PRESS TV JOURNALISTS AND CROATIAN JOURNALISTS TECHNICIANS ALPINE SKI TEAM Renata Beluhan Stjepan Balog Nikola Bahovec Dražen Brajdić Nenad Ban Kristijan Cindrić Goran Ražić Robert Brkić Igor Jakopović Hrvoje Slišković Slavko Cvitković Ante Kostelić Marko Stričević Drago Ćosić Janica Kostelić Mićo Dušanović Dubravko Lalić RADIO JOURNALISTS Nika Fleiss Ladislav Mulej Nino Barhanović Hrvoje Hostić Mislav Samaržija Krešimir Gotlin Bruno Kovačević Marko Šuman Davor Iljadica Viki Ivanović Rajko Šamšal Davor Lulić Sanja Ivanović Tomislav Zubčić Lovorko Magdić Robert Jelečević Boris Jelavić Zvonimir Jukica Dražen Lipka Zvonko Listeš Damir Lovrenčić Martin Mustafić Robert Petrinec Robert Šoštar Mile Tapavički 25 Zagreb - Medvednica mountain (FIS World Cup “Snow Queen Trophy“) COMPETITION SCHEDULE Th Fr Sa Su Mo 6 7 8 9 10 CEREMONIES ALPINE SKIING BIATHLON BOBSLEIGH CROSS COUNTRY CURLING FIGURE SKATING FREESTYLE SKIING ICE HOCKEY LUGS NORDIC COMBINED SHORT TRACK SKELETON SKI JUMPING SNOWBOARD SPEED SKATING 26 Tu We Th Fr Sa Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Su 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 27 MAP OF RUSSIAN FEDERATION 28 29 30 Croatian Athletes at Winter Olympics 31 CROATIAN ATHLETES AT WINTER OLYMPICS Winter Olympics - from Chamonix to Sochi he first and only performance of 1972. Hockey player Miroslav Gojanović Croatian skiers at the pre-war participated in the next, the XII Winter Olympic Winter Games was Olympics in Innsbruck in 1976. at the first Winter Olympics Tin Chamonix in 1924 as part of the The largest number of Croatian athletes Yugoslav Olympic team - Dušan Zinaja wearing the Yugoslav team jersey and Miroslav Pandaković.