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 Ošcials ...... 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 DamirŠegota

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

SofijaNovoselić

Date of Birth: January 18th, 1990 Place of Birth: Zagreb, Croatia

AndreaKomšić

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

NatkoZrnčić 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

MorenaMakar 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

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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. performed at the XIV Olympic Winter Games in Sarajevo in 1984: Franjo After the Second World War, Nada Jakovac in biathlon, Miljan Begović and Birko-Kustec performed at the VI Sanda Dubravčić in figure skating and Olympic Winter Games in Oslo, Norway Nenad Žvanut and Dubravka Vukušić in in 1952 as member of the Yugoslav speed skating. Olympic team. At the following VII Olympic Winter Games in Cortina Željka Čižmešija was the last Croatian D’Ampezzo in 1956 Nada Birko-Kustec athlete who represented Yugoslavia in was joined by Blaženka Vodelnić. figure skating at the Winter Olympics in Calgary in 1988. At the IX Olympic Winter Games in Innsbruck in 1964, Croatian athletes Croatian Athletes At Winter Ivan Ratej, Miran Krmelj and Boris Olympics under their Flag Renaud participated as members of the Yugoslav hockey team. Participation of Croatian athletes at the Olympic Winter Games in Albertville in At the following X Olympic Winter 1992 was the first performance under Games in Grenoble in 1968, the hockey the Croatian flag and for this reason this team achieved its greatest success event will forever remain recorded in winning first place in group B and ninth “gold letters” in the annals of Croatian in the overall ranking. Ivo Ratej and Olympic history. Boris Renaud were members of this winning Moreover, it will also be remembered team. that Croatian Olympic Committee was provisionally recognized (January 17th, These two hockey 1992), and invited by the International players performed Olympic Committee to participate both once again at the in the XVI Winter Olympics in Albertville XI Olympic Winter and in the Games of the XXV Olympiad Games in Sapporo in in Barcelona that same year.

Sanda Dubravčić - XIV Olympic Winter Games in Sarajevo Janica Kostelić CROATIAN ATHLETES AT WINTER OLYMPICS

where she also lit the Olympic flame at XVI OLYMPIC the Opening Ceremony. There were three Croatian athletes performing within the WINTER GAMES Croatian team in Lillehammer: Vedran ALBERTVILLE 1992 Pavlek competed in Alpine skiing and Siniša Vukonić and Antonio Rački in The XVI Olympic Winter Nordic disciplines. Games in Albertville were the first Olympic Flag bearers: Games in which Croatia At the Opening Ceremony: participated as an Vedran Pavlek independent country, At the Closing Ceremony: under its own flag. Vedran Pavlek This is why this is recorded in Croatian Olympic history as a historic event of extreme importance. XVIII OLYMPIC The small, but very important Olympic team, led by the Team leader Sanda WINTER GAMES Dubravčić Šimunjak included siblings NAGANO 1988 Željka and Tomislav Čizmešija, figure skaters, Alpine skier Vedran Pavlek and The XVIII Olympic cross-country skier Siniša Vukonić. Winter Games in Nagano featured Croatia’s Flag bearers: largest Olympic team At the Opening Ceremony: until then. Janica Tomislav Čižmešija Kostelić, then sixteen- At the Closing Ceremony: year-old new promising Siniša Vuković Alpine skier from Croatia’s capital of Zagreb, participated as well and had the honor of carrying the Croatian flag at XVII OLYMPIC the Opening Ceremony. Janica Kostelić competed in all the Alpine skiing WINTER GAMES disciplines. LILLEHAMMER 1994 Her 8th place in the combined was the best result any Croatian athlete had At the XVII Olympic ever achieved in the history of Olympic Winter Games in Winter Games. Her performance in Lillehammer, Croatia Nagano was the announcement of was represented by a fantastic, historical results of Croatian 6-member team led by Alpine skiing in the years that followed. the Team leader Sanda Dubravčić Šimunjak, Flag bearers: Croatia’s best figure At the Opening Ceremony: skater, European Vice-Champion Janica Kostelić (Innsbruck 1981) and participant of the At the Closing Ceremony: Winter Olympics in Sarajevo in 1984, Vedran Pavlek

34 XIX OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES SALT LAKE CITY 2002

Four Medals of the Winter Games and absolutely Croatia’s best female athlete of all time. New Skiing Queen Janica Kostelić was born in Zagreb on At the XIX Olympic January 5th, 1982. She started skiing at Winter Games in Salt the age of 9 in the Ski Club Zagreb and Lake City, the new she was winning, already as a young skiing queen, Janica girl, all the races she was competing in. Kostelić was introduced Especially impressive was the season of to the world in her full 1996/1997, when she participated in 22 swing, winning as many races and won all of them, including the as four Olympic medals two most important races in the world – three gold and one silver medal. of children’s skiing – the Topolino and Pinocchio trophies in Slalom and Giant Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City will slalom. also be remembered by the fact that Croatian athletes were competing – Since the beginning of her career, her for the first time - in bobsleigh and father and coach Ante Kostelić was biathlon as well and that Croatian team always by her side. Along with her counted the largest number of athletes mother Marica and brother Ivica, he since declaration of independence: 14 certainly deserves the most credit for athletes competing in 5 sports. her incredible successes on the ski slopes throughout the world, which she Flag bearers: achieved in spite of the fact that she At the Opening Ceremony: had as many as 10 surgeries during Janica Kostelić her career. Janica participated in three At the Closing Ceremony: Olympic Winter Games and she had Ivan Šola the honor of carrying the Croatian flat

◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ at all of them. She carried the Croatian flag for the first time at the Nagano Olympics in 1998, where she was – at Janica Kostelić the age of 16 - the youngest Alpine skier With six Olympic medals - four gold and and her eighth place in the Combined two silver, five World Championship represented the greatest achievement titles and three world cup titles (she won of Croatia’s athletes at Olympic Winter 30 world cup races in all the disciplines), Games until then. Janica Kostelić is the most successful At the XIX Olympic Winter Games in Alpine skier in the history of Olympic Salt Lake City in 2002, she thrilled the

35 CROATIAN ATHLETES AT WINTER OLYMPICS

world by winning gold in the Combined, which was Croatia’s first medal in the XX OLYMPIC history of Olympic Winter Games, and besides that she also won two gold WINTER GAMES medals in Slalom and Giant slalom and TURIN 2006 silver medal in Super-G.

Janica’s last Olympic performance was Croatia’s first men’s at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Winter Olympic medal where she won both gold medal in the Combined and silver medal in Super-G, Thanks to Ivica Kostelić, rounding thus her unique Olympic Croatia earned the first career, during which she had won four Winter Olympic medal gold and two silver medals. Besides in men’s competition her impressive career as an Olympic at the Winter Olympics athlete, Janica also le® a deep mark in in Turin. Janica Kostelić international skiing. won her fourth gold Olympic medal in the The Croatian Olympic Committee Combined, remaining thus undefeated proclaimed Janica the most promising in the mentioned discipline for four athlete in Croatian sports in 1998 and consecutive years. then, almost six years in a row - in 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005 and 2006 By winning another silver medal, she – proclaimed her the Most Successful completed her impressive Olympic Female Athlete. career with six medals – four gold and two silver – and became the most At the ceremony held in Lausanne in successful female Alpine skier in the 2002 the President of the IOC, Mr. history of Winter Olympics. Jacques Rogge, awarded Janica the These medals made her the best IOC and Eurosport award “SportStar”., Croatian athlete and one of the best along with 28 European athletes who athletes in the history of Winter had won medals at the 2002 Olympics Olympics. in Salt Lake City. In 2006, at the Laureus World Sports Awards, she Flag bearers: won - the award “Sportswoman of the At the Opening Ceremony: Year” by the Laureus Academy from Janica Kostelić Barcelona, an association consisting At the Closing Ceremony: of 46 legendary sportsman and Ivan Šola sportswomen. ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ For her outstanding contribution to the reputation of Croatian sports Ivica Kostelić worldwide, Janica Kostelić was awarded the annual “Franjo Bučar” State Award This Olympian, winner of three Olympic for Sports in 2001, the Order of Duke silver medals in Alpine skiing, is one of Branimir with Ribbon in 2002 and the the best Croatian athletes of all time. He Order of the Croatian Interlace in 2006. participated in three Olympic Games

36 Croatian Alpine Ski Team - XXI Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver CROATIAN ATHLETES AT WINTER OLYMPICS

– in Salt Lake City 2002, Turin 2006, Slovenia, Italy and France. where he won Croatia’s first Olympic He drew attention of the international medal ever in men’s competition, and ski community at the World Junior in Vancouver 2010, where his brilliant Championships in Schladming in 1997, performance resulted in winning two when he, aged 17 and among 20-year more silver medals. old competitors from countries with a hundred-year long skiing tradition, His first Olympic performance was won bronze in the Combined. But then in Salt Lake City in 2002, where he he suffered frequent injuries, due to finished in an excellent 9th place in Giant which he also had to give up on the 1998 slalom. In Turin he won a silver medal in Olympic Winter Games in Nagano. the Combined, earning thus to Croatia’s the first Winter Olympic medal ever Training under his father and coach in men’s competition. In the Slalom he Ante Kostelić, a versatile athlete finished in the 6th place. and exceptional skiing expert, Ivica Kostelić has been a tremendous asset Besides the silver medal in Super to Croatian sports. The Croatian combined in Vancouver in 2010, he Olympic Committee awarded him the also won silver in Slalom, the discipline Most Successful Athlete award in 2003, where he is the best. He finished 7th 2010, 2011 and 2013. For outstanding in the Giant slalom, and 16th in the contribution to the Croatian sports, Super-G. With silver from Vancouver, in 2002 he received the highest he was a potential top candidate for the recognition - the annual “Franjo Bučar” 2014 Games in Sochi. State Award for Sports .

In terms of FIS World Cup victories, Besides that, he also received the medal he has crossed already 26 races of the Order of Danica Hrvatska (the and besides that, he also won Croatian Morning Star) with the Image gold in Slalom at the 2003 World of Franjo Bučar. Championships St. Moritz (SUI), bronze at the 2011 World Championships in Garmisch-Partenkirchen and silver XXI OLYMPIC in Super combined at the 2013 World Championships in Schladming (AUT). WINTER GAMES He has proven to be the most versatile contemporary skier by winning the VANCOUVER 2010 large crystal globe in the season of 2010/2011. The first Winter Olympic medal Ivica Kostelić was born in Zagreb on November 23rd, in a discipline 1979. He showed talent other than Alpine very early by winning at skiing children’s competitions from 1992 on, a®er which The 2010 Vancouver he started winning all Olympics confirmed once again the the important races in endless assets of Croatian sports. First the 22-year-old biathlete Jakov Fak won a bronze medal in the 10 km sprint. He covered the distance in 24:21.8 minutes and hit all the 10 targets. It was Croatia’s eighth Winter Olympic medal, the first in a discipline other than Alpine skiing.

One day before the final day, on February 27th, Ivica Kostelić won another silver medal – this time in Slalom. The excellent skier Giuliano Razzoli of Italy was 0.16 seconds faster. This was Ivica’s second medal in Vancouver and third Olympic medal in his career. Jakov Fak Jakov Fak, bronze Olympic medalists from Vancouver, was the first Croatian athlete who won Olympic medal in a Nordic discipline.

Flag bearers: At the Opening Ceremony: Jakov Fak At the Closing Ceremony: Ivan Šola

◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ ◆ seconds behind the silver medalist Jakov Fak Christoph Stephan of Germany.

Jakov was born in Rijeka on August A®er Vancouver, in April 2010, Jakov 1st, 1987. He started practicing cross- Fak finished third in the invitational country skiing first, but switched to 10 km sprint in Petropavlovsk- biathlon later on. He showed talent Kamchatsky, in competition with the already as a junior, finishing 10th at world’s best biathletes, among which the 2008 World Junior Championships also the overall World Cup winner and in Ruhpolding, Germany, and indicated Olympic 10 km Sprint Champion Emil an extraordinary potential in February Hegle Svendsen of Norway. 2009 by winning a bronze medal at the World Championship in Pyeongchang, As Jakov Fak wanted to continue South Korea. Regardless of the tough cooperation with the Slovenian coach competition of 120 athletes, he covered who was training him, he requested the 20 km long track with excellence the permission to leave the Croatian and he was only 0.17 seconds behind Biathlon Federation and join the the world biathlon legend Ole Einar Slovenian Biathlon Team. His request Bjørndalen of Norway and 0.05 was granted in October 2010.

39 CROATIAN OLYMPIC COMMITTEE Croatian Olympic Committee Today

he Croatian Olympic Committee, the highest sports body in Croatia, was founded in Zagreb on Sep- T th tember 10 1991.

Members of the Croatian Olympic Committee are national sports associa- tions (38 of them are Olympic and 42 non-Olympic sports), 20 county sports associations and the City of Zagreb and 10 associations and institutions of inte- rest for Croatian sport and the activities of the Croatian Olympic Committee. Croatian Olympic Delegation London 2012

The Croatian Olympic Committee is a full member of the Association of hletes Foundation (2006), the Croatian National Olympic Committees (ANOC), Fair-Play Committee (2006), the Female the European Olympic Committees Sports Coordinators Network (2006) (EOC), the International Committee of Sportska Hrvatska network news (2012) Mediterranean Games (ICMG) and the Athletes’ Commission (2013) and TV European Non-Governmental company Sports Television (Sportska Sports Organizations (ENGSO). televizija), 2010, the first specialized digital television channel. The Croatian Olympic Committee is the founder of the Croatian Olympians Club (1993), the Croatian Olympic Academy (1996), the Sports Arbitration Council and Sports Arbitration Tribunal (1999), and the co-founder of the European Fair Play Movement (1994), the Croatian At-

40 Sports Television began broadcasting its regular program with sports news exactly at 5 P.M. on April 4th 2011. Croatian Olympic Committee as a component of the international Olympic movement, is Croatian Olympic Committee introduced written down in history as a pioneer of in 2012 on the website www.hoo.hr the the global sports movement in the use national online news service called “Sports of modern digital achievements. Croatia”. It provides direct, decentralized promotion of activities of COC members regardless of whether the Web, Face- book or blog page of members or athle- tes. Sports, along with local communities of the Republic of Croatia, is currently the only activity in which this independent public transmission of news is applied free of physical or content limitations.

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PRESIDENT: Zlatko Mateša SECRETARY GENERAL: Josip Čop COC COUNCIL: President: Zlatko Mateša

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