CROATIAN MEDITERRANEAN DELEGATION CROATIAN Mediterranean DELEGATION IMPRESSum PUBLISHER Croatian Olympic Committee Trg Krešimira Ćosića 11 10000 Zagreb, Croatia www.hoo.hr FOR THE PUBLISHER Josip Čop EDITORS Radica Jurkin Vinko Knežević DATA ON OLYMPIC PROGRAMME OFFICE DELEGATION Croatian Olympic Committee (Department for the Olympic program) PHOTOS Romeo Ibrišević, The Croatian National Tourist Board (Damir Fabijanić, Ivo Pervan), The Zagreb Tourist Board (J. Duval), Archives of national sports federations TRANSLATION N. T. Dalma d.o.o. Medveščak 83, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia DATA PROCESSING Sponsors and partners - Gordana Gaćeša COVER PAGE & LAYOUT Marin Stojić BROCHURE PRODUCTION M 14 d.o.o. Preradovićeva 21-23 , 10000 Zagreb, Croatia PRINTED BY Kvadrat i krug d.o.o Zatišje 8a, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia PRINTING RUN 260 copies This edition was prepared for printing on June 15, 2018. 4 XVIII Mediterranean Games Tarragona 2018 CONtents Foreword by Zlatko Mateša, President of the Croatian Olympic Committee .................................................................6 Foreword by Josip Čop, Secretary General of the Croatian Olympic Committee ..................................................7 CROATIAN MEDITERRANEAN DELEGATION - MEDITERRANEAN GAMES TARRAGONA 2018 Croatian athletes and official members ........................................................................ 10 Medical team ..................................................................................................................... 43 Judges ..................................................................................................................................45 Competition schedule ......................................................................................................48 CROATIA AT THE MEDITERRANEAN GAMES ................................................................... 50 CROATIAN OLYMPIANS SINCE 1992 .................................................................................56 CROATIAN OLYMPIC COMMITTEE TODAY ......................................................................... 62 SPONSORS AND PARTNERS OF COC.................................................................................. 64 XVIII Mediterranean Games Tarragona 2018 5 FOREword or the seventh time, the Croatian athletes are participating under their own flag at the Mediterranean Games, a multi-sports event Fwith the almost seventy year old tradition. These Games have a special significance because they are held in the time when the four-year rhythm is lost and when many are asking questions on their meaning and purpose in the future. But the Olympic flame that burns in female and male athletes from 26 countries on three continents should remain a guiding light for the future of the Mediterranean. Of course, the idea of ​​ Zlatko Mateša, PhD the Mediterranean Games should be modernized and given wind in their sails by practical innovations and refinements. Medals won in President of the the Mediterranean Games must brought back to the original glory, Croatian Olympic they should be included in athletes’ biographies with pride, as Committee numerous Croatian athletes did once, while enriching their trophy collections. On this tradition I build the belief that Croatia will be very successful in Tarragona. Among our 99 male and female representatives, there are many notable names, led by winners of Olympic gold medals, for example - in shooting or athletics. I wish all the Croatian female and male athletes a successful per- formance and above all a personal satisfaction with the achieved results. I am sure that they will keep the Games in Tarragona in a beautiful memory and a valuable experience in their further ca- reer. Let it be a true festival of youth, sports and tolerance, presen- tation of skills through various disciplines and sports branches and above all - a demonstration of fair play and positive energy that will connect people from the Mediterranean in all the aspects of social activities in future. 6 XVIII Mediterranean Games Tarragona 2018 remember with nostalgy the 1975 and the Mediterranean Games in Algeria, where I participated in football. At that time, the I Games had a status of extremely important, prestigious and com- petitive event– and indeed they were. I remember the members of the National Handball, Athletics as well as Football Team – they were mostly the best female and male athletes of the former state. Participating at the Games, especially being a medal winner, was a respectable result that had its “weight” and valorization. Today, almost 40 years later, the Games have lost their value, their reputation and their meaning. Therefore, at the level of the Europe- Josip Čop, BSc. Econ. an Olympic Committees, the Mediterranean Movement, and espe- cially among the countries participating at the Games, a consensus Secretary General should be reached on the purpose of the Mediterranean Games. The of the Croatian Olympic Committee result achieved at the Games is neither of a criterion type nor it bring points that would be relevant for going to – for example – the European Games, it does not represent a criterion result for direct participation at the European Championships. Maybe it would be necessary to consider inclusion of athletes of up to 23 years of age in the Games, that the result achieved at the Mediterranean Games is the criteria for participating at - at least - one European Champi- onships up to 23 years of age. Maybe, but that’s just a suggestion to consider. What do we expect from Croatian athletes at the Mediterranean Games? From the younger ones to test their competitiveness in that environment, from the older ones to turn their experience into medals and from all the participants at the Games, a good and proper behavior - proud, knightly and fair play presentation of Our Beautiful Homeland. XVIII Mediterranean Games Tarragona 2018 7 CROATIAN Mediterranean MISSION Damir Zoran ŠEGOTA ŠTEFEC /Chef de Mission/ /Deputy Chef de Mission/ Year of birth: Year of birth: 1966 1971 Maja Darko GENCEL MESAREK FALKONI /Mission member/ /Mission member/ Year of birth: Year of birth: 1976 1975 Višnja Vinko PERAN KNEŽEVIĆ /Mission member/ /Press attaché/ Year of birth: Year of birth: 1967 1967 Jaki FRANJA /Photojournalist/ Year of birth: 1968 8 XVIII Mediterranean Games Tarragona 2018 SPORTS ATHLETES ATHLETES OFFICIAL JUDGES M W TOTAL MEMBERS TOTAL Archery 2 2 1 3 Athletics 3 3 6 3 9 Basketball 3x3 4 4 1 5 1 Beach Volleyball 2 2 1 3 1 Bocce 2 2 4 1 5 Boxing 3 3 2 5 Canoeing 1 1 2 2 4 1 Cycling 1 1 2 1 3 Fencing 1 1 1 2 Golf 1 1 1 2 Gymnastics 3 3 1 4 1 Handball 16 16 4 20 2 Handisports (swimming) 2 1 3 2 5 Judo 2 2 1 3 1 Karate 3 2 5 2 7 2 Rowing 1 1 2 2 4 1 Shooting 4 2 6 2 8 Swimming 2 2 1 3 Taekwondo 4 4 1 5 1 Triatlon 1 1 1 2 Volleyball 12 12 24 9 33 2 Weightlifting 1 1 1 2 1 Wrestling 3 3 2 5 1 Mission 7 7 Doctors 3 3 Phsyiotherapists 12 12 TOTAL 67 32 99 65 164 15 XVIII Mediterranean Games Tarragona 2018 9 CROATIAN Mediterranean DELEGATION ARCHery Matija Alen MIHALIĆ REMAR /70 m/ /70 m/ Year of birth: Year of birth: 1995 1999 Nenad MIHALIĆ /Coach/ Year of birth: 1974 12 XVIII Mediterranean Games Tarragona 2018 ATHLETics Andrea Ivana IVANČEVIĆ LONČAREK /Hurdles 100 m/ /Hurdles 100 m/ Year of birth: Year of birth: 1984 1991 Martin Filip MARKOVIĆ MIHALJEVIĆ /Discus throw/ /Shot put, discus throw/ Year of birth: Year of birth: 1996 1994 Sandra Stipe PERKOVIĆ ŽUNIĆ /Discus throw/ /Shot put/ Year of birth: Year of birth: 1990 1990 Igor Edis ČORDAŠ ELKASEVIĆ /Coach/ /Coach/ Year of birth: Year of birth: 1972 1983 Marko MASTELIĆ /Coach/ Year of birth: 1990 XVIII Mediterranean Games Tarragona 2018 13 Greetings from CROATIA The lighthouse on Palagruža is one of 11 lighthouses on the islands along the Dalmatian Coast BASKETball /3x3/ Petar Karlo DUBELJ KOVAČ Year of birth: Year of birth: 1997 1995 Karlo Matej MIKŠIĆ RADUNIĆ Year of birth: Year of birth: 1997 1996 Božo JUKIĆ /Coach/ Year of birth: 1989 XVIII Mediterranean Games Tarragona 2018 15 BEACH VOLLEYball Marin Josip JERČIĆ PRIBANIĆ Year of birth: Year of birth: 1996 1995 Josipa JURIĆ /Coach/ Year of birth: 1980 16 XVIII Mediterranean Games Tarragona 2018 BOcce Carrolina Pero BAJRIĆ ĆUBELA /Lyonnaise /Lyonnaise - progression throw/ - precision throw/ Year of birth: Year of birth: 1999 1994 Nives Marino JELOVICA MILIĆEVIĆ /Lyonnaise /Lyonnaise - precision throw/ - progression throw/ Year of birth: Year of birth: 1977 1992 Čedo VUKELIĆ /Coach/ Year of birth: 1961 XVIII Mediterranean Games Tarragona 2018 17 Greetings from CROATIA Its walls, palaces, streets and roofs tell stories from the rich history of Dubrovnik in which every traveller discovers his own story in the stone, sea, at Stradun or at Porporela BOXing Petar Leo CETINIĆ CVETKOVIĆ /69/ /-81 kg/ Year of birth: Year of birth: 1999 1998 Toni FILIPI /-91 kg/ Year of birth: 1996 Tomo Zoran KADIĆ KRALJ /Coach/ /Coach/ Year of birth: Year of birth: 1986 1979 XVIII Mediterranean Games Tarragona 2018 19 cANOEing Anamaria Antun GOVORČINOVIĆ NOVAKOVIĆ /K-1–200 m, K-1–500 m/ /K-1–200 m, K-1–500 m/ Year of birth: Year of birth: 1997 1997 Aleksandar Miroslav KNEŽEVIĆ LIPOVAC /Coach/ /Coach/ Year of birth: Year of birth: 1976 1965 20 XVIII Mediterranean Games Tarragona 2018 cYCLING road David Maja JABUKA PERINOVIĆ /Men’s Road Race, Men’s / Women’s Road Race/ Individual Time Trial/ Year of birth: Year of birth: 1997 1999 Ante RADIĆ /Coach/ Year of birth: 1987 XVIII Mediterranean Games Tarragona 2018 21 FENCing Paula JUKIĆ /Épée/ Year of