Croatian Olympic Committee

Zagreb, 12 July 2021 - After the Croatian Olympic Committee's Farewell ceremony for the first group of Croatian athletes travelling to the Olympic Games, on the eve of their departure to the airport, the Croatian Defense Minister Mario Banožić and Chief of General Staff of the Croatian Armed Forces Admiral Robert Hranj held a reception at the Ministry of Defense for top athletes - contractual reservists of the Croatian Army who achieved the standard for the Tokyo Olympics 2020. Let us remind you, due to the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19), the Games have been postponed until this year.

Zagreb, 7 July 2021 - Cyclist Josip Rumac will represent Croatia at the Tokyo Olympics as the 59th evident Olympic candidate. Although the list seemed to be concluded on Monday with athletes Marija Tolj and Ana Šimić, there was still a new shift in the cycling rankings, which brought Croatia its 59th hope for Tokyo.

Zagreb, 12 June 2021 – The Croatian National Football Team will open its performance at the European Championships with Sunday's match against England (3 p.m.) at the new Wembley Stadium building in London. After that, they will fight against Czech Republic and Scotland. As in case of postponement of the Tokyo Olympics, the current football Euro - dispersed by hosting in 11 countries - was originally scheduled to take place in the summer of 2020.

Zagreb, 10 June 2021 – The Croatian skier Zrinka Ljutić won third place in the selection of the 6th winter edition of the Piotr Nurowski Prize, presented to young male and female athletes of the Old Continent by the European Olympic Committees (EOCs). Biathlete Lena Repinc of Slovenia was awarded the first prize at a gala dinner in Athens during the 50th General Assembly of the European Olympic Committees (EOCs). She was born in Jesenice, Slovenia, in 2003 and started training biathlon at the age of 11, while also training the cross-country skiing.

Montpellier, 7 June 2021 - Croatia's top freestyle cyclist Marin Ranteš won a bronze medal in Men’s Freestyle BMX at the UCI Urban Cycling World Championships in Montpellier, France. With this venture, the young Varaždin native entered the history of Croatian cycling because he achieved the greatest success of a Croatian cyclist at such a large competition.

Sabaudia, 6 June 2021 – Two Croatian sibling rowing crews achieved a historical success. The brothers Valent and Martin Sinković won gold in the Sunday’s finals of Coxless Pairs at the III World Rowing Cup in Sabaudia, Italy, earning thus also their overall World Cup victory for the season. In the same race, the bronze went to brothers Patrik and Anton Lončarić, which represents their second winning pedestal in the races of this year's World Cup, after the recent Zagreb edition (bronze in Coxless Four, together with Piton and Ukropina). This was followed by the Vela Luka twins Ivana and Josipa Jurković winning silver in Women’s Coxless Pairs.

Paris, 5 June 2021 - Croatian boxer Luka Plantić, 24, won in the quarterfinals of the Olympic qualifiers in the Light Heavyweight (81 kg) category against Ireland's Emmat Brennan and became the first Croatian boxer to qualify for the Tokyo Olympics. To this great success he was led by his coach Tomislav Bašić.

Budapest, 3 June 2021 - At the International Judo Federation’s (IJF) Electoral Assembly in Budapest, President of the Croatian Judo Federation (HJS), Ph.D. Sanda Čorak, was elected to the Board of Directors as the IJF Education Director as well as a member of the Scientific Committee. In the new mandate period, world judo will be again led by (re-elected) the President Marius L. Vizer.

Varna, Zagreb, 30 May 2021 - Two gymnastics gold medals - one earned by young Aurel Benović in Saturday's Floor exercise finals and another by Tin Srbić a day later in High Bar - won at the FIG World Challenge Cup in Varna arrived from Bulgaria to Croatia.

Poreč / Zagreb, 23 May 2021 - Croatian men's karate team is on the roof of Europe! The team consisting of: Ivan and Anđelo Kvesić, Enes Garibović, Zvonimir Živković, Ante Mrvičić, Ivan Martinac and Karlo Raguž, won a historic gold medal in Team Kumite at the European Karate Championships in Poreč. On the final day of the Championships, in the final match against the Montenegrin team - the greatest surprise at the European Championships – our team took victory by defeating the Montenegrins with 3-0.

Poreč, 18-19 May 2021 - Great recognition came to the Croatian Karate Federation and its President a day before the start of the European Senior Karate Championships in Poreč 's Sports Hall Žatika. The European Karate Federation (ECF) Congress was held at the hotel Parentium on Tuesday, where the Head of the rsaHCroatian Karate Federation (HKS) Davor Cipek was elected to the Executive Board of Europe's umbrella karate organization.

Zagreb, 13 May 2021 - At the European Olympic qualification tournament in kayaking and canoeing on calm waters, held in Segedin (Hungary), Croatian kayaker Anamaria Govorčinović achieved the Olympic standard by winning the second place in women's final K1 500M race. The member of the Zagreb club KKK Matija Ljubek was second with time 1:56:70, while the fastest was Spain’s Isabel Contreras (1:56:15).

Rome, 7 May 2021 - From the headquarters of the European Olympic Committees (EOC) the good news came to Rome. Croatian ski sensation Zrinka Ljutić, 17, was included among five finalists of the Piotr Nurowski Prize, awarded for the sixth time to the Best Winter Young European Athlete.