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Rio 2016 Olympic Games
Olympic Games Rio 2016 were held in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) from August 5th to August 21st 2016. At the Olympics, 11,547 athletes from 205 countries competed in 33 sports.
The Croatian Olympic Delegation counted 88 athletes (of which 19 female athletes) and competed in 18 sports: Athletics, Cycling, Boxing, Gymnastics, Weightlifting, Wrestling, Sailing, Judo, Basketball, Swimming, Volleyball, Diving, Table tennis, Shooting, Taekwondo, Tennis, Water Polo and Rowing. Our athletes were accompanied by 82 officials under the leadership of the Croatian Olympic Committee’s Mission.
At the Opening Ceremony, held on August 5th, the captain of the Croatian Olympic Water Polo Team Rio 2016 Josip Pavić wore the Croatian flag, while brothers Martin and Valent Sinković, winners of gold medal in Double Sculls, wore the flag at the Closing Ceremony.
Croatian athletes have won 5 gold, 3 silver and 2 bronze - a total of 10 medals - at the Games; gold medals were won by Sandra Perkovic (Discus Throw), Sara Kolak (Javelin Throw), Šime Fantela and Igor Marenic (470), Martin and Valent Sinković (Double Sculls) and Josip Glasnović (trap). Water polo players, Tonči Stipanović (Laser) and Damir Martin (Single Sculls) have won silver, while Filip Hrgović (Boxing) and Blanka Vlašić (High Jump) have won bronze.
Josip Glasnović
1. mjesto Sport: Streljaštvo Natjecanje: OI Rio 2016.Martin Sinković, Valent Sinković
1. mjesto Sport: Veslanje Natjecanje: OI Rio 2016.Sandra Perković
1. mjesto Sport: Atletika Natjecanje: OI Rio 2016.Šime Fantela, Igor Marenić
1. mjesto Sport: Jedrenje Natjecanje: OI Rio 2016.Sara Kolak
1. mjesto Sport: Atletika Natjecanje: OI Rio 2016.Damir Martin
2. mjesto Sport: Veslanje Natjecanje: OI Rio 2016.Tonči Stipanović
2. mjesto Sport: Jedrenje Natjecanje: OI Rio 2016.Hrvatska vaterpolska reprezentacija
( Marko Bijač, Luka Bukić, Damir Burić, Andro Bušlje, Maro Joković, Luka Lončar, Josip Pavić, Antonio Petković, Anđelo Šetka, Javier Garcia Gadea, Ivan Krapić, Marko Macan, Sandro Sukno )2. mjesto Sport: Vaterpolo Natjecanje: OI Rio 2016.Filip Hrgović
3. mjesto Sport: Boks Natjecanje: OI Rio 2016.Blanka Vlašić
3. mjesto Sport: Atletika Natjecanje: OI Rio 2016.
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RIO DE JANEIRO, August 20, 2016 (Hina) – Croatian athlete Blanka Vlašić has won a bronze medal in High Jump at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro by clearing 1,97 meters.
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RIO DE JANEIRO, July 21, 2016 (Hina – Croatian News Agency) – This Saturday, after the final match against Serbia, the Croatian Olympic Water Polo Team Rio 2016 settled with a silver medal.
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RIO DE JANEIRO, July 19, 2016 (Hina/Hoo) - Croatian boxer Filip Hrgović won a bronze medal in Men’s Super-Heavyweight after losing in semifinals to World Champion Tony Yoka of France, where Filip has lost on the points decision 1-2.
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Croatian athletes' twelfth day in Rio
RIO DE JANEIRO, August 19, 2016. (Hina) – Having Sara Kolak win gold in Javelin Throw, Šime Fantela and Igor Marenić win the first Croatian Olympic gold in Sailing (Men’s 470) and advancement of the Croatian Olympic Water Polo Team Rio 2016 to the finals, the twelfth day of Olympics in Rio de Janeiro will be remembered as one of the most successful days in the Croatian Olympic history. -
Croatian athletes' eleventh day in Rio
ZAGREB, August 17, 2016 (Hina/Coc) – Tuesday, August 17, has brought excellent results of Croatian athletes at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Sandra Perković defended her gold in Discus Throw, Tonči Stipanović has won silver in Men’s Laser, while the medals are guaranteed for Šime Fantela and Igor Marenić in Men’s 470 and for the boxer Filip Hrgović in the category +91 kg. -
Rio Olympics - Sailing: Tonči Stipanović winner of silver medal in Men’s Laser
RIO DE JANEIRO, August 16, 2016 (Hina) - Croatian sailor Tonči Stipanović failed to defend the first place in the race for medals at the Olympics in Rio, and in the end he has won a silver medal in Men’s Laser. -
Rio Olympics: Sandra Perković winner of gold medal in Discus Throw
RIO DE JANEIRO, August 16, 2016 (Hina) – The World’s Best Discus Thrower Sandra Perković has won on Tuesday, August 16, a gold medal at the Rio Olympics with a throw of 69,21 meters, defending thus her Olympic title won at the Olympics in London in 2012. -
Croatian athletes' tenth day in Rio
RIO DE JANEIRO, August 16, 2016 (Hina/Hoo) - On the tenth day of competing at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, the Croatian Olympic Handball and Basketball Team Rio 2016 have won, with their victories, the first places within their groups, Sandra Perković advanced to the Discus Throw finals and the sailor rested due to the wind. -
Croatian athletes' ninth day in Rio
ZAGREB, August 15, 2016 (Hina) - On the ninth day of competing at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, the wrestler Božo Starčević, after defeating three-times World Champion Selcuk Cebi of Turkey (2-1) and American Andrew Bisek (2-0) in wrestling Greco-Roman style in Men’s 75kg, advanced to the semifinals where he lost to the current Olympic and World Champion Roman Vlasov (3-6) of Russia. In the match for bronze medal, Starčević lost to Kim Hyeon-Woo of South Korea with 4-6. -
Croatian athletes' eighth day in Rio
RIO DE JANEIRO, August 14, 2016 (Hina) - On the eighth day of competing at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, the rower Damir Martin won a silver medal in Men’s Single Sculls, after he missed the gold in a photo-finish for only seven hundredths of a second, while Tonči Stipanović secured at least a silver medal and the first Croatian medal in Sailing in Men’s Laser, with good prospects keep the first place in the race for medals. -
Rio Olympics: Damir Martin winner of silver medal in Men's Single Sculls
RIO DE JANEIRO, August 13, 2016 (Hina) – Croatian rower Damir Martin is the winner of silver medal in Men’s Single Sculls at the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, after being beaten in a photo-finish by the defending Olympic champion Mahe Drysdale from New Zealand, while the Czech Republic’s Ondřej Synek, three-time consecutive World Champion, has won bronze. -
Croatian athletes' seventh day in Rio
RIO DE JANEIRO, August 13, 2016 (Hina) - Seventh day of competing at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro was marked by the victory of the Croatian Olympic Water Polo Team Rio 2016 over Italy, Damir Martin’s advancement into the Men’s Single Sculls finals, excellent performances of the sailors Tonči Stipanović in Men’s Laser, Šime Fantela and Igore Marenić in Men’s 470 and Tonci Stipanovic in the Laser, Sime Fantela and Igor Marenić in the 470 class, and Croatian Olympic debuts in Diving – performed by Marcela Marić and Weightlifting – performed by Amar Musić. -
Croatian athletes' sixth day in Rio
RIO DE JANEIRO, August 12, 2016 (Hina) - Sixth day of competing at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro brought another gold medal for Croatia, won by the rowers Martin and Valent Sinković in Men’s Double Sculls, while it was a good day for both handball - victory over Denmark with 27-24, and basketball team – victory over Brazil with 80-76. -
Rio Olympics - Valent: Nobody can say we don't have Olympic gold
RIO DE JANEIRO, August 11, 2016 (Hina) - Now nobody can tell us that we do not have Olympic gold, which we were hardly waiting for four years after the silver medal in London, said Valent Sinković. -
Croatian athletes' fifth day in Rio
RIO DE JANEIRO, August 11, 2016 (Hina) - On the fifth day of competing at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, the most brilliant performances were those of the Croatian sailors, holders of leading positions in two disciplines – Tonči Stipanović is the first among Men’s Laser sailors, while Šime Fantela and Igor Marenić opened the competition in Men’s 470 by winning the first and second place. -
Croatian athletes' fourth day in Rio
RIO DE JANEIRO, August 10, 2016 (Hina) - On the fourth day of competing at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, the Croatian Olympic Rowing Team Rio 2016 continued their path to the medal, the handball players achieved a victory, while the basketball players were defeated by Argentina and the sailors remained in the top rankings. -
Croatian athletes' third day in Rio
RIO DE JANEIRO, August 9, 2016 (Hina) - On the third day of competing at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro Josip Glasnović has won gold in Trap, Marin Čilić advanced to the next round of Tennis Tournament, the Croatian water polo team defeated Montenegro with 8-7, while the Croatian sailors achieved a perfect start in their competition. -
Croatian athletes' second day in Rio
RIO DE JANEIRO, August 8, 2016 (Hina) – On the second day of competing at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, the Croatian basketball players won against the current European Champions of Spain with 72-70, the handball players lost to the World Vice-Champions of Qatar with 23-30, the swimmer Matea Samardžić performed in the semi-finals in Women's 100 m Backstroke, while the Olympic Champion in Trap Giovanni Cernogoraz had a terrible day, not being able to defend his Olympic Champion title, ending up in the 18th place after three of five shooting series. -
Rio Olympics: Golden Glasnović „followed the footsteps“ of Cernogoraz
RIO DE JANEIRO, August 8, 2016 (Hina) - Croatian shooter Joseph Glasnović won the title of Olympic champion in Men's Trap in Rio de Janeiro, by being more successful than the Italian Giovanni Pellielo in the finals shoot-off with the result 17-16. -
Croatian athletes' first day in Rio
RIO DE JANEIRO, August 7, 2016 (Hina) - On the first day of competing at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro the best Croatian shooter Snježana Pejčić has won the seventh place in the Air Rifle finals, the water polo players continued defending gold from London by winning 7-5 against the USA team, while the cyclist Kristijan Đurasek took the excellent 18th place in the road race. -
Rio Olympics: Croatian flag carried by Josip Pavić, Captain of the Croatian Olympic Water Polo Team Rio 2016
ZAGREB, August 6, 2016 (Hina / Hoo) - Josip Pavić (34), captain of the Croatian Olympic Water Polo Team Rio 2016 is the seventh athlete and the third water polo player, after Perica Bukić (Atlanta 1996) and Dubravko Šimenc (Athens 2004), who carried the Croatian flag at the Olympic Games Opening Ceremony. -
The Opening Ceremony of the Olympic Games in Rio
Rio de Janeiro, August 6, 2016 (Hina) - The Opening Ceremony of the Olympic Games in Rio was held on Friday, August 5 at the Maracanã Stadium and it lasted nearly four hours. The peak of the Ceremony – Olympic Cauldron being lit by former Brazilian marathon runner, 47-year-old Vanderlei Cordeiro de Lima, winner of Olympic bronze medal in Athens in 2004 – was followed by lavish fireworks. -
Official farewell ceremony for the Croatian Olympic Delegation Rio Olympics
ZAGREB, July 28, 2016 - The Croatian Olympic Committee (COC) gave a send-off to the Croatian Olympic Delegation that is travelling to the Olympics, held from August 5th to August 21st in Rio de Janeiro. -
President Grabar-Kitarović wished the athletes a lot of success
Zagreb, July 19, 2016 - President of the Republic of Croatia Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović received in her Office in Pantovčak the representatives of the Croatian Olympic delegation that will soon travel to Rio de Janeiro, where the Games of the XXXI. Olympiad shall take place from August 5th to August 21st, 2016. At the reception, the evident athletes, 19 of them - athletes, swimmers, wrestlers, water polo and basketball players and rowers, along with six coaches, represented the entire delegation consisting of 168 members, of which 86 athletes. -
Among travelers to Rio nine winners of gold medals in individual sports
Zagreb, July 13, 2016 - There are still 23 days until the Opening Ceremony of the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro where - from August 6th until August 21st - Croatia will be represented by 88 athletes in 18 sports. There will be nine winners of Olympic medals in individual sports - Sandra Perković, Giovanni Cernogoraz, Filip Ude, Blanka Vlašić, Damir Martin, Valent and Martin Sinković, Snježana Pejčić and Lucija Zaninović, Croatian Olympic Water Polo Team Rio will defend the gold medal won at the London Olympics in 2012, followed by the Croatian Olympic Handball Team which, after bronze in London, is again on the hunt for a medal. -
Josip Pavić flag bearer at the Opening Ceremony of the Olympic Games in Rio
Zagreb, June 27, 2016 - At its meeting, held on June 27, the Council of the Croatian Olympic Committee (COC) has unanimously decided that the Croatian flag bearer at the Opening Ceremony of the Olympic Games in Rio will be a water polo player Josip Pavić, golden Olympian at the Olympic Games in London, to whom this will be the third performance at the Olympic Games. It will be also the third time that, after Perica Bukić and Dubravko Šimenc, the honor to carry the Croatian flag at the Opening Ceremony of the Olympic Games has been awarded to a water polo player. -
Croatian Olympic Committee’s Health Commission on Zika virus
Zagreb, 17 February 2016 – On Tuesday, February 16, 2016 the Croatian Olympic Committee's Health Commission held a meeting with representatives of the national sports federations in order to inform them on the latest news on the Zika virus and the measures to be taken in the upcoming period. -
Boxer Hrvoje Sep evident candidate for the Rio Olympics 2016.
Zagreb, October 30, 2015 – Member of the National Team and beneficiary of Olympic scholarship, middleweight boxer Hrvoje Sep (Boxing club Leonardo and Astana Arlansa), is the second Croatian boxer and also the 35th athlete who has qualified for performance at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad Rio de Janeiro, which will be held from August 5th to August 21st 2016. -
Croatian Athletes Rio 2016
The Olympic Games Rio 2016 will be held in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) from August 5th to 21st, 2016. There will be around 10500 athletes from 205 countries performing at the Games during 16 days, competing in 33 sports: athletics, badminton, cycling, boxing, open water swimming, weightlifting, gymnastics, golf, hockey, wrestling, sailing, judo, kayaking/canoeing, equestrian sports, basketball, fencing, modern pentathlon, football, volleyball, beach volleyball, swimming, rugby, handball, synchronized swimming, diving, table tennis, archery, shooting, taekwondo, tennis, triathlon, water polo and rowing. -
First potential candidates for Rio 2016
Zagreb, 20 March 2013 - In February this year first Croatian candidates – one as top Olympic candidates and the others as potential A candidates - were put on the list of potential participants at the XXXI Olympics that will be held in 2016 in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil).
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Olympic Games Rio 2016 were held in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) from August 5th to August 21st 2016. At the Olympics, 11,547 athletes from 205 countries competed in 33 sports.
The Croatian Olympic Delegation counted 88 athletes (of which 19 female athletes) and competed in 18 sports: Athletics, Cycling, Boxing, Gymnastics, Weightlifting, Wrestling, Sailing, Judo, Basketball, Swimming, Volleyball, Diving, Table tennis, Shooting, Taekwondo, Tennis, Water Polo and Rowing. Our athletes were accompanied by 82 officials under the leadership of the Croatian Olympic Committee’s Mission. At the Opening Ceremony, held on August 5th, the captain of the Croatian Olympic Water Polo Team Rio 2016 Josip Pavić wore the Croatian flag, while brothers Martin and Valent Sinković, winners of gold medal in Double Sculls, wore the flag at the Closing Ceremony.
Croatian athletes have won 5 gold, 3 silver and 2 bronze - a total of 10 medals - at the Games; gold medals were won by Sandra Perkovic (Discus Throw), Sara Kolak (Javelin Throw), Šime Fantela and Igor Marenic (470), Martin and Valent Sinković (Double Sculls) and Josip Glasnović (trap). Water polo players, Tonči Stipanović (Laser) and Damir Martin (Single Sculls) have won silver, while Filip Hrgović (Boxing) and Blanka Vlašić (High Jump) have won bronze.
