Anja Vida Lukšić

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Anja Vida Lukšić
Beach handball at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics - Girls Gold Medal Match 0022.jpg

Before the final of the 2018 Youth Olympic Games

Player information
birthday June 18, 2000
place of birth Zagreb
citizenship CroatiaCroatia Croatia
height 1.75 m
Playing position Back left
Throwing hand right
Club information
society ŽRK Lokomotiva Zagreb
Jersey number 4th
Clubs in the youth
from ... to society
0000–2013 ŽRK Colapis
2013– ŽRK Trešnjevka Zagreb
Clubs as active
from ... to society
0000–2019 ŽRK Trešnjevka Zagreb
2019– ŽRK Lokomotiva Zagreb
National team
  Games (goals)
Croatia beach handball

As of June 19, 2020

Anja Vida Lukšić (born June 18, 2000 in Zagreb ) is a Croatian handball player . Your position is the left back space .

Anja Vida Lukšić comes from a handball family. Her grandmother Mirjana Ognjenović won the gold medal with the Yugoslav team at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles , her uncle Miran Ognjenović was a professional in Italy and is now a coach in the first handball league in Croatia. After finishing school, she began studying at the Pharmaceutical University of Zagreb and is now studying movement science at the University of Zagreb .

Indoor handball

Lukšić initially played for ŽRK Colapis in his youth , and since 2013 for ŽRK Trešnjevka Zagreb . For ŽRK Trešnjevka she played in the top national leagues of their respective age groups, as well as in the third women's league of Croatia early on. She made her debut in the first division at the age of 16 and scored more than 150 goals in the first two years. In 2017 she and the team lost the final of the Croatian Cup against ŽRK Podravka Koprivnica . She has been playing for ŽRK Lokomotiva Zagreb since 2019 .

Beach handball

Juniors

Lukšić has also been a beach handball player since 2016 . Here she plays for MHC Dubrava , a team on the Croatian and European summer tour. At the EBT tournament in Moscow in 2019, the team finished second after a final defeat against the European top team Multichem Szentendrei NKE from Hungary. In 2019 she won the Croatian championship with her team.

Lukšić was promoted to the Croatian youth national team in beach handball in 2016 and took part in the 2016 U-16 European Junior Championships in Nazaré . In a balanced opening group in which Portugal dominated, Croatia finished second after a clear defeat against the Portuguese despite ten points from Lukšić, a defeat against Ukraine in the shootout and a win in the last group game against Romania. The quarter-finals were lost after two hard-fought sets against Norway. In the placement games they finished sixth after beating Italy and losing to Hungary. In the Croatian team, Nika Vojnović , Rea Banić and Ana Malec were already in the squad for this tournament , while Gréta Hadfi , Csenge Braun , Rebeka Benzsay , Dorottya Gajdos , Sára Léránt and Réka Király played in the Hungarian team, and Lisanne Bakker and Lynn Klesser played in the Dutch team and Amber van der Meij . Two years later they should all be among the top players at the first Olympic appearance of beach handball.

Lukšić was again on the squad at the U-17 Junior European Championships in 2017 the following year. After defeats against Russia, Lithuania, Portugal and Spain, they won the final group game against Switzerland and came second to last in the group. In the following placement games you lost after a win against Poland in the game for ninth place of the Ukraine and was tenth. The next major event was the 2017 Junior World Championships in Flic-en-Flac on Mauritius . Lukšić and her team lost all games in the preliminary round against the Netherlands, Argentina, Hungary and Taiwan (Chinese Taipei). Only in the placement games was Croatia able to conclude the tournament with successes against hosts Mauritius, then against Venezuela and Paraguay and finish 9th at the end. In Montenegro she took part in the Junior European Championships 2018 (U18) for the third time . After losing to Portugal, Croatia won the group's two subsequent games against Romania and France. In the quarter-finals they met the Netherlands again and lost in two rounds. The following two placement games against Spain and Ukraine were lost in the shootout, with Croatia finally eighth.

Lukšić on the throw in the semi-final of the Youth Olympic Games against the Netherlands
Lukšić (in red) in the final goal against Jimena Riadigos (blue, Argentina) and Rosario Soto (yellow, Argentina)

Lukšić reached her sporting climax in autumn. Although Croatia at the World Junior Championships last year not for the Summer Youth Olympic Games in 2018 from Buenos Aires could qualify, the Croatians moved to the teams of Spain and Portugal after cancellations. The first group game against Mauritius was clearly won, Lukšić contributed seven points. The Croatians also won the following two games against Russia and Taiwan and developed into a favorite for the title of this sport, which was held here for the first time as part of an Olympic tournament. Lukšić scored 23 points against Russia, an extremely high number for a beach handball game. After a defeat against the frequent competitor of previous years, Hungary, followed at the end of the preliminary round a victory against the team from American Samoa. In the main round, the Croatians lost against two of the other title favorites besides the Hungarians, against Argentina and the Netherlands. In both games you lost in the shootout and Lukšić scored ten points in both games, making her the most successful scorer alongside Ana Malec. In the last preliminary round match against Paraguay, which Croatia played victoriously, she was again the best scorer with 12 points. In the semifinals, Croatia clearly prevailed against the favored Dutch women with a win in both rounds, Lukšić again scored most of their team with 15 points. In the final, Croatia could not oppose the unleashed hostesses and lost 2: 0. In this game, too, with 12 points, she was by far the best shooter in her team. With her team she won the first Olympic silver medal in beach handball. With 108 points, she was behind Anna Iwanowa (Russia, 116), Lynn Klesser (Netherlands, 115) and Pinchun Lin (Taiwan, 113) the fourth best scorer of the entire tournament and scored almost 40 points more than the second best Croatian Ana Malec. With this, as well as Nika Vojnović and Rea Banić , they formed a very successful attack formation with a total of 278 points. For their performance, the team was awarded the Nagrada Dražen Petrović ( Dražen Petrović Prize) of the Croatian Olympic Committee .

Women

Lukšić finishing the goal in the bronze medal match at Euro 2019 against the Netherlands

In 2019, Lukšić was appointed to the senior national team . She was part of Croatia's squad for Beach Handball Euro 2019 in Stare Jabłonki , where she quickly developed into a mainstay of the team. In a balanced preliminary group A, Croatia faced the co-favorites Netherlands and Norway and the outsiders Turkey and Romania . In addition to Lukšić, the Croatian squad included goalkeeper Petra Lovrenčević from the squad of the Youth Olympic Games, the Netherlands relied on Lisanne Bakker, Anna Buter , Amber van der Meij and Marit van Ede , and Lynn Klesser only dropped out shortly before the tournament. Turkey relied on the YOG player Dilek Yılmaz , among others . After a defeat at the beginning against Norway in which Lukšić and Katja Heraković was the best Croatian thrower with eight points, a victory in the shootout against the Netherlands, a victory against Romania and Turkey followed. As third place in the preliminary round you moved into the main round. Here Hungary , Portugal and the host Polish women were defeated one after the other . Against Hungary - competed with the youth Olympic experienced Rebeka Benzsay, Csenge Braun, Gréta Hadfi, Réka Király, Gabriella Landi as well as the goalkeeper Ágnes Győri acting as assistant coach in Buenos Aires - as well as against Portugal Lukšić was with the high value of 16 each Once again the best shooter in her team scores points. The Croatians were the first in the main round to advance to the semi-finals, where they met their opponents from the preliminary round, the Norwegians. The Croatians lost the game in two rounds against the Northern Europeans, Lukšić was again the best thrower of the game with ten points. The game for third place was also lost against the Netherlands.

successes

The Croatian boys and girls teams celebrate the girls' silver medal: Lukšić second girl from the right

Youth Olympic Games

Beach handball European championships

Croatian Beach Handball Championships

  • 2019: winner

Web links

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Single receipts

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personal data
SURNAME Lukšić, Anja Vida
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Luksic, Anja Vida
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Croatian handball and beach handball player
DATE OF BIRTH June 18, 2000
PLACE OF BIRTH Zagreb