Croatian Olympic Committee

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Zlatko Mateša , President of the Croatian Olympic Committee

The Croatian Olympic Committee ( Croat. Hrvatski olimpijski odbor) , or HOO for short, is the largest organized national sports community in Croatia . The Croatian Olympic Committee is a recognized member of the International Olympic Committee . The Croatian Olympic Committee is also a member of the ANOC , EOC , ICMG and ENGSO . President of the Croatian Olympic Committee is Mr. Zlatko Mateša . Josip Čop has been the committee's general secretary since 2005 .

history

The Olympic idea was first spread in Croatia in 1894 by Franjo Bučar . This notion that Croatia would one day become part of the Olympic family became reality when the country became independent in 1991 from the multi-ethnic state of Yugoslavia and the war in Croatia that followed shortly thereafter . The Croatian Olympic Committee was founded on September 10, 1991 in the Croatian capital Zagreb . The founding members of the Croatian Olympic Committee were 29 Croatian sports federations and 3 sports associations. The decision to accept Croatia as a member of the Olympic family was made temporarily for the first time by the International Olympic Committee on January 17, 1992 in Lausanne . Croatia's full membership was confirmed by the International Olympic Committee on September 24, 1993 in Monaco . Croatia's first participation in the Winter and Summer Olympic Games took place in 1992 in Barcelona and in Lillehammer in 1994.

successes

Since Croatia's first participation in the Olympic Games in Barcelona in 1992 , Croatian athletes have won a total of 20 award ceremonies at the Summer and Winter Olympic Games , including 13 at the Summer Olympic Games and 7 at the Winter Olympic Games . Croatian athletes achieved the most successes in team sports such as water polo , handball and basketball . But also in sports such as swimming , rowing , tennis and weightlifting . So far, only the siblings Janica Kostelić and Ivica Kostelić have won awards at the Olympic Winter Games .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ cf. [1] , cHistory of the Croatian Olympic Committee, accessed August 10, 2008.
2. ↑ cf. Archived copy ( memento of the original from April 30, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , History of the Croatian Olympic Movement, article dated August 3, 2004, on the sports portal www.index.hr, accessed on August 10, 2008. 
3. ↑ cf. Archived copy ( memento of the original from August 17, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Previous successes of Croatia at Summer and Winter Olympics on the website of the Croatian Olympic Committee, accessed on August 10, 2008. 

Web links

• Official website (Croatian, English)