20 years of the Croatian Olympic Committee
(1991 - 2011)
Languedoc-Roussillon 1993 Mediterranean Games
(16 - 27 june 1993)
Croatia’s First Participation in Mediterranean Games after Declaration of Independence
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o avoid holding the Mediterranean Games in the year before the Olympic Games, this event’s calendar was changed. So after the XI Mediterranean Games, held in Athens in 1991, the XII Mediterranean Games were held in Languedoc-Roussillon, France, from 16 to 27 June 1993.
Miloš Milošević
The Games included 2,598 athletes coming from 19 countries of the Mediterranean basin, who competed in 24 sports. The Croatian delegation consisted of 197 athletes, who won 9 gold, 6 silver and 19 bronze medals and placed 6th in the medal count.
GOLD MEDALLISTS: Ivan Mustapić (athletics); women’s volleyball team: Nataša Osmokrović, Marija Anzulović, Snježana Mijić, Sergeja Lorber, Slavica Kuzmanić, Barbara Jelić, Vanesa Sršen, Zvjezdana Širola, Gordana Jurcan, Andrea Jurčić, Maja Dujić, Irina Kirilova; Miloš Milošević (swimming); men’s handball team: Tonči Peribonio, Mirko Bašić, Goran Perkovac, Alvaro Načinović, Ivica Obrvan, Bruno Gudelj, Iztok Puc, Zlatko Saračević, Ratko Tomljanović, Vlado Šola, Vladimir Jelčić, Patrik Ćavar, Irfan Smajlagić, Nenad Kljaić; women’s handball team: Adrijana Prosenjak, Indira Botica, Dijana Jelaska, Koraljka Milić, Snježana Petika, Irena Sladoljev, Daniela Tuđa, Eržika Bakai, Rada Ciganović, Viktorija Garnusova, Ljerka Krajnović, Renata Pavlačić, Ines Dogan, Klaudija Klikovac, Danijela Petković; Jasminka Francki (air rifle and small bore rifle), Maja Murić (tennis - women’s singles) and Maja Murić - Silvija Talaja (tennis - women’s doubles). SILVER MEDALLISTS: men’s basketball team: Alan Gregov, Ivica Žurić, Velimir Perasović, Vladan Alanović, Žan Tabak, Danko Cvjetićanin, Franjo Arapović, Stojko Vranković, Arijan Komazec, Dino Rađa, Emilio Kovačić, Veljko Mršić; table tennis: men’s singles – Zoran Primorac, men’s doubles Zoran Primorac - Dragutin Šurbek and women’s doubles Mirela Šikoronja – Sandra Sušilo; shooting: Suzana Skoko; men’s water polo team: Dubravko Šimenc, Joško Kreković, Tomislav Paškvalin, Denis Lušić, Dragan Rebić, Anto Vasović, Dejan Savičević, Ognjen Kržić, Perica Bukić, Elvis Fatović, Vjekoslav Kobešćak, Antonio Milat, Siniša Školneković.
Nataša Osmokrović
BRONZE MEDALLISTS: Silvija Babić (athletics), Pero Šakota (boxing), Tonči Antunović (sailing), Dragomir Tavra and Hrvoje Filipan (judo), Zvonimir Krznarić (kayak – 500 and 1000 m K1), Dražen Funtak (canoe – 500 and 1000 m C1), Dražen Funtak – Ivan Šabjan (canoe – C2), Goran Romić (karate), Dorotea Bralić (swimming), women’s 4x100m medley relay (swimming), Mirela Šikoronja (table tennis), Mirela Skoko and Saša Špirelja (shooting), Igor Velimirović, Sead Marušić, Ninoslav Saraga, Marko Banović (coxless four), Zlatko Buzina, Mario Perinović (coxless pair) and Igor Boraska, Tihomir Franković, Zoran Adamović (coxed pair).
Jasminka Francki
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