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je MOO-a priznao već 17. siječnja 1992. godine što je hrvatskim športašima omogućilo sudjelovanje na Zimskim olimpijskim igrama u Albertvilleu i na Igrama u Barceloni iste godine. Hrvatski športaši - u čiju je čast datum osnivanja HOO-a prozvan Hrvatskim olimpijskim danom - od prvih nastupa pod hrvatskog zastavom do ove obljetničke i olimpijske 2016. godine osvajali su godišnje u prosjeku oko 200 medalja na europskim i svjetskim razinama natjecanjima. Posebnost tih uspjeha su 44 olimpijska odličja od kojih su 33 sa Ljetnih olimpijskih igara (11 zlatnih, 10 srebrnih, 12 brončanih), te 11 sa Zimskih olimpijskih igara (4z, 6s, 1b). Na nedavno završenim Igrama u Rio de Janeiru, hrvatski športaši osvojili su rekordnih deset odličja, od čega čak pet zlata. Inače, najveći broj olimpijskih odličja, njih šest, ima najbolja hrvatska športašica svih vremena Janica Kostelić, danas pomoćnica ministra znanosti, obrazovanja i sporta RH.
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zvanicima svečanosti koju je izravno prenosila Sportska televizija (a koja ove godine slavi petu obljetnicu), obratio se čelnik MOO-a Thomas Bach koji je uručujući Trofej predsjednika MOO-a “Nebo je granica” (The Sky is the limit) predsjedniku HOO-a Zlatku Mateši, kazao: “Veliko mi je zadovoljstvo biti ovdje, na posebnoj svečanosti hrvatskog športa. Proslava 25 godina HOO-a je emocio-
At the occasional ceremony held on September 10, 2016 at the Museum of Contemporary Art (MSU) in Zagreb, the Croatian Olympic Committee celebrated 25th anniversary of its establishment and the success of the Croatian athletes. The ceremony was attended by top Croatian athletes, leadership of the Croatian and international Olympic Movement, President of the Croatian Olympic Committee Zlatko Mateša and President of the International Olympic Committee Thomas Bach as a special guest and other dignitaries from the public and sports life attended the ceremony. On that very day, 25 years ago in Zagreb's Hotel Esplanade, under the chairmanship of today’s Honorary President of the Croatian Olympic Committee and IOC member Antun Vrdoljak, the inaugural session of the Croatian Olympic Committee – whose decisions were crucial for the history of Croatian sports - was held. This event represented the foundation of recognition of the supreme sports body in Croatia, which the International Olympic Committee has acknowledged as early as on January 17, 1992, after the Croatian athletes were granted to participate at the Winter Olympics in Albertville and at the Olympics in Barcelona, which were held same year. Croatian athletes, in whose honor the date of establishment of the Croatian Olympic Committee was named the Croatian Olympic day – were winning, since the very first performance under the Croatian flag until today’s Olympic year 2016, around 200 medals per year at the competitions on European and world level. In these successes, especially significant are 44 Olympic medals, 33 of which were won at the Summer Olympics (11 gold, 10 silver, 12 bronze) and 11 at the Winter Olympics (4z, 6s, 1b). At recently finished Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, the Croatian athletes have won a record ten medals, five of them gold. Otherwise, the greatest number of Olympic medals, six of them, has been won by the best Croatian athlete of all times, Janica Kostelić, now Deputy Minister of Science, Education and Sports.
Croatian Olympic Committee presented the International Olympic Committee’s Award “Sky is the limit!" At the ceremony, broadcasted live on Sports Television (which celebrates this year its fifth anniversary), presenting the IOC President’s Award “Sky is the limit” to the President of the Croatian Olympic Committee, the Head of the International Olympic Committee Thomas Bach addressed the guests and said: "It is my great pleasure to be here at a special ceremony of Croatian sports and for me personally, as the celebration of 25th anniversary of establishment of the Croatian Olympic Committee is an emotional event for me because I remember my first visit to Croatia in 1992 in a very difficult time for this country. However, even then Croatia was an important member of the International Olympic Committee. Your athletes are an additional, even greater reason for my pleasure; you can be very proud of the results they achieved in Rio de Janeiro. Congratulations to Croatia!", said Bach and continued: "Such successes do not fall from the sky. They require a lot of effort, but also strong and dynamic Olympic Committee under the excellent leadership of my friend Zlatko. Today I have had the opportunity to learn the secret of
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