Božidar Jović

Božidar Jović
Personal information
Born	(1972-02-13) 13 February 1972 (age 52) Banja Luka, SFR Yugoslavia
Nationality	Croatian
Height	2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)
Playing position	Line player
Club information
Current club	RK Zagreb (sporting director)
Youth career
Team
–	Borac Banja Luka
Senior clubs
Years	Team
1989–1992	Borac Banja Luka
1992–2000	Badel 1862 Zagreb
2000–2003	Fotex Veszprém
2003–2004	Zamet Crotek
National team
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1995–2003	Croatia	100	(100)
Medal record Representing  Croatia Men's Handball Olympic Games 1996 Atlanta Team World Championship 1995 Iceland Team 2003 Portugal Team Mediterranean Games 1997 Bari Team 2001 Tunis Team

Božidar Jović (born 13 February 1972) is a retired Croatian handball player.

He played for the Croatia men's national handball team at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, where Croatia won the gold medal. He also won a gold medal at the World handball championship held in Portugal in 2003.[1]

Honours

Borac Banja Luka

• EHF Cup (1): 1991
• Yugoslavian Cup (1) : 1992

RK Zagreb

• Croatian First League (8): 1992–93, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999-00
• Croatian Cup (8): 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000
• European Champions Cup (1): 1992–93

Veszprém

• Hungarian First League (3): 2000-01, 2001-2002, 2002-2003
• Magyar Kupa (2): 2002, 2003

Orders

• Order of Danica Hrvatska with face of Franjo Bučar[2]

References

1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Božidar Jović". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 3 December 2016. Retrieved 17 January 2009.
2. "Božidar Jović biography". hoo.hr (in Croatian). Archived from the original on 21 December 2016. Retrieved 28 April 2016.

External links

• Božidar Jović at the European Handball Federation
• Božidar Jović at Olympedia (archive)
• Božidar Jović at Olympics.com
• Božidar Jović at OlympicChannel.com (archived)
• Božidar Jović at Olympic.org (archived)
• Božidar Jović at the Croatian Olympic Committee (in Croatian) (archived, also available in English)