Rolando Pušnik

Rolando Pušnik
Personal information
Full name	Rolando Pušnik
Born	(1961-12-13) 13 December 1961 (age 63) Celje, FPR Yugoslavia
Nationality	Slovenian
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Youth career
Team
	Celje
Senior clubs
Years	Team
	Celje
	Crvenka
	Železničar Niš
1990–1991	Mepamsa San Antonio
1991–1993	Zagreb
1993–1995	Celje
	Prevent Slovenj Gradec
	Slovan
	Zagreb
1999–2000	Metković
	SG Handball West Wien
	Trimo Trebnje
2003–2004	Padova
National team
Years	Team
	Yugoslavia
199x–200x	Slovenia[1]	114	(4)
Medal record Men's handball Representing  Yugoslavia Olympic Games 1984 Los Angeles Team 1988 Seoul Team World Championship 1986 Switzerland Team Representing  Slovenia Mediterranean Games 1993 Languedoc-Roussillon Team

Rolando Pušnik (born 13 December 1961) is a Slovenian former handball player.

Club career

Over the course of his career that spanned over 25 years, Pušnik played for Celje (two spells),^[2] Crvenka, Železničar Niš, Mepamsa San Antonio, Zagreb (two spells), Prevent Slovenj Gradec, Slovan, Metković, SG Handball West Wien, Trimo Trebnje, and Padova.^[3] He won back-to-back European Cup titles with Zagreb in 1992 and 1993.^[4]

International career

At international level, Pušnik competed for Yugoslavia in two Olympic Games, winning the gold medal in 1984 and the bronze medal in 1988.^[5] He was also a member of the team that won the 1986 World Championship.

After the breakup of Yugoslavia, Pušnik represented Slovenia in four European Championships (1994, 1996, 2000 and 2002).^[6] He also participated in the 1995 World Championship^[7] and in the 2000 Summer Olympics.^[8]

Honours

Zagreb

• European Cup: 1991–92, 1992–93

Metković

• EHF Cup: 1999–2000

References

1. "Večna lestvica nastopov za reprezentanco" (in Slovenian). rokometna-zveza.si. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
2. "Zgodovina Rokometnega kluba Celje" (PDF) (in Slovenian). rk-celje.si. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
3. "Annuario 2003/04" (in Italian). figh.it. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
4. "Mi znamo što je uspjeh" (in Croatian). hrs.hr. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
5. "Rukometaši na olimpijskoj sceni posle 12 godina" (in Serbian). srbija-info.gov.rs. 14 September 2000. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
6. "Zgodovina EP" (in Slovenian). rokometna-zveza.si. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
7. "Zgodovina SP" (in Slovenian). rokometna-zveza.si. Retrieved 20 December 2020.
8. "Zgodovina OI" (in Slovenian). rokometna-zveza.si. Retrieved 20 December 2020.

External links

• Rolando Pušnik at the European Handball Federation (also at EHF Archive)
• Rolando Pušnik at Olympics.com
• Rolando Pušnik at Olympedia (archive)