Franjo Bučar State Award for Sport
Franjo Bučar State Award for Sport (Croatian: Državna nagrada za šport "Franjo Bučar") is the highest recognition that Republic of Croatia gives for extraordinary achievements and contributions of remarkable meaning for the development of sport in Croatia.[1][2]
This award has been given since 1991. It came as successor of awards of SR Croatia: Majska nagrada fizičke kulture and Republička nagrada fizičke kulture.[3]
This award is given to professional and public workers in the area of sport, sportsmen, legal and physical entities the perform sports activity, as well as other entities whose work is meritorious for the development of sport.
It is named after Croatian writer and sports activist Franjo Bučar, person that popularized sport in Croatia in many ways.
Winners
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Award for Life Achievement
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Yearly Award
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1991
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1992
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- Vladimir Findak
- Mladen Horvat
- Goran Ivanišević
- Marko Pećina
- Mihovil Rađa
- Vilko Sever
- Renato Vučetić
- Branko Zorko
- Croatian national basketball team (men) (Players: Dražen Petrović, Velimir Perasović, Danko Cvjetičanin, Toni Kukoč, Vladan Alanović, Franjo Arapović, Žan Tabak, Stojko Vranković, Alan Gregov, Arijan Komazec, Dino Rađa, Aramis Naglić, Head coach: Petar Skansi
- Croatian national bowling team (women)
- Handball club Zagreb Lotto, Zagreb
- Water polo club Jadran-Koteks, Split
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1993
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1994
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1995
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1996
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- Željko Bosek
- Anto Dragić
- Krešimir Horvat
- Ivan Janjić
- Velimir Kljajić
- Radovan Lipovšćak
- Krešimir Pleša
- Mirjana Ružnjak
- Siniša Školneković
- Croatian national handball team (Players: Vladimir Jelčić, Goran Perkovac, Irfan Smajlagić, Božidar Jović, Alvaro Načinović, Vladimir Šujster, Bruno Gudelj, Nenad Kljaić, Iztok Puc, Zoran Mikulić, Patrik Ćavar, Venio Losert, Valner Franković, Slavko Goluža, Valter Matošević, Zlatko Saračević, Head coach: Velimir Kljajić
- Croatian national Water polo team (Players: Maro Balić, Perica Bukić, Damir Glavan, Igor Hinić, Vjekoslav Kobeščak, Joško Kreković, Ognjen Kržić, Dubravko Šimenc, Siniša Školneković, Ratko Štritof, Renato Vrbičić, Tino Vegar, Zdeslav Vrdoljak, Head coach Zoran Matutinović
- Handball club Podravka, Koprivnica
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1997
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1998
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- Miroslav Blažević
- Ante Čavar
- Dražen Funtak
- Vlaho Kojaković
- Željko Mataja
- Milka Milinković
- prof. dr Zlatko Šimenc
- Davor Šuker
- Men's Quadruple Sculls HVK Gusar from Split
- Croatia at the 1998 FIFA World Cup ( Dražen Ladić, Petar Krpan, Anthony Šerić, Igor Štimac, Goran Jurić, Slaven Bilić, Aljoša Asanović, Robert Prosinečki, Davor Šuker, Zvonimir Boban, Silvio Marić, Marijan Mrmić, Mario Stanić, Zvonimir Soldo, Igor Tudor, Ardian Kozniku, Robert Jarni, Zoran Mamić, Goran Vlaović, Dario Šimić, Krunoslav Jurčić, Vladimir Vasilj, coach Miroslav Blažević, coach Branko Ivanković, assistant coach Ivan Katalinić, director Vedran Rožić, secretary Zorislav Srebrić, medics dr Boris Nemec and dr Mladen Čepulić, physios Tomislav Vrbnjak and Bojan Radanović, economs Željko Mesić and Mladen Pilčić) * Croatian hiking club Petehovec from Delnice
- Rowing club Jadran from Zadar.
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1999
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2000
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2001
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2002
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2003
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2004
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- Ivano Balić
- Antun Čilić
- Duje Draganja
- Đurđa Fočić–Šourek
- Karlo Kuret
- Ivan Ljubičić and Mario Ančić
- Emil Pravdić
- Nikša Skelin and Siniša Skelin
- Mihovil Španja
- Croatia men's national handball team 2004 (Players: Ivano Balić, Davor Dominiković, Mirza Džomba, Slavko Goluža, Nikša Kaleb, Blaženko Lacković, Venio Losert, Valter Matošević, Petar Metličić, Vlado Šola, Denis Špoljarić, Goran Šprem, Igor Vori, Vedran Zrnić, Drago Vuković; coach Lino Červar; assistant coach Irfan Smajlagić; technical director Ivica Udovičić; physio Stanislav Peharec; physio Milorad Sakradžija)
- Croatian Handball Federation
- Water polo club Šibenik
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2005
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2006
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2007
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2008
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2009
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2010
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2011[4]
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References
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