OLIMP 41 - Hrvatski Olimpijski Odbor

Veliki dan hrvatskog športa
ono što trebaš napraviti. Kod mene je
to - skijati što brže.
Na kraju je ostao izbor za
najuspješniju športašicu. Možda nekome
neočekivano, HOO je najboljom
proglasio Splićanku Anu Zaninović,
svjetsku prvakinju u taekwondou u
kategoriji do 53 kilograma. Njezina medalja
ima dodatnu vrijednost ako se zna
da je godinama Hrvatska u svjetskom
vrhu u ovom borilačkom športu (koji ima
čak 197 država-članica!), ali da još nikada
nije imala svjetsku prvakinju.
Ana, vrlo elegantna, u crnoj blještavoj
haljini, s pozornice se zahvaljivala
svima:
- Bolje se osjećam u trenirci, to je
ipak moja radna oprava... Zato sam i
nagovarala sestru Luciju da dođe na
pozornicu zamijeniti me, jer njoj govori
bolje idu. Ionako nitko ne bi primijetio
razliku, baš kao nekada u školi - našalila
se na kraju naša najbolja športašica
koja je i u 2012. godini najavila velike
rezultate, pogotovo što se radi o olimpijskoj
godini.
Proslavi Velikog dana hrvatskog
športa prisustvovali su hrvatski predsjednik
Ivo Josipović, premijer Zoran
Milanović te ministar znanosti, obrazovanja
i sporta Željko Jovanović.
Predsjednik Vlade Zoran Milanović
kazao je da su športaši doista najveći
ambasadori svoje zemlje, jer za njih se
zna svuda u svijetu, a za političare, recimo,
ne. Predsjednik Josipović poželio je
pak našim športašima puno uspjeha na
Igrama u Londonu... •
→ Summary ←
Great day for Croatian sports is a
traditional celebration of the Croatian
Olympic Committee, held at the end of
each calendar year. It is a celebration
of sports where awards are given to the
best and most meritorious sportsmen
for all the scores and wins that
Croatian athletes achieved in 2011.
The best athlete, without competition,
is Ivica Kostelic. He was a convincing
winner of the World Ski Cup, and along
to the large crystal globe he also won
two small ones (slalom and combined).
Somewhat surprisingly (given that
many predicted Blanka Vlasic as
winner), the athlete of the year was
Ana Zaninovic, world champion in
Taekwondo, in category of up to 53
kilograms.
The team of the year is the water polo
team, who won the bronze medal at the
World Championship in Shanghai, and
the best female team is the shooting
team with Snjezana Pejcic, Suzana
Cimbal Spirelja and Sandra Vitez, who
won the silver medal at the European
Championship in air rifle.
Croatian sailors Sime Fantela and
Igor Marenic won the bronze medal
in the 470 class at the Sailing World
Championship in Australia, so the
Croatian Olympic Committee gave
them the award for best couple.
The Award for Lifetime Achievement
“Matija Ljubek” went to James Sabolic,
Mirko Jozic, Dusko Antunovic, Athletic
Club Zadar and Handball Club Zamet;
Trogir Sailing Club won the award
for fair play; awards for the most
successful promoters of Croatian sports
in the world were given to Blanka
Vlasic and Vinko Soljan; and finally
the award for best coach went into
hands of a ski coach Ante Kostelic and
taekwondo coach Toni Tomas.
The conclusion of the ceremony is that
the year behind us brought great results
to Croatian sports, many medals and
great successes which is all one great
introduction into this year’s Olympic
Games in London.
The celebration of this great day of
Croatian sports was attended by the
Croatian President Ivo Josipovic,
Prime Minister Zoran Milanovic and
Minister of Science, Education and
Sports Zeljko Jovanovic.