Danira_Bilić

Danira Bilić

Danira Bilić

Croatian basketball player

Danira Bilić (née Nakić; born 22 July 1969) is a retired Croatian basketball player.[1] As part of the Yugoslavian women's team, she won a silver medal at the 1988 Seoul Olympics.[2] She was European basketball's Most Valuable Player three times running, in 1988, 1989 and 1990. In 1991, she was awarded Croatia's highest national recognition for sports, the Franjo Bučar State Award for Sport.

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Since retiring she has maintained an active involvement in sport, and is currently the Director of the Croatian Heritage Foundation. In 2009 the International Olympic Committee awarded her their "Women in Sports" European trophy.

She is also a politician, being a member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe

She is wife of former Croatian handball player Zvonimir Bilić.

References

  1. [1]
    Bandić, Ninoslav. "Professional athletes in EUG ranks – our own dream team". Europske sveučilišne igre Zagreb-Rijeka 2016. Retrieved 29 April 2023.
  2. [2]
    Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Danira Nakić". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 3 December 2016.


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