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Velimir Kljaić

Velimir Kljaić

Croatian handball coach and player

Velimir Kljaić (10 February 1946 – 12 August 2010) was a Croatian handball player and coach.[1]

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Career

As a player Kljaić played with RK Medveščak Zagreb and Klagenfurt. As a coach, he won two Croatian championships with RK Zagreb and one Cup. In Germany he was the Coach of the Year in 1992, in which he won German championship and the Cup with SG Wallau-Massenheim.[1]

As head coach of Croatia men's team he won the gold medal in the 1996 Summer Olympics.[1][2]

He was also head coach of the national teams of Egypt and Kuwait.[1]

Personal life

Kljaić was born in the village of Danilo Gornje, administrative part of Šibenik. He was the father of the former handballer Nenad Kljaić who was a part of Croatia's squad in the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.[3]

Velimir Kljaić died on 12 August 2010 of lung cancer in Zagreb.[4] He was buried five days after his death in Zagreb.[5]

Honours

Player

Medveščak

Manager

Medveščak
Wallau-Massenheim
Croatia
Zagreb
Egypt
Kuwait
Gummersbach

Individual

References

  1. [1]
    Strahija, Ivana (12 August 2010). "Preminuo Velimir Kljaić". sportnet.rtl.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 26 July 2012.
  2. [2]
    "VIDEO: Umro tvorac prvog hrvatskog olimpijskog zlata Velimir Kljaić". Jutarnji list. Retrieved 26 July 2012.
  3. [3]
    Vukelić, Zvonimir (13 August 2010). "Nenad Kljaić: I tata bi tako htio..." Jutarnji list (in Croatian). Retrieved 25 January 2021.
  4. [4]
    "Nakon teške bolesti umro rukometni velikan Velimir Kljaić". Slobodna Dalmacija (in Croatian). 12 August 2010. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
  5. [5]
    "Posljednjim pljeskom ispraćen Velimir Kljaić (FOTOGALERIJA)". Slobodna Dalmacija (in Croatian). 17 August 2010. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
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