Vedran Zrnić

Vedran Zrnić (born 26 September 1979)^[1] is a Croatian former professional handball player. He is World champion from 2003, and Olympic champion from 2004 with the Croatia national team.^[2][1] He received a silver medal at the 2005 World championship.

Vedran Zrnić
Personal information
Full name	Vedran Zrnić
Born	(1979-09-26) 26 September 1979 (age 45) Zagreb, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia
Nationality	Croatian
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position	Right wing
Senior clubs
Years	Team
1996–2001	Badel 1862 Zagreb
2001–2004	Prule 67
2004–2006	Gorenje Velenje
2006–2013	VfL Gummersbach
2013–2014	Wisła Płock
2014–2015	Beşiktaş
2015–2019	Nexe Našice
National team
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1999–2010	Croatia	189	(570)
Medal record Representing  Croatia Men's handball Olympic Games 2004 Athens Team World Championship 2003 Portugal Team 2005 Tunisia Team 2009 Croatia Team Statoil World Cup 2006 Sweden & Germany Team European Championship 2010 Austria Team Mediterranean Games 2001 Tunis Team Super Cup 1999 Germany Team

He was born in Zagreb, on 26 September 1979.^[1]

Honours

Badel 1862 Zagreb

• Croatian First League (5): 1996-97, 1997-98, 1998-99, 1999-00, 2000-01
• Croatian Cup (4): 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000
• EHF Champions League runner-up (3): 1997, 1998, 1999

Prule 67 Ljubljana

• Slovenian First League (1): 2001-02
• Slovenian Cup (1): 2002

Gorenje Velenje

• Slovenian First League runner-up (1): 2004-05

VfL Gummersbach

• EHF Cup Winners' Cup (1): 2010, 2011
• EHF Cup (1): 2009
• EHF Champions Trophy runner-up (1): 2006

Beşiktaş

• Turkish Super League (1): 2014-15
• Turkish Cup (1): 2015
• Turkish President's Cup (1): 2014

Individual

• Franjo Bučar State Award for Sport - 2004
• 3rd top goalscorer of Croatian national team

Orders

• Order of Danica Hrvatska with face of Franjo Bučar - 2004 ^[3]

References

1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Vedran Zrnić". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 18 September 2018.
2. "2004 Summer Olympics – Athens, Greece – Handball" Archived 7 April 2008 at the Wayback Machine databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on February 1, 2008)
3. "Vedran Zrnić biography". hoo.hr (in Croatian).

External links

• Vedran Zrnić at the European Handball Federation
• Vedran Zrnić at Olympics.com
• Vedran Zrnić at Olympedia
• Vedran Zrnić at the Croatian Olympic Committee (in Croatian) (archived)