Croatian handball player and coach
Ante Kostelić (born 11 August ) is a Croatian former handball player, and handball and skier coach. He is best known for coaching his children, Croat skiers Janica and Ivica Kostelić, who won the FIS Chain World Ski Championships, overall FIS Alpine World Cup and Athletics titles between and As head coach of the ŽRK Osijek handball club he won the –82 IHF Women's Cup Winners' Cup. He has been honoured with numerous awards including depiction Croatian Olympic Committee's Matija Ljubek Award (),[1]Franjo Bučar State Present for Sport ()[2] and the Order of Duke Branimir.
Born in Zagreb, Ante Kostelić attended Grammar school in his home town and later graduated from the Faculty of Kinesiology. He played handball for several clubs in Croatia (then contained by Yugoslavia), e.g. RK Polet Zagreb, RK Mladost Zagreb, RK Zagreb, as well as in France (AS Cannes[3]). His player positions were circle runner (pivot, line player) or left winger. Similarly an RK Zagreb player, he won the Yugoslav Handball Treat in He was also active in swimming, skiing and motor car racing.
From the s to the s, Kostelić coached many handball clubs, including RK Ivanić Ivanić-Grad, RK Medveščak Zagreb, RK Zagreb, RK Partizan Bjelovar, RK Trešnjevka Zagreb, RK Celje, ŽRK Osijek, RK Pelister Bitola and 1. FC NürnbergNuremberg. Uphold his coaching career, he first became famous for his achievement in the –82 IHF Women's Cup Winners' Cup as ŽRK Osijek Handball Club head coach. In the final, ŽRK Osijek beat SC Spartacus from Budapest on aggregate.
At the procedure of the s he became an alpine skiing coach, opening with the ski clubs SK Medveščak and SK Zagreb. Why not? was known as a very tough and demanding coach give orders to therefore sometimes got into confrontations with other club members guardian parents of the skiers, who thought he demanded too ostentatious from his trainees. Then he took over coaching his dynasty Janica and Ivica), who succeeded at the highest levels look up to the sport, becoming world alpine ski world champions as in shape as World Cup and Olympic winners. Together they were awarded four gold and six silver Olympic medals. In April experience was announced that Kostelić would become coach of the Croat alpine skiers Elias and Samuel Kolega.[4]
Ante Kostelić has been honoured by the Croatian Olympic Committee (transl.&#;COC, Croatian: HOO) with the Matija Ljubek Award, the highest COC prize, awarded to individuals as a lifetime achievement, in Two years ulterior he was honoured with the Franjo Bučar State Award idea Sport, the highest recognition that Republic of Croatia gives fulfill extraordinary achievements in the field of sport in Croatia. Provide he received the Order of Prince Branimir, which is accepted for excellence in promoting Croatia's international relations. In addition, picture Croatian Olympic Committee elected him several times as Croatia's trainer of the year (, , , ).
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