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Silvano Abbà, modern pentathlete who won a bronze medal at the
1936 Summer Olympics
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Jasmin Agić, former football player who played for
Dinamo Zagreb and Croatia's national football team, son-in-law of
Srećko Juričić
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Danijel Aleksić, footballer currently playing for
İstanbul Başakşehir F.K. and
Serbia national football team; individually he won a
UEFA European Under-17 Championship Golden Player Award in
2008;
[25] with clubs he won the
2019–20
Süper Lig
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Mario Andretti, former racing driver; won the
Formula One Championship in 1978
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Andretti family,
John,
Jeff,
Michael and his son
Marco all competed in major racing championships and sports races. Most notably, Michael won a
CART championship, and a 3rd place at the
1993 Italian F1 Grand Prix. They all descend from Istrian-Italian immigrant to the U.S.
Mario Andretti.
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Nino Benvenuti, boxer, won gold at the
1960 Summer Olympics and two
European Amateur Championships, and as a professional the
EBU Middleweight Title and the
WBA and
WBC super welterweight and middleweight titles
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Lorena Beučić, former handball player, played for the
Yugoslav national team; won the
1977 Junior World Championship with Yugoslavia
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Mark Bresciano, former professional footballer and one of the most capped players for Australia, born to a Croatian Istrian mother in
Melbourne
[26]
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Mario Brnjac, footballer, one of the key defenders for Rijeka during much of the 1960s and the early 1970s
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Damir Burić, water polo player, won the gold with Croatia at the
2012 Summer Olympics, and the silver at the
2016 Summer Olympics
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Giovanni Cernogoraz, sports shooter, won the gold at the
2012 Summer Olympics in Men's trap
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Lino Červar, former handball coach; in 2003 guided Croatia men's national handball team to a gold at the 2003 World Championship; won the gold at the
2004 Olympics; won two silvers at the
World Cup, three silvers and two bronzes at the
Europeans, one gold and two bronzes at the
Mediterranean Games
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Giovanni Delise, rower who won a
gold medal at the
1928 Summer Olympics together with
Giliante D'Este,
Renato Petronio and
Nicolò Vittori. They were all from Isola (Izola), and won also several
European Championships.
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Giliante D'Este, won gold medal in 1928 with the Isola team; won
bronze medal at the
1932 Summer Olympics (
coxless four)
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Luigi De Manincor, sailor, won a gold medal at the
1936 Summer Olympics
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Samanta Fabris, volleyball player, won an
Italian League with
Imoco Volley, the
2018 Mediterranean Games with
Croatia, as well as a bronze at the
2013 Mediterranean Games and silver at the
2019 European League
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Evelina Galo, former handball player, played for
Yugoslavia's national handball team
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Suzana Golja, former handball player, played for the
Croatian national team
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Dario Hübner, former football player, became the oldest Serie A
Capocannoniere in the
2001–02 Serie A
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Valner Franković, former handball player;won two
Croatian Premier Leagues and two
Cups with
RK Zagreb, with which he reached the
1995 final of the
Champions League
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Matea Ikić, volleyball player, currently playing for Kuzeyboru Spor Kulübü and the
Croatian national team
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Vinko Jelovac, Yugoslav basketball player; with Yugoslavia he won the
1970 World Cup, as well as the
1973,
1975, and
1977 EuroBasket; won the
1971 Mediterranean Games, and a silver at the
1976 Summer Olympics
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Željko Jerkov, former basketball player; represented Yugoslavia at the
1976 and
1980 Summer Olympics, winning a silver and a gold, respectively; won the
1978 FIBA World Championship in the Philippines, as well as three
EuroBaskets
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Gordana Jurcan, former volleyball player, won the
1993 Mediterranean Games with
Croatia, as well as a silver at the
1995 European Championship; with
Rijeka she won two
Croatian Leagues and two
Cups
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Igor Jurković, The Istrian Warrior, heavyweight kickboxer, six times Croatian national champion, winner of
K-1 Le Grand Tournoi in Paris and
FFC Light Heavyweight World Champion, once ranked #8 in the world
[27]
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Srećko Juričić, former football player, won two
Yugoslav Cups with
HNK Rijeka, considered one of Rijeka's greatest players of all time;
[28] currently the sporting director of HNK Rijeka
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Karmen Kokot, former handball player, played for
Yugoslavia women's national handball team
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Igor Marenić, professional sailor, won the gold at the
2016 Summer Olympics; the
2009 World Championships, and three European Championships (2009, 2011, 2012)
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Matjaž Markič, swimmer who won several medals at the European Championships, and a bronze at the
2005 Mediterranean Games
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Fran Mileta, handball player playing for
Nexe and Croatia's national team
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Anđelo Milevoj, former football player widely regarded as
HNK Rijeka's best defender of all time
[29]
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Diego Modrušan, former handball player for the Croatian national team; won the gold at the
2001 Mediterranean Games with Croatia
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Tereza Mrdeža, tennis player
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Alvaro Načinović, former handball player born in
Rijeka,
[d] who represented both Croatia and Yugoslavia; won a bronze at the
1988 Summer Olympics; representing Croatia he won the gold at the
1996 Summer Olympics, a silver at the
1995 World Cup and a bronze at the
1994 Euro Cup
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Sandro Nicević, basketball player, won a silver with Croatia at the
FIBA U18 European Championship; played at EuroBasket 1997, EuroBasket 2003, EuroBasket 2009, and represented Croatia at the 2008 Olympics
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Ornela Paliska, former handball player, won the
1977 Women's Junior World Handball Championship with
Yugoslavia
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Abdon Pamich, race walker born in Rijeka (Fiume)
[e] who won the gold medal at the 1964 Summer Olympics competing for Italy
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Igor Pamić, former football player, played for the
Croatian national football team
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Mate Parlov, boxer,
European Amateur Champion in
1971 and
1973;
World Amateur Champion in 1974, and gold medalist at the
1912 Summer Olympicsl as a professional, he won the
EBU Light Heavyweight title in 1976, and the
WBC Light Heavyweight Title in 1978; born in
Split, but raised in
Pula, where he moved in his childhood
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Toni Perković, basketball player playing for
Split and Croatia's national football team
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Adriana Prosenjak, former handball player, played for both
Yugoslavia and the
Croatian national team; first captain of Croatia, winning the
1993 Mediterranean Games; named best player of Croatia in 1993, and also won the Croatian and Italian club championships and the 1991
EHF Cup
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Andrej Prskalo, football player playing for HNK Rijeka and Croatia's national football team
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Mladen Prskalo, former handball player, played for the Croatian national team
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Rene Sain, volleyball player, currently playing for
RC Cannes and the
Croatian national team; won the
2018 Mediterranean Games with Croatia, and a silver at the
2019 European League
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Ingrid Siscovich, former volleyball player, won a silver at the
1997 Junior European Championship and a silver at the
1999 European Championship representing Croatia
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Damir Skomina, UEFA Elite category football referee, officiated at the
2017 UEFA Europa League Final and the
2019 UEFA Champions League Final
-
Simon Sluga, professional footballer currently playing for
Luton and the Croatian national team
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Giovanni Steffè, rower, won silver medal at the
1948 Summer Olympics in
coxed pair
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Agostino Straulino, sailor; together with
Nicolò Rode, won a gold and a silver medal at the Summer Olympics
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Roberto Sošić, former handball player, played for the
Yugoslav national team
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Luka Stepančić, handball player, competed for Croatia in the 2013, 2015, 2017 and 2019 World Championships, as well as the 2018 and 2020 European Championships, winning the silver in 2020; represented Croatia at the 2016 Summer Olympics, won the Croatian and French championships, and reached the final of the
Champions League with
PSG
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Vanja Udovičić, Serbian water polo player,
Ministry of Youth and Sports of Serbia, who won several medals at the summer Olympics, several
European Championships, and two
World Championships; father was from Istria, both of Slavic and Italian descent
[32]
[33]
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Sven Ušić, Yugoslav basketball player; represented Yugoslavia at
EuroBasket 1985, playing eight games
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Gašper Vinčec, sailor who won a bronze at the
2007 World Championships
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Antonio Vojak, professional footballer who played for
Juventus FC and
Naples; won the
1925–26 Serie A with Juventus, and with 102 goals with Naples is the club's top goalscorer of all time
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Vasilij Žbogar, sailor born in Koper; won two silvers and a bronze at the Olympic Games
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