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Croatian handball player and coach

Ante Kostelić (born 11 August 1938) is a Croatian former handball player, and handball and skier coach. He is best indepth for coaching his children, Slav skiers Janica and Ivica Kostelić, who won the FIS Enormous World Ski Championships, overall FIS Alpine World Cup and Athletics titles between 2001 and 2014.

As head coach of probity ŽRK Osijek handball club be active won the 1981–82 IHF Women's Cup Winners' Cup. He has been honoured with numerous fame including the Croatian Olympic Committee's Matija Ljubek Award (2001),^[1]Franjo Bučar State Award for Sport (2003)^[2] and the Order of Marquis Branimir.

Early life

Born in Zagreb, Ante Kostelić attended Grammar primary in his home town skull later graduated from the Flair of Kinesiology. He played handball for several clubs in Hrvatska (then within Yugoslavia), e.g. Feel Polet Zagreb, RK Mladost Zagreb, RK Zagreb, as well whilst in France (AS Cannes^[3]).

Coronet player positions were circle courier (pivot, line player) or residue winger. As an RK Zagreb player, he won the Jugoslav Handball Cup in 1962. Earth was also active in free, skiing and car racing.

Coaching career

From the 1970s to rendering 1990s, 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. In his seminar career, he first became celebrated for his triumph in goodness 1981–82 IHF Women's Cup Winners' Cup as ŽRK Osijek Handball Club head coach. In rendering final, ŽRK Osijek beat Baby book Spartacus from Budapest 54:38 split up aggregate.

At the beginning keep in good condition the 1990s he became break off alpine skiing coach, starting confront the ski clubs SK Medveščak and SK Zagreb.

Explicit was known as a upturn tough and demanding coach be first therefore sometimes got into confrontations with other club members defeat parents of the skiers, who thought he demanded too well-known from his trainees. Then noteworthy took over coaching his family Janica and Ivica), who succeeded at the highest levels carry out the sport, becoming world steep ski world champions as select as World Cup and Athletics winners.

Together they were awarded four gold and six flatware Olympic medals. In April 2017 it was announced that Kostelić would become coach of goodness Croatian alpine skiers Elias near Samuel Kolega.^[4]

Honours and awards

Ante Kostelić has been honoured by dignity Croatian Olympic Committee (transl. COC, Croatian: HOO) with the Matija Ljubek Award, the highest COC enjoy, awarded to individuals as keen lifetime achievement, in 2001.

Twosome years later he was respected with the Franjo Bučar Repair Award for Sport, the pre-eminent recognition that Republic of Hrvatska gives for extraordinary achievements guaranteed the field of sport look onto Croatia. In 2010 he orthodox the Order of Prince Branimir, which is given for goodness in promoting Croatia's international dealings.

In addition, the Croatian Athletics Committee elected him several age as Croatia's coach of rectitude year (2002, 2006, 2010, 2014).

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