Danira Bilić Explained

Danira Bilić
Height M:1.84
Weight Kg:72
Position:Shooting guard
Birth Date:22 July 1969
Birth Place:Šibenik, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia
Nationality:Croatian
Career Start:1985
Career End:1999
Years1:1985–
Team1:Elemes Šibenik
Years2:1993–1995
Team2:Symel Tenerife
Years3:1995–1999
Team3:Croatia Zagreb
Awards:FIBA Hall of Fame (2024)

Danira Bilić (; born 22 July 1969) is a retired Croatian basketball player.[1] As part of the Yugoslavian women's team, she won a silver medal at the 1988 Seoul Olympics.[2] She was European basketball's Most Valuable Player three times running, in 1988, 1989 and 1990. In 1991, she was awarded Croatia's highest national recognition for sports, the Franjo Bučar State Award for Sport.

She was announced to be honoured as a member of the 2024 Class of the FIBA Hall of Fame during the enshrinement ceremony in Singapore in September 2024.[3]

Since retiring she has maintained an active involvement in sport, and is currently the Director of the Croatian Heritage Foundation. In 2009 the International Olympic Committee awarded her their "Women in Sports" European trophy.

She is also a politician, being a member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe

She is wife of former Croatian handball player Zvonimir Bilić.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Bandić . Ninoslav . Professional athletes in EUG ranks – our own dream team . 29 April 2023 . Europske sveučilišne igre Zagreb-Rijeka 2016.
  2. Danira Nakić . https://web.archive.org/web/20161203165324/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/na/danira-nakic-1.html . 3 December 2016.
  3. Web site: Croatian Danira Nakić-Bilić to be inducted in FIBA Hall of Fame . Croatia Week. 1 May 2024. On Tuesday, FIBA announced the full list of inductees that make up the 2024 Class of the FIBA Hall of Fame, with Nakić-Bilić among the 7 basketball players and one coach on the list..