Franjo Bučar State Award for Sport explained

Franjo Bučar State Award for Sport (Croatian: Državna nagrada za šport "Franjo Bučar") is the highest recognition that Republic of Croatia gives for extraordinary achievements and contributions of remarkable meaning for the development of sport in Croatia.[1] [2]

This award has been given since 1991. It came as successor of awards of SR Croatia: Majska nagrada fizičke kulture and Republička nagrada fizičke kulture.[3]

This award is given to professional and public workers in the area of sport, sportsmen, legal and physical entities the perform sports activity, as well as other entities whose work is meritorious for the development of sport.

It is named after Croatian writer and sports activist Franjo Bučar, person that popularized sport in Croatia in many ways.

Winners

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  • Rudolf Carek
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  • Filip Ćurković
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  • prof. dr Josip Marić
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  • Vladimir Findak
  • Ante Bućo
  • Miroslav Delaš
  • Zvonimir Konjević
  • Neven Kovačević
  • Gordan Kožulj
  • Lovro Manestar
  • Boris Polić
  • Paskval Skelin
  • Vinko Tomljanović
  • Ninoslav Saraga and Oliver Martinov (Men's Coxless Pair of Croatian national rowing team)
  • Croatia national Table Tennis team
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  • Irislav Dolenec
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  • Zdravko Baršnik
  • Ivan Janjić
  • Renato Vučetić
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align=center 2011[4]
  • prim. dr. Ivan Fattorini
  • prof. dr. sc. Dragan Milanović
  • Vinko Tomljanović

Notes and References

  1. Zakon o športu . hr . . . 71/2006 . 2006-06-09 . 2012-07-15.
  2. Pravilnik o Državnoj nagradi za šport »Franjo Bučar . hr . . . 30/2007 . 2007-03-21 . 2012-07-15.
  3. Web site: Državna nagrada za šport Franjo Bučar . 2008-09-26 . https://web.archive.org/web/20081217164542/http://public.mzos.hr/Default.aspx?sec=2400 . 2008-12-17 . dead .
  4. http://public.mzos.hr/Default.aspx?art=11410&sec=2403