CROATIA

Chief of state : Mr Ivo Josipović, Ph.D
Head of Government : Ms Jadranka Kosor
Minister/ Secretary of State/ Chairman of agency responsible for sports : Mr Radovan Fuchs, Ph.D.
Chairman of the National Olympic Committee : Mr Zlatko Mateša
Chairman of the National Sports Confederation : -

Land surface : 56 542 km²
Population : 4,4 Milions
Capital : Zagreb
Language : Croate
Currency : Kuna
GDP per capita ($PPA) : 14 679$

Budget of state (2011): 107.4 billion HRK
Budget of the Ministry of Science, Education and Sports:10 billion HRK
Principal financing source for sport:State budget
National sports federations :
38 Olympic sports
32 Non-Olympic sports
7 associate members
3 provisional members
Sport people membre of a club : -

National and international political priorities in the sports sector (2011) :
(cf : Sports Act ; in July 6th, 2006)

- Promote the sports activities in the educational system.
- Development of the educational measures to prevent the violence in the sport.
- Development of the anti-doping politics and implemented by the measures in agreement with the international agreements(conventions).
- Development of the sport at the professional level, on the international scene.
- Development of the activities of leisure activities and raising sensitization on the relation health-sport, the good(property) to be.
- International sports Cooperation.
- Promote the equality between men and women in the sport.

Organisation of sport in the country (2011)
See below

Results of the last Olympic Games
Summer games (Beijing, 2008)
Total of available medals: 5
Total of won medals:
Gold : 0  ; Silver : 2 ; Bronze : 3
Winter games (Vancouver, 2010)
Total of available medals : 3
Total of won medals :
Gold: 0 ; Silver : 2 ; Bronze : 1

World champion in 2009 :
112 in total (42 gold, 31 silver, 39 bronze)

European champion in 2009 :
175 au total (58 gold, 47 silver, 70 bronze)

Links :
Ministry : http://public.mzos.hr/Default.aspx

National Olympic Committee : http://www.hoo.hr/

Sport director :

Mr Željko Klarić

EPAS contact :
Name : Mr Kresimir Samija
Title : Sport association
Address : Donje Scetice 38 ; 1000 Zagreb
Tel. : +385 14594398
Fax :
E-mail : kresimir.samija@mzos.hr