Franjo Bučar State Award for Sport

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

Year	Award for Life Achievement	Yearly Award
1991	Mirko Novosel	Danijela Bilbija Perica Bukić Tomislav Crnković Jasminka Francki Dragutin Magić Josip Modrić Danira Nakić Goran Prpić Josip Šporer Women's Handball club Lokomotiva, Zagreb Executive committee of 1990 European Championships in Athletics, Split Kayak club Belišće, Belišće
1992	Franjo Frntić	Vladimir Findak Mladen Horvat Goran Ivanišević Marko Pećina Mihovil Rađa Vilko Sever Renato Vučetić Branko Zorko Croatian national basketball team (men) (Players: Dražen Petrović, Velimir Perasović, Danko Cvjetičanin, Toni Kukoč, Vladan Alanović, Franjo Arapović, Žan Tabak, Stojko Vranković, Alan Gregov, Arijan Komazec, Dino Rađa, Aramis Naglić, Head coach: Petar Skansi Croatian national bowling team (women) Handball club Zagreb Lotto, Zagreb Water polo club Jadran-Koteks, Split
1993	Miljenko Finderle	Boris Lalić Krsto Mesić Milivoj Obad Renco Posinković Zoran Primorac Suzana Skoko Milan Tumara ATP Tour Tournament Croatia Open Umag
1994	Herman Vukušić	Dinko Beaković Filip Ćurković Mihovil Dorčić Giuseppe Giergia Dragan Milanović Miloš Milošević Anton Tucak Coxless pairs VK Gusar, Split Rowing club Gusar, Split
1995	Rudolf Carek Nikola Turk	Nikola Grabić Valter Ivančić Iva Majoli Željko Mavrović Elida Ružić Tomislav Šepec Eduard Šrajer Perica Vlašić Croatian national canoe-slalom team Basketball club Zadar Sports Union of Međimurje County
1996	prof. dr. Milan Blašković Marijan Malović	Željko Bosek Anto Dragić Krešimir Horvat Ivan Janjić Velimir Kljajić Radovan Lipovšćak Krešimir Pleša Mirjana Ružnjak Siniša Školneković Croatian national handball team (Players: Vladimir Jelčić, Goran Perkovac, Irfan Smajlagić, Božidar Jović, Alvaro Načinović, Vladimir Šujster, Bruno Gudelj, Nenad Kljaić, Iztok Puc, Zoran Mikulić, Patrik Ćavar, Venio Losert, Valner Franković, Slavko Goluža, Valter Matošević, Zlatko Saračević, Head coach: Velimir Kljajić Croatian national Water polo team (Players: Maro Balić, Perica Bukić, Damir Glavan, Igor Hinić, Vjekoslav Kobeščak, Joško Kreković, Ognjen Kržić, Dubravko Šimenc, Siniša Školneković, Ratko Štritof, Renato Vrbičić, Tino Vegar, Zdeslav Vrdoljak, Head coach Zoran Matutinović Handball club Podravka, Koprivnica
1997	Filip Ćurković Zdravko Kovačević	Davor Crnobori Barbara Jelić Anton Jurman Tomislav Karlo Vlatko Mamić Vlatko Matijević Eva Morandini - Plovanić Robert Prosinečki Rudolf Sabljak Ana Sršen Zdenko Uzorinac Ivan Varvodić
1998	prof. dr Josip Marić prof. dr Boris Volščanšek	Miroslav Blažević Ante Čavar Dražen Funtak Vlaho Kojaković Željko Mataja Milka Milinković prof. dr Zlatko Šimenc Davor Šuker Men's Quadruple Sculls HVK Gusar from Split Croatia at the 1998 FIFA World Cup ( Dražen Ladić, Petar Krpan, Anthony Šerić, Igor Štimac, Goran Jurić, Slaven Bilić, Aljoša Asanović, Robert Prosinečki, Davor Šuker, Zvonimir Boban, Silvio Marić, Marijan Mrmić, Mario Stanić, Zvonimir Soldo, Igor Tudor, Ardian Kozniku, Robert Jarni, Zoran Mamić, Goran Vlaović, Dario Šimić, Krunoslav Jurčić, Vladimir Vasilj, coach Miroslav Blažević, coach Branko Ivanković, assistant coach Ivan Katalinić, director Vedran Rožić, secretary Zorislav Srebrić, medics dr Boris Nemec and dr Mladen Čepulić, physios Tomislav Vrbnjak and Bojan Radanović, economs Željko Mesić and Mladen Pilčić) * Croatian hiking club Petehovec from Delnice Rowing club Jadran from Zadar.
1999	Vladimir Findak Katica Ileš	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 Organising Committee 1999 Military World Games in Zagreb
2000	Miloš Marković Matija Ljubek (posthumously)	Nikolaj Pešalov Niko Pulić Milivoj Bebić Jasminka Čelik Željko Klarić Ivan Kos Bojan Matković Ante Tešija Ivo Vidović Marijan Vugrinčić Men's eight of Croatian national rowing team (Igor Francetić, Tihomir Franković, Tomislav Smoljanović, Nikša Skelin, Siniša Skelin, Krešimir Čuljak, Igor Boraska, Branimir Vujević, and coxswain Silvije Petriško) Water polo club Jug from Dubrovnik
2001	prof. dr Zlatko Šimenc mr sc. Slavko Podgorelec	Igor Čulin Zdenko Jajčević dr Dabiša Ježina Branko Kenfelja-Vincek Andro Knego dr Tugomir Krmpotić Ante Ledić Zina Urlić Tamara Boroš Janica Kostelić Croatian national handball team (deaf) Table Tennis club Večernji list from Zagreb
2002	prof. dr Žarko Dolinar Krešimir Ćosić (posthumously) Dražen Petrović (posthumously)	Zvonimir Boban Nikola Bralić Siniša Ergotić Ivica Kostelić prof. dr Branimir Kuleš Vedran Pavlek Veljko Rogošić Dubravko Šimenc Lidija Vekić Milan Zekanović Croatian Bocce Federation Sports club of High School Petar Preradović from Virovitica
2003	Milan Antolković Vicko Lučić	prof. dr sc. Mate Bartoluci Blaženka Birolla Lino Červar Antun Fijala Ante Kostelić Nikola Kristić Marija Iveković Branka Pereglin Dino Rađa Mihovil Rajević Petar Skansi Nataša Vezmar
2004	prof. dr sc. Miro Mihovilović Antun Vrdoljak	Ivano Balić Antun Čilić Duje Draganja Đurđa Fočić–Šourek Karlo Kuret Ivan Ljubičić and Mario Ančić Emil Pravdić Nikša Skelin and Siniša Skelin Mihovil Španja Croatia men's national handball team 2004 (Players: Ivano Balić, Davor Dominiković, Mirza Džomba, Slavko Goluža, Nikša Kaleb, Blaženko Lacković, Venio Losert, Valter Matošević, Petar Metličić, Vlado Šola, Denis Špoljarić, Goran Šprem, Igor Vori, Vedran Zrnić, Drago Vuković; coach Lino Červar; assistant coach Irfan Smailagić; technical director Ivica Udovičić; physio Stanislav Peharec; physio Milorad Sakradžija) Croatian Handball Federation Water polo club Šibenik
2005	Irislav Dolenec Vicko Šoljan	Joško Berket Ivan Fattorini Radica Jurkin Stjepan Korbar Zlatko Kranjčar Ivan Lovreković Zvonimir Miloš Božikov Jelica Pavličić–Štefančić Dado Pršo Robert Seligman Mile Smodlaka Table Tennis club Donat from Zadar
2006	Nikola Jurković Stjepan Korbar Veljko Rogošić	Athletic club for disabled persons Agram from Zagreb Dinko Bravar Josip Čop Elvis Fatović Danijela Grgić Emil Hofman Miroslav Kotarac Marin Mišura Goran Sukno Žarko Susić Sailing club Uskok from Zadar Blanka Vlašić
2007	Miroslav Blažević Ante Pavlović Žarko Susić	Slaven Bilić Ivana Brkljačić Ivo Cipci Nataša Drenčić Jerković Marijan Klanac Tomislav Paškvalin Ratko Rudić Damir Škaro Andrija Vekić Zdeslav Vrdoljak Dinko Vuleta Croatian Water Polo Federation
2008	Ivo Cipci Željko Mataja Josip Modrić	Branimir Budetić Igor Koprivnikar Darko Kralj Boško Lozica Matej Mamić Vlatko Marković Snježana Pejčić Mirna Rajle-Brođanac Sandra Šarić Filip Ude Martina Zubčić Croatian Association of Health Staff in Basketball
2009	Zdravko Baršnik Ivan Janjić Renato Vučetić	Vinko Bajrović Vladimir Canjuga Slavko Goluža Erna Hawelka Rađenović Duško Klisović Fredi Kramer Dražen Mađarević Ruža Markešić Nikola Perković Zorislav Srebrić Marko Strahija Sport diving club Zadar
2010	Josip Čorak Darko Dujmović Velimir Kljaić (posthumously)	Samir Barač Mateo Beusan Josip Ćuk prim. dr. Božidar Fučkar Igor Hinić Ivan Ivančić Marinko Mikulandra Sandra Perković Željko Štefanac Goran Vrbanac Vladimir Vujnović Swimming club Korčula
2011[4]	prim. dr. Ivan Fattorini prof. dr. sc. Dragan Milanović Vinko Tomljanović	Ozren Bonačić Aldo Buršić Ivo Dragić Ivan Kljaković-Gašpić prof. dr. sc. Igor Jukić Lovre Kalašić Ivan Laljak Tina Mihelić Duško Mrduljaš Ana Zaninović Lucija Zaninović Union of Sport Associations of the City of Osijek

References

Croatian Parliament (2006-06-09). "Zakon o športu". Narodne novine (in Croatian) (71/2006). Retrieved 2012-07-15.
Ministry of Science, Education and Sports (Croatia) (2007-03-21). "Pravilnik o Državnoj nagradi za šport »Franjo Bučar«". Narodne novine (in Croatian) (30/2007). Retrieved 2012-07-15.
"Državna nagrada za šport Franjo Bučar". Archived from the original on 2008-12-17. Retrieved 2008-09-26.
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[1] Croatian Parliament (2006-06-09). "Zakon o športu". Narodne novine (in Croatian) (71/2006). Retrieved 2012-07-15.

[2] Ministry of Science, Education and Sports (Croatia) (2007-03-21). "Pravilnik o Državnoj nagradi za šport »Franjo Bučar«". Narodne novine (in Croatian) (30/2007). Retrieved 2012-07-15.

[mzos-3] "Državna nagrada za šport Franjo Bučar". Archived from the original on 2008-12-17. Retrieved 2008-09-26.

[4] ttp://public.mzos.hr/Default.aspx?art=11410&sec=2403