Gorica Aćimović

Gorica Aćimović
Personal information
Full name Gorica Aćimović
Born (1985-02-28) 28 February 1985
Banja Luka, SFR Yugoslavia
Nationality Austrian
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Playing position Left Back
Club information
Current club Hypo Niederösterreich
Senior clubs
Years Team
2003–2004
 Merignac HB
2004–2009
 Hypo Niederösterreich
2009–2011
 Viborg HK
2011–2012
 RK Krim
2012–2014
 Hypo Niederösterreich
2016–2018
 Hypo Niederösterreich
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–
 Austria 25 (136)

Gorica Aćimović (Serbian Cyrillic: Горица Аћимовић; born 28 February 1985 in Banja Luka)[1] is a retired Bosnian-Austrian handballer. Born in Bosnia and Herzegovina, she was granted Austrian citizenship in November 2007.[2]

She received the Sports Ambassadorialship of the Republika Srpska plaque in 2010.[3]

Personal life

She was previously married to Lithuanian-born Austrian handball player Vytautas Žiūra. During their marriage, the couple often played in the same club systems, including a joint transfer to the Danish side Viborg HK in 2009.[4]

Following their divorce, she married Croatian-Austrian international handball goalkeeper Kristian Pilipović. The couple resides in Austria and has two children together. Apart from their sporting careers, Aćimović and Pilipović are also business partners, having co-founded a real estate investment and property management company.[5]

Achievements

References

  1. ↑ "Gorica Aćimović Profile". European Handball Federation. Retrieved 13 July 2011.
  2. ↑ "Gorica Acimovic wurde eingebürgert" (in German). Sportlive.at. 21 November 2007. Archived from the original on 29 September 2011. Retrieved 13 July 2011.
  3. ↑ "Tri plakete za sportske ambasadore Republike Srpske dobili su rukometašica Gorica Aćimović [etc.]" (in Serbian) cf. "
  4. ↑ "Vytautas Ziura: Der gnadenlose Gentleman". www.kleinezeitung.at (in German). 20 June 2016. Retrieved 24 May 2026.
  5. ↑ "Sportske novosti - Novo lice u reprezentaciji: 'U Austriji sam imao sve, ali sam uvijek sanjao da ću igrati za Hrvatsku'". www.jutarnji.hr (in Croatian). 4 October 2021. Retrieved 24 May 2026.
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