Miroslav Pribanić

Olympic medal record
Men's Handball
Gold medal – first place1972 MunichTeam competition
Gold medal – first place1975 AlgersTeam competition
Bronze medal – third place1970 FranceTeam competition

Miroslav Pribanić, nicknamed "Raban"[1] (22 June 1946 – 2 July 2026) was a Croatian handball player who competed for Bjelovar handball club and Yugoslav national team, winning gold medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics and bronze medal at the 1970 World Championship.[1] He played as a right wing.[1] Together with Ivan Đuranec, he was author of the "zeppelin" move.[2]

Life and career

Pribanić was born in Bjelovar on 22 June 1946.[1]

He played for Croatian squads Željezničar (1958–63) and Partizan from Bjelovar (1963–77),[1] that ruled Croatian, Yugoslav and European handball in the 1970s.[3] He played more than 700 matches for Bjelovar, winning Yugoslav championship six times (1967–68, 1970–72, 1977), two Yugoslav cups (1968, 1976) and European Cup in 1972.[1][3] Pribanić scored more than 2600 goals in the career.[1]

He was part of the Yugoslav team which won the gold medal at the Munich Games.[4] He played all six matches and scored twelve goals. During his representative career (1966–75), he played 125 matches and scored 273 goals for the Yugoslavia.[1] He also won gold medal at the 1975 Mediterranean Games.

Pribanić died on 2 July 2026, ten days after his 80th birthday.[2][3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Pribanić, Miroslav". Croatian Encyclopedia (online edition) (in Croatian). Miroslav Krleža Institute of Lexicography. 2013–2026.
  2. 1 2 "U 81. godini preminuo zlatni rukometni olimpijac Miroslav Pribanić, jedan od izumitelja "cepelina"". hoo.hr (in Croatian). Croatian Olympic Committee. 2 July 2026.
  3. 1 2 3 "Preminuo Miroslav Pribanić" [Miroslav Pribanić died]. rkbjelovar.hr (in Croatian). RK Bjelovar. 2 July 2026. Retrieved 7 July 2026.
  4. ↑ "Miroslav Pribanić". databaseolympics.com. Archived from the original on 30 September 2007.
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