Gordana Jurcan (born ) is a retired Croatian female

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player. She was a member of the

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. Jurcan was part of the Croatian national team at the

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, at the 1995 European Championship in the

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, at the 1995 World Cup in

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, and at the

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. With

ŽOK Rijeka ŽOK Rijeka is a Croatian women's volleyball club based in Rijeka. It was established in 1947. It plays in the Croatian 1A Volleyball League, and in recent years it has competed in the Women's CEV Champions League. They have won seven straight ...

she won two Croatian Leagues, in 1999 and 2000, and four Croatian Cups, in 1992, 1999, 2000 and 2001.

Career

Jurcan was born in

Pula Pula, also known as Pola, is the largest city in Istria County, west Croatia, and the List of cities and towns in Croatia, seventh-largest city in the country, situated at the southern tip of the Istria, Istrian peninsula in western Croatia, wi ...

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. She started playing at 12 with local club ŽOK Poreč. When she was still in the ''kadeti'' of her club, she started playing for the first team. Her talent was quickly noted, and several top teams tried to bring her to their club. She eventually chose Rijeka, and played there for the rest of her career. She was one of the fundamental players of Rijeka for many years, as well as the "captain in the real sense of the word." With Rijeka she won the 1999 and 2000 Croatian Leagues, and the 1992, 1999, 2000, and 2001 Croatian Cups. She played both for Yugoslavia and Croatia at a youth level. After the fall of Yugoslavia, she started playing for Croatia, and in 1992 became a standard player in the Croatian national team. With Croatia, she played at the

, winning the gold medal. She won the silver medal at the 1995 European Championship in the

. In the same year, she also took part with Croatia in the 1995 World Cup, finishing fourth. She competed with the national team at the

in Sydney, Australia, finishing 7th. Jurcan retired in 2001. Five years later, she started training the youth academy of HAOK Rijeka.

Clubs

* ŽOK Poreč (1987–1988) * ŽOK Rijeka (1988–2001)

Sporting achievements

Clubs

National championships

* 1992/1993 Silver medal with cup

Croatian Championship, with

* 1993/1994 Silver medal with cup

Croatian Championship, with

* 1995/1996 Silver medal with cup

Croatian Championship, with

* 1996/1997 Silver medal with cup

Croatian Championship, with

* 1998/1999 Gold medal with cup

Croatian Championship, with

* 1999/2000 Gold medal with cup

Croatian Championship, with

National cups * 1991/1992 Simple cup icon

Croatian Cup, with

* 1992/1993 Simple silver cup

Croatian Cup, with

* 1994

Croatian Cup, with

* 1995

Croatian Cup, with

* 1996

Croatian Cup, with

* 1997

Croatian Cup, with

* 1999

Croatian Cup, with

* 2000

Croatian Cup, with

* 2001

Croatian Cup, with

National team

* 1993

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* 1995

CEV European Championship * 1995 4th place icon

FIVB World Cup

References

External links

* * http://www.cev.lu/Competition-Area/PlayerDetails.aspx?TeamID=1202&PlayerID=19915&ID=73 *http://www.glasistre.hr/multimedija/sport/istra-ni-na-olimpijskim-igrama-2-2-parlov-i-jerkov---zlatna-veza-pule-i-splita-357024 *http://porestina.info/u-sklopu-proslave-60-godina-odbojke-u-poreu-odigran-enski-turnir-susret-generacija/ {{DEFAULTSORT:Jurcan, Gordana 1971 births Living people Croatian women's volleyball players Volleyball players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic volleyball players for Croatia Sportspeople from Pula

Career

Clubs

Sporting achievements

Clubs

National championships

National team

See also

References

External links