Miran Maričić (born 17 June 1997 in

Bjelovar Bjelovar (, , Czech language, Czech: ''Bělovar'' or ''Bělovár,'' Kajkavian dialect, Kajkavian: ''Belovar,'' Latin: ''Bellovarium'') is a city in central Croatia. In the Demographics of Croatia, 2021 census, its population was 36,316 . It is ...

) is a Croatian

sport shooter Shooting sports is a group of competitive and recreational sporting activities involving proficiency tests of accuracy, precision and speed in shooting — the art of using ranged weapons, mainly small arms (firearms and airguns, in forms such ...

. He won the Junior World Champion title at ISSF Junior World Championship in Suhl, Germany 2017. On the 2018 ISSF World Shooting Championship held between 31 August - 15 September 2018 in

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he won bronze medal in 10m Air Rifle Men and also a Tokyo 2020 Olympic Quota place for

Croatia Croatia, officially the Republic of Croatia, is a country in Central Europe, Central and Southeast Europe, on the coast of the Adriatic Sea. It borders Slovenia to the northwest, Hungary to the northeast, Serbia to the east, Bosnia and Herze ...

. Miran is a member of a shooting team "SD Bjelovar 1874" under his personal coach Damir Bošnjak. He studies information technology at Faculty of Organization and Informatics Varaždin (FOI). Miran also won Dražen Petrović Award in 2017 for talented young athletes and teams for outstanding sporting results and sports development.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Maricic, Miran 1997 births Living people Croatian male sport shooters Olympic shooters for Croatia Shooters at the 2020 Summer Olympics Shooters at the 2024 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2024 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Croatia Olympic medalists in shooting Shooters at the 2019 European Games Shooters at the 2023 European Games European Games silver medalists for Croatia European Games medalists in shooting ISSF rifle shooters Sportspeople from Bjelovar 21st-century Croatian sportsmen Competitors at the 2022 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Croatia Mediterranean Games medalists in shooting