Miroslav Pribanić (born 22 June 1946 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 ...

) was a

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 ...

handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball, Olympic handball or indoor handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of thr ...

player who competed in the

1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and officially branded as Munich 1972 (; ), were an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from 26 August to 11 September 1972. It was the ...

. He was part of the Yugoslav team which won the gold medal at the Munich Games. He played all six matches and scored twelve goals. He played for Croatian squad Partizan from

, that ruled Croatian, Yugoslav and European handball in the 1970s.

External links

Miroslav Pribanić at databaseOlympics.com
1946 births Living people Yugoslav male handball players Croatian male handball players Olympic handball players for Yugoslavia Handball players at the 1972 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Yugoslavia Olympic medalists in handball Medalists at the 1972 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Bjelovar {{Yugoslavia-handball-bio-stub