Experience

Croatian Handball Federation

• Croatia
• Spectator Sports
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Project Manager

  • Jan 2023 - Present

• Competition manager for youth categories-women

  • Apr 1999 - Present

  As the Manager – a comprehensive preparation and organization (accommodation, sports halls, transport, personnel) of sports events in Croatia for handball teams, coaches and children, up to 750 participants; cooperation with local administration, hotels’ management, parents, schools, clubs to realize the project; communication with media in order to promote projects; organization of media conferences, press releases, cooperation with the project sponsors in order to promote them via various marketing activities and public relations, engaging, composing working teams for the project realization, designing financial reports and calculations of costs (project feasibility). Show less

• Manager of the Central Camp CHF

  • Jan 2002 - Present

• Manager of the EHF Master course and EHF Renewal curse

  • Sep 2017 - Present

• Manager of the Central Coach Seminar

  • Jan 2002 - Present

• Instructor for woman's handball

  • Sep 2001 - Present

  As the Instructor – talent identification and selection of prospective handball girls; training and monitoring of their handball development, designing individual developmental plans, communication with coaches, their clubs’ managements, schoolteachers and parents.

• Vice President of the Coaches Association CHF

  • Sep 2019 - Mar 2023

• Board Member of the Coaches Association CHF

  • Jan 2000 - Mar 2023

• Head coach of the youth women national team

  • May 2001 - May 2016



Croatian Olympic Committee

• Croatia
• Spectator Sports
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Member of the Croatian Olympic Committee- Commission for Fair Play

  • Sep 2021 - Present

• Member of the Croatian Olympic Committee- Commission for International Relations

  • May 2017 - Present



Faculty of Kinesiology University of Zagreb

• Spectator Sports
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Research associate of the university study course Handball

  • May 2019 - Present

• Associate in the lectures delivering of the university study course Handball

  • Oct 2007 - Present



International Handball Federation

• United States
• Spectator Sports
• 1 - 100 Employee

• IHF Lecturer

  • Jun 2015 - Present

  As a lecturer: organizing and implementing coaches’ education programmes all over the world; organizing, implementing and evaluating exam tests written by the trained coaches; designing reports after every education session; designing constructive proposals to further coaches’ education.

• Technical Delegate

  • Aug 2009 - Present

• Event delegate

  • Jun 2014 - Aug 2014

  Leading working teams of people responsible for various areas of sporting event organization; managing meetings from day to day with the aim to improve organization and compensate for possible (predictable) issues at the local level; communication with people of various educational and social levels who are incorporated in the project, and insisting on quality standards set in the project; training of persons included in the organization and effective assessment of their abilities and potentials; individual interviews with members of the working team to improve efficiency of organization and project realization; preparation of presentations (theoretical and practical) aimed to training of teams and individuals. Show less

• Event delegate

  • Nov 2013 - Dec 2013

  Leading working teams of people responsible for various areas of sporting event organization; managing meetings from day to day with the aim to improve organization and compensate for possible (predictable) issues at the local level; communication with people of various educational and social levels who are incorporated in the project, and insisting on quality standards set in the project; training of persons included in the organization and effective assessment of their abilities and potentials; individual interviews with members of the working team to improve efficiency of organization and project realization; preparation of presentations (theoretical and practical) aimed to training of teams and individuals. Show less



European Handball Federation

• Austria
• Spectator Sports
• 1 - 100 Employee

• EHF Lecturer/Expert

  • May 2018 - Present

  As a lecturer: organizing and implementing coaches’ education programmes in Europe, designing reports after every education session; designing constructive proposals to further coaches’ education in Europe.

• EHF Delegate

  • May 2018 - Present

• Member of the EHF Methods Commission

  • Apr 2021 - Present

• Competition manager

  • Aug 2021 - Sep 2021

  Leading working teams during various EHF sports events, cooperation with diverse profiles of experts from different countries (security agents, medical teams, local organizing committees, cooperation with local, regional and state authorities and VIP politicians), communication with media.

• Member of the Executive Committee

  • Oct 2012 - Nov 2016

  Design of strategy, project documentation and activity plan for the development of women’s handball in Europe; design of questionnaires for national federations and clubs being the base for the strategy elaboration; SWOT analysis of women’s handball in Europe; project presentation at seminars, working groups and EHF congresses; lobbying at the world level for the improvement of women’s competition conditions; selecting persons for project realization; adjusting the project to diverse national interests and lobbies; management of meetings with diverse interest groups; EHF projects implementation into Croatian standards; initiatives towards diverse interest groups in order to realize the set projects; Show less

• Chairwoman of the EHF WHB

  • Oct 2012 - Nov 2016



HC LOKOMOTIVA

• Professional handball coach

  • Sep 1998 - Apr 2004

  Manager of the Handball School and coach to the first and second team; sports achievements: several U12, U14,U16 and U18 national championship titles, second in the national championship with the adult team and finalist of the Croatian Cup. Manager of the Handball School and coach to the first and second team; sports achievements: several U12, U14,U16 and U18 national championship titles, second in the national championship with the adult team and finalist of the Croatian Cup.



Šparta Modea-Tuing and Lokomotiva

• Professional handball player

  • Apr 1990 - Aug 1998

  Professional handball player (first national division); 21 appearances in the women’s national team of Croatia, 5th place at EHF EURO 1994 in Germany; two appearances in the EHF Cup Winners’ Cup (second to the champion of Europe), three times the second best in the national championship and twice finalist of the Croatian Cup. Professional handball player (first national division); 21 appearances in the women’s national team of Croatia, 5th place at EHF EURO 1994 in Germany; two appearances in the EHF Cup Winners’ Cup (second to the champion of Europe), three times the second best in the national championship and twice finalist of the Croatian Cup.