Pavle Jurina
| Pavle Jurina | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Born |
2 January 1955 Ledenik, PR Croatia, FPR Yugoslavia | ||
| Died | 2 December 2011 (aged 56) | ||
| Height | 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||
| Senior clubs | |||
| Years | Team | ||
1972–1976 |
 Partizan Našice | ||
1976–1984 |
Partizan Bjelovar | ||
1984–1986 |
 SC Gaeta | ||
1986–1987 |
 TuS Schutterwald | ||
| National team | |||
| Years | Team | ||
197x-198x |
Yugoslavia | ||
| Teams managed | |||
– | SC Gaeta | ||
– | PM Città Sant'Angelo | ||
– | Handball Sassari | ||
– | PM Alcamo | ||
Medal record | |||
Pavle "Pavao" Jurina (2 January 1955 – 2 December 2011) was a Croatian handball player who competed in the 1980 Summer Olympics and in the 1984 Summer Olympics. He was elected three times as best Yugoslav player (1979, 1980 and 1982)[1]
Jurina was born in Našice. Standing at 1.94 m, he debuted as a handball player with the local team Partizan Našice; in 1976 he moved to Partizan Bjelovar, winning the Yugoslav national championship in 1977 and 1979. The same year, he won gold at the with the Yugoslav national team. In 1980 he finished sixth in the Olympic tournament: he played all six matches and was fifth best scorer with 33 goals. At the 1982 World Championship, Jurina and the Yugoslavs went to the final but was defeated by USSR. At the , he won its second gold medal in the competition. In 1984 he was part of the Yugoslav team which won the gold medal in the Los Angeles Olympics. He played all six matches and scored five goals.
In 1984 he then moved to Italy, where he played at SC Gaeta. In 1986/1987 Jurian played his ultimate season for German team TuS Schutterwald. Later he coached several Italian teams, including SC Gaeta, PM Città Sant'Angelo, Handball Sassari and PM Alcamo.
He died in 2011 from a cardiac arrest.[1] 10 years after his death a stamp has been issued by Croatian Post Office[2]
References
- ^ a b "Umro ponajbolji hrvatski rukometaš Pavle Jurina (57)". vecernji.hr (in Croatian). 2011-12-03. Retrieved 2024-07-23.
- ^ "Un francobollo per il mito della pallamano mondiale Pavle Jurina, ex giocatore di Città Sant'Angelo e Pescara". Il Pescara (in Italian). 2021-12-28. Retrieved 23 July 2024.
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- Croatian male handball players
- Olympic gold medalists for Yugoslavia
- Olympic medalists in handball
- People from Našice
- 1955 births
- 2011 deaths
- Yugoslav male handball players
- Handball players at the 1980 Summer Olympics
- Handball players at the 1984 Summer Olympics
- Olympic handball players for Yugoslavia
- Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics
- Croatian handball coaches
- RK Nexe Našice players
- Croatian handball biography stubs
- Yugoslav Olympic medalist stubs
- Yugoslav handball biography stubs
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