Igor Vori
 Vori with HSV Hamburg in 2012 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born |
20 September 1980 Zagreb, SFR Yugoslavia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Croatian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 114 kilograms (251 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Pivot | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Current club | RK Zagreb | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1997–2001 2001–2002 2002–2003 2003–2005 2005–2007 2007–2009 2009–2013 2013–2016 2016– |
RK Zagreb Alpi Pallamano Prato Pallamano Conversano RK Zagreb FC Barcelona RK Zagreb HSV Hamburg PSG Handball RK Zagreb | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2003–2015 | Croatia | 223 (562)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Igor Vori (born 20 September 1980) is a Croatian handball player.
Having appeared at three Olympics, he has a gold medal (2004) and a bronze medal (2012).[2]
Club career
Igor Vori plays in RK Zagreb from Zagreb and has also played for FC Barcelona Handbol and PSG. He won the EHF Champions League with HSV Hamburg during the 2012–13 season. He was shortlisted in the IHF's election of the 2009 World Handball Player of the Year.
International career
He is World champion from 2003 with the Croatian national team,[3] and Olympic champion from 2004.[4] He received a silver medal at the 2005 World championship, and a silver medal at the 2008 European championship, where he also was voted Best defensive player. At the 2009 World Championships, Vori was part of the silver medal winning team, as well as being voted 'Player of the Tournament', but was given a red card during the final match after pretending to throw the ball at a referee's face.
Honours
- Zagreb
- Croatian Premier League Winner (8): 1997-98, 1998-99, 1999-00, 2000-01, 2003-04, 2004-05, 2007-08, 2008-09
- Croatian Cup Winner (7): 1998, 1999, 2000, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2009
- EHF Champions League Finalist (2): 1997-98, 1998-99
- Prato
- Serie A Runner-up (1): 2001-02
- Conversano
- Serie A Winner (1): 2002-03
- Italian Cup Winner (1): 2003
- Barcelona
- Liga ASOBAL Winner (1): 2005-06
- Copa del Rey Winner (1): 2007
- Supercopa ASOBAL Winner (1): 2006-07
- Pirenees Leagues Winner (2): 2005-06, 2006-07
- HSV
- Bundesliga Winner (1): 2010-11
- DHB-Pokal Winner (1): 2010
- Super Cup Winner (2): 2009, 2010
- EHF Champions League Winner (1): 2012-13
- PSG
- LNH Division 1 Winner (2): 2014-15, 2015-16
- Coupe de France Winner (2): 2014, 2015
- Trophée des champions Winner (2): 2014, 2015
- Individual
- Franjo Bučar State Award for Sport - 2004
- Best defensive player at 2008 European Championship
- Best line player at 2010 European Championship
Orders
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| Preceded by Petar Metličić 5 |
Captain of Croatia  2009-2015 |
Succeeded by Marko Kopljar 7 |
References
- ↑ "2015 World Championship Roster" (PDF). IHF. Retrieved 15 January 2015.
- ↑ "Igot Vori at sports-reference.com". www.sports-reference.com. Retrieved 3 January 2015.
- ↑ "Croatia" – European Handball Federation (2008) (Retrieved on February 1, 2008)
- ↑ Profile: "Igor Vori" databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on February 1, 2008)
- ↑ "Igor Vori biography". hoo.hr (in Croatian).
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