Ivano Balić is a Croatian former professional handball player, born on 1 April 1979, who now works on the coaching staff at RK Split. Known for his speed, creativity and charisma, he won the 2003 World Championship and the 2004 Olympic gold medal with Croatia, plus thirteen titles with clubs in Croatia, Spain and Germany. He also won two world silver medals, two European silver medals and one bronze, and an Olympic bronze in 2012. He received the International Handball Federation World Player of the Year award in 2003 and 2006 and was voted the best handball player in history in a 2010 IHF online poll, earning the nickname Rukometni Mozart, Handball Mozart.
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is a Croatian former professional handballer
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born 1 April 1979
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He is widely considered one of the greatest Handball players of all time
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won the 2003 World Championship and the Olympic gold medal in 2004 with the Croatian national team
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is a Croatian former professional handballer
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the Olympic gold medal in 2004
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one Olympic bronze medal (2012)
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