Croatian athletes awarded €887k for Olympic and Paralympic medals

Croatian athletes won 15 medals at the Olympic and Paralympic Games in Tokyo this summer, and the Ministry of Tourism and Sports has paid them a total of HRK 6.650 million (€886,666) for their achievements.

Croatia won eight medals at the Olympic Games - three golds, three silvers and two bronzes, for which a total of HRK 4.25 million has been disbursed (HRK 390,000 each for the silver medals in gymnastics and sailing, HRK 900,000 for the gold and bronze in taekwondo, HRK 1.202 million for the gold and bronze in rowing, and HRK 1.370 million for the gold and silver in tennis).

Croatian Paralympians won seven medals and were awarded a total of HRK 2.398 million.

"Our female and male athletes again delighted us this summer, bringing us a lot of joy and making us proud. These awards are just one way of caring for them. In 2017, the government increased the amount of these awards by one hundred per cent and has been continuously taking care of all aspects of sport, including care for top athletes, investment in sports infrastructure, large sporting events, and promoting physical exercise among the general population," Minister of Tourism and Sport Nikolina Brnjac said.

The total amount of state awards awarded so far this year is HRK 11.16 million.

(€1 = HRK 7.5)

(Hina)

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