Ivan Snoj

Ivan Snoj
Personal information
Born (1923-10-13)13 October 1923
Zagreb, Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Died 18 September 1994(1994-09-18) (aged 70)
Zagreb, Croatia
Teams managed
Years Team
1951-1978
 Yugoslavia
Medal record
Representing  Yugoslavia
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1972 Munich Team
World Championship
Bronze medal – third place 1970 France Team
Bronze medal – third place 1974 East Germany Team
Statoil World Cup
Gold medal – first place 1971 Sweden Team
Gold medal – first place 1974 Sweden Team
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place 1967 Tunis Team
Gold medal – first place 1975 Algeria Team

Ivan Snoj (born 31 October 1923, Zagreb – 18 September 1994) was a Croatian team handball coach and international referee, international sports official, journalist and publicist. By profession he was gym teacher.

Ivan Snoj was one of founders of the Croatian Handball Federation on 19 December 1948.

He was the selector and coach of Croatian first youth team in 1949, on a Yugoslav federal tournament of republican teams which was held in Zagreb. From 1951-1978, he had the function of federal captain (manager) of the Yugoslav team. He was the coach of Yugoslav team that took fifth place at the 1976 Olympics.

Later he was high-positioned official of the International Handball Federation, serving as its vice-president from 1984 to 1992.

Honours

Yugoslavia

Sources

  • Gizdić, Jurica (2014). Kovači hrvatskih olimpijskih odličja (PDF) (in Croatian). Zagreb: Croatian Olympic Committee. p. 116. ISBN 978-953-7912-01-7. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-04-16. Retrieved 11 December 2020.


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