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Jasna Kolar-Merdan

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Jasna Kolar-Merdan
Personal information
Born (1956-10-19) 19 October 1956 (age 68)
Mostar, Yugoslavia
Nationality Austrian
Height 176 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position Centre back
Senior clubs
Years Team
1974-1984
 ŽRK Lokomotiva Mostar
1984-1993
 Hypo Niederösterreich
1993-1994
 WAT Fünfhaus
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1979-1984
 Yugoslavia 84 (419)
1985-1992
 Austria 153 (1206)
Teams managed
2014-2016
 Union Korneuburg
Medal record
Women's Handball
Olympics
Gold medal – first place 1984 Los Angeles Team
Silver medal – second place 1980 Moscow Team
World Women's Handball Championship
Bronze medal – third place 1982 Hungary {{{2}}}

Jasna Kolar-Merdan (née Jasna Merdan, (bosnian: Јасна Мердан) born 19 October 1956 in Mostar, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Yugoslavia) is a formerly Yugoslav and now Austrian former handball player, who is considered one of the best Austrian players of all time. She played for both the Yugoslavia national team and the Austria national team. She competed in the 1980 Summer Olympics, in the 1984 Summer Olympics for Yugoslavia and in the 1992 Summer Olympics for Austria.

She was voted World Handball Player of 1990 by the International Handball Federation.

She is also in the Austrian Handball Federation hall of fame.[1]

Career

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Jasnar Kolar-Merdan started playing handball at her hometown club ŽRK Lokomotiva Mostar. In 1977 she helped the club get promoted to the top league in 1977. In 1983 she finished second in the Yugoslavian championship with the club.

In 1984 she joined the Austrian top club Hypo Südstadt (later called Hypo Niederösterreich).[2] Here she won the EHF Champions League 4 times in 1989, 1990, 1992 and 1993. She also won the Austrian championship a staggering 10 times.

In 1980 she won the silver medal with the Yugoslav team, finishing behind the Soviet Union and ahead of DDR. She played all five matches and scored nine goals.

At the 1982 World Women's Handball Championship she achieved bronze medals with the Yugaslav team. She was the topscorer of the tournament with 52 goals.[2]

Four years in Los Angeles she won the gold medal as member of the Yugoslav team. She played all five matches and scored 48 goals. She was the top scorer of the tournament.[2] At that tournament she also established the record for most goals in a single match at the Olympics, when she scored 17 goals in a 33:20 win over USA.[2] Due to the Soviet and East german boykot, Yugoslavia was the pre-tournament favourites at the tournament.

In 1985 she achieved Austrian citizenship. She then switched to playing for the Austrian national team from 1985 onwards.[2] Her first tournament with the Austrian team was the 1986 World Championship, where Austria finish 12th.

In 1992 with the Austrian team this team, she played in the Olympic tournament, where Austria finished 5th. She played all four matches and scored 23 goals. In total she scored 1206 goals for the Austrian national team, which is a national record.[1]

In 1993 she joined the Vienna based club WAT Fünfhaus where she played for a single season, before ending her career.[3]

Post playing career

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From 1994 she has had a café in Maria Enzersdorf together with her husband.[2]

In 2014 she became the coach of the Austrian club Union Korneuburg.[4]

Honours

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  1. ^ a b "Jasna Kolar-Medan in der Hall of Fame des Österreichischen Handballbundes". oehb.at. Retrieved 19 April 2019.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Neumann, Fritz (9 December 2012). "Und im Café Memory wird die Uhr zurückgedreht". Der Standard. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
  3. ^ "Europapokal der Landesmeister 1992/93" (in German). frauenhandball-archiv. Retrieved 25 January 2025..
  4. ^ Neumann, Fritz (5 November 2015). "Kolar-Merdan: "Für Hypo ist das peinlich"". Der Standard. Retrieved 25 April 2016.
Awards
Preceded by IHF World Player of the Year – Women
1990 		Suspended
Title next held by
Mia Hermansson-Högdahl
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