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Jasna Kolar-Merdan

1956 - Today

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jasna Kolar-Merdan is the 1,969th most popular athlete (up from 1,997th in 2019), the 211th most popular biography from Bosnia and Herzegovina (up from 229th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Bosnian, Herzegovinian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Jasna Kolar-Merdan ranks 1,969 out of 6,025Before her are Lyudmila Andonova, Andreas Thorkildsen, Marie-Louise Linssen-Vaessen, Charles Thias, Ivan Fuqua, and Lou Jones. After her are Wendy Smith-Sly, Tom Kiely, Gertrude Liebhart, Wolfgang Scheidel, Lutz Dombrowski, and Horatio Fitch.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1956, Jasna Kolar-Merdan ranks 485Before her are Dean Butler, Steve Archibald, Catherine Corsini, Miloš Šestić, Noga Alon, and Juliet Stevenson. After her are Leonid Fedun, Janice E. Voss, David Malpass, Greg Phillinganes, Dorothy Hamill, and Sanjaagiin Bayar.

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In Bosnia and Herzegovina

Among people born in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Jasna Kolar-Merdan ranks 211 out of 375Before her are Sabit Hadžić (1957), Damir Džumhur (1992), Stojan Župljanin (1958), Anton Josipović (1961), Davor Dujmović (1969), and Miloš Šestić (1956). After her are Nino Bule (1976), Neven Subotić (1988), Mladen Petrić (1981), Krunoslav Jurčić (1969), Andreja Pejić (1991), and Boris Novković (1967).

Among ATHLETES In Bosnia and Herzegovina

Among athletes born in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Jasna Kolar-Merdan ranks 2Before her are Zoran Janković (1940). After her are Amel Tuka (1991), Hamza Alić (1979), Carlos Ortiz (null), Bojan Tokić (1981), Ana Šimić (1990), Meliha İsmailoğlu (1993), Andrea Arsović (1987), Wiktor Głazunow (1993), Mesud Pezer (1994), and Ivan Kvesić (1996).