Handball - POPOVIC Bojana

Date of Birth: 20 Nov 1979

Gender: Female

Function : Coach

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events Entered

Discipline	Event	Rank
Handball	Women MNE Montenegro	6

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Yoyogi National Stadium	Women's Preliminary Round Group A #03 MNE Montenegro 33 ANG Angola 22	Finished
	Yoyogi National Stadium	Women's Preliminary Round Group A #07 JPN Japan 29 MNE Montenegro 26	Finished
	Yoyogi National Stadium	Women's Preliminary Round Group A #16 MNE Montenegro 23 NOR Norway 35	Finished
	Yoyogi National Stadium	Women's Preliminary Round Group A #20 MNE Montenegro 28 KOR Republic of Korea 26	Finished
	Yoyogi National Stadium	Women's Preliminary Round Group A #29 NED Netherlands 30 MNE Montenegro 29	Finished
	Yoyogi National Stadium	Women's Quarterfinal #33 MNE Montenegro 26 ROC ROC 32	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

She has won the Champions League on six occasions during her time playing for Hungarian team ZRK Buducnost Podgorica and Danish sides Slagelse and Viborg. (ihf.info, 29 Apr 2021; handball-planet.com, 28 Nov 2020)

She represented Montenegro at the Olympic Games in 2012 and 2016, winning silver at the 2012 Games in London. (handball-planet.com, 29 Mar 2021; SportsDeskOnline, 09 Jun 2021)

She was part of the Serbia and Montenegro team that won a bronze medal at the 2001 World Championship in Italy. (handball-planet.com, 29 Mar 2021; SportsDeskOnline, 09 Jun 2021)

She was named Female Handball Player of the Year four times during her playing career in Denmark. (ihf.info, 29 Apr 2021)

Appointment:

Other role:

She has served as head coach of Hungarian women's team ZRK Buducnost Podgorica since 2020.

Previous role:

She worked as a sporting director for ZRK Buducnost Podgorica before taking on the head coach role. She coached the Montenegro women's team at the 2018 Youth World Championships in Kielce, Poland.

General Interest

General
PLAYER TO COACH
In 2021 she spoke about the difference between coaching in the sport and competing as a player. "From my point of view, being a coach is different and more difficult than being a player. As a player, I just took the ball, put on my shoes, went to training and enjoyed handball. During my career, especially throughout the final years, I learnt how to emphasise what my teammates did, but as a player you think more for yourself. But, slowly, I started learning. In the coaching role, I have 20 players and I need to think about all of them, not only on the court, but outside of it." (ihf.info, 29 Apr 2021)

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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