Josip Glasnović

Croatian sport shooter

Josip Glasnović

Personal information

Born|  (1983-05-07) 7 May 1983 (age 40)
Zagreb, SR Croatia, Yugoslavia
Height| 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Weight| 80 kg (176 lb)
Sport
Country| Croatia
Sport| Shooting
Event(s)| Trap, Double trap
Club| GAJ Dubrava
Achievements and titles
Olympic finals| 2008, 2016 (Trap)

Medal record

Representing  Croatia
Men's shooting
Olympic Games
|  2016 Rio de Janeiro | Trap
World Shooting Championships
|  2005 Lonato  | Trap
European Shotgun Championships
|  2012 Larnaca  | Team trap
|  2013 Suhl  | Trap
|  2013 Suhl  | Team trap
|  2009 Osijek  | Team trap
|  2007 Granada  | Trap
|  2012 Larnaca  | Trap
|  2014 Sarlospuszta  | Team trap

Josip Glasnović (born 7 May 1983) is a Croatian sports shooter who competes in shotgun events.[2] His biggest success was the gold medal in trap at the 2016 Summer Olympics.

He reached the trap final at the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing, where he finished 5th.[2]

He also won a gold medal in team trap along with his national team teammates, his brother Anton Glasnović and Giovanni Cernogoraz at the 2012 European Shotgun Championships in Larnaca.[3]

In the 2016 Summer Olympics, he won a gold medal in trap, beating Giovanni Pellielo in the final round.

## Personal life[edit]

Glasnović is of Kosovo Croat descent.[4] He is married to Ana Došen Glasnović and they have two children together. He is a devout Roman Catholic.[5]

## Olympic results[edit]

Olympic results

Event  | 2008  | 2016
Trap | 5th
119+21  | Gold

## Orders[edit]

* Order of Danica Hrvatska with face of Franjo Bučar – 2016[6]

## References[edit]

1. ^ "ISSF Portrait". Retrieved 6 August 2012.
2. ^ a b "Josip Glasnović". Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 9 August 2012.
3. ^ "Cernogoraz i muška ekipa europski prvaci u streljaštvu". Novi list (in Croatian). 25 May 2012. Retrieved 9 August 2012.
4. ^ "Zlatni olimpijac otvorio dušu: Posvuda imam uvjete za trening, samo ne u svom Zagrebu. A stanje je sve gore". Slobodna Dalmacija (in Croatian). 13 April 2019. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
5. ^ "Glasnović, Biles, Ledecky...Olimpijski prvaci koji svoj uspjeh zahvaljuju molitvi i Bogu!". Bitno.net (in Croatian). 12 August 2016. Retrieved 12 August 2016.
6. ^ Vijesti: Dodijeljena odlikovanja izraz su priznanja i zahvalnosti za rad i doprinos razvoju i napretku Republike Hrvatske Archived 12 February 2018 at the Wayback Machine(in Croatian)

## External links[edit]

* Profile at the International Shooting Sport Federation website

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Olympic champions in men's trap

* 1900:  Roger de Barbarin (FRA)
* 1908:  Walter Ewing (CAN)
* 1912:  James Graham (USA)
* 1920:  Mark Arie (USA)
* 1924:  Gyula Halasy (HUN)
* 1952:  George Genereux (CAN)
* 1956:  Galliano Rossini (ITA)
* 1960:  Ion Dumitrescu (ROU)
* 1964:  Ennio Mattarelli (ITA)
* 1968:  John Braithwaite (GBR)
* 1972:  Angelo Scalzone (ITA)
* 1976:  Donald Haldeman (USA)
* 1980:  Luciano Giovannetti (ITA)
* 1984:  Luciano Giovannetti (ITA)
* 1988:  Dmitry Monakov (URS)
* 1992:  Petr Hrdlička (TCH)
* 1996:  Michael Diamond (AUS)
* 2000:  Michael Diamond (AUS)
* 2004:  Aleksey Alipov (RUS)
* 2008:  David Kostelecký (CZE)
* 2012:  Giovanni Cernogoraz (CRO)
* 2016:  Josip Glasnović (CRO)
* 2020:  Jiří Lipták (CZE)

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