Handball - VUJOVIC Veselin

He was a member of the Yugoslavian teams that won gold at the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles and bronze at the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul. He also won gold at the 1986 World Championships in Switzerland. (siol, 27 May 2015)

He won the European Champions Cup with RK Metaloplastika Sabac in 1985 and 1986, and with Barcelona in 1991. (handball-world, 29 May 2015)

He guided the Islamic Republic of Iran to a final ranking of 24th out of 32 teams at the 2023 World Championship. (ihf, 01 Mar 2023)

He was head coach of the Slovenian men's national team that finished third at the 2017 World Championship in France. (handball-planet, 27 Nov 2019)

He guided the Slovenian men's national team to the quarterfinals at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, where they lost to eventual gold medallists Denmark. (handball-planet, 27 Nov 2019; archive.ihf.info, 21 Aug 2016)

He was head coach of the Yugoslavia men's national team that finished fourth at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney. (borac-sport, 03 Jan 2021)

He was named the International Handball Federation [IHF] World Player of the Year in 1988. (Facebook page, 03 Aug 2016; ihf, 27 Mar 2013)

He was named Yugoslavia Athlete of the Year in 1986. (hypocentar, 20 Aug 2015)

2022

He was head coach of the Slovenian men's national team between 2015 and 2019. He had previously coached the Yugoslavia and Serbia and Montenegro men's national teams. In 2021 he had his third spell as head coach of North Macedonian men's club team RK Vardar 1961. Other club sides he has coached include RK Metaloplastika Sabac in Yugoslavia, BM Ciudad Real in Spain, Al Sadd in Qatar, HC PPD Zagreb in Croatia, and RK Borac Banja Luka in Bosnia and Herzegovina.