President Milanović Receives Members of Karlovac Kickboxing Club “Tigar”, Hosts of European Cup Karlovac Open
The President of the Republic Zoran Milanović received members of the Kickboxing Club “Tigar” of Karlovac who acquainted him with the achievements of this year’s European Cup Karlovac Open, held in May in Karlovac under the auspices of the President of the Republic.
This year the European Cup Karlovac Open also bearing the name “1st Memorial “Mihael Javorović” in memory of the Club’s member who died tragically, is the largest and most important competition in kickboxing, and martial arts in general, held in Croatia. Furthermore, the members of the Club underlined that, in spite of the pandemic which paralyzed indoor sports, 1,713 competitors from 120 clubs and 27 states participated in this year’s tournament. They told the President that gold medals were won by Karlovac kickboxers Lara Mihalić and Roka Puljak, silver medal was won by Matej Medved in the ring. President Milanović congratulated them personally on their achievements.
Moreover, they talked about other successes of athletes from the Kickboxing Club “Tigar of Karlovac ”, founded in 2002, that has been the leader in Croatian kickboxing for years. Since its foundation, members of the “Tigar” club have won 6 world champion titles in younger age group to cadets and 3 European champion titles in younger age groups.
Attending the meeting besides President Milanović were the president and head coach and organizer of the European Cup Zoran Cicvara, multiple champion and member of the Republic of Croatia national team Lukas Jurašić, junior champion of the Republic of Croatia for 2021 and member of the national team Lara Mihalić, cadet champion of the Republic of Croatia for 2021 and member of the national team Roka Puljak, candidates for junior members of the national team Matej Medved and Leon Mušnjak, and the sister of late Mihael Javorović after whom the memorial was named Hana Javorović. Alongside President Milanović was the Commissioner of the President for Sports Željko Jovanović.
PHOTO: Office of the President of the Republic of Croatia / Ana Marija Katić