Minister Buljević congratulates Olympic sailing winners
Minister Buljević has congratulated the contract reservists of the Croatian Armed Forces – Šime Fantela and Igor Marenić – on winning the gold Olympic medal in 470 pairs on 18 August 2016.
“Dear Šime and Igor, on behalf of all members of the Croatian Armed Forces, of the Ministry of Defence and on my personal behalf, I am congratulating you on the historic achievement – Croatia’s maiden gold Olympic medal in sailing. Your triumph has proven your excellence at the international level and we are glad to have you in the family of the Croatian Armed Forces.
We wish and are confident in more successes in your future careers, to our great pride“, said the Minister.
Šime Fantela and Igor Marenić, who have won 12 medals in the senior category to date (the medals from five European and seven world championships) have been members of the Croatian Armed Forces since March 2011, pursuant to the Agreement between the Ministry of Defence and the Croatian Olympic Committee on Co-operation,, Promotion and Development of Sport in the the Republic of Croatia. A new agreement, in force since 4 March 2015, has given top athletes the status of reserve specialists of the Croatian Armed Forces.