Jadranka Jez

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexFemale
Full nameJadranka•Jez (-Pozgajcic)
Used nameJadranka•Jez
Born9 November 1960
AffiliationsWAT Atzgersdorf, Wien (AUT)
NOC Austria

Biography

Croatian-born handball player Jadranka Jez fled to Austria during the Bosnian War. She had won a bronze medal at the 1982 World Championships playing with Yugoslavia. She then received Austrian citizenship and qualified with Austria for the 1992 Barcelona Summer Olympics where the team finished fifth. In total, Jez won 189 international caps and scored 384 goals.

At club level Jez played with RK Lokomotiva Zagreb and Hypo Niederösterreich, helping them to win the European Champions Cup in 1992.

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1992 Summer Olympics Handball AUT Jadranka Jez
Handball, Women (Olympic) Austria 5