Danira Bilic
Date of birth: July 22 nd 1969.
Place of birth: Sibenik, Croatia
Nationality: Croatian
WORK EXPERIENCE
- 1997.-1999. – Sport director of WBC “Croatia”, Zagreb
- 1999.-2002. – Coach for the junior team of WBC “Ros Casares”,
Valencia, Spain - 2003.-2004. – Head of marketing for the professional sports magazine
“Kondicijski trening” and marketing for international gatherings of
conditioning coaches - 2003.-2005. – a member of Croatian Parliament
- 2006.-2008. – Head of Committee for promoting Olympism in the
Croatian Olympic Academy, Croatian Olympic Committee - 2008.-2009. – Director of Croatian Heritage Foundation
- 2009. – 2017. -Head of the Committee for promotion of Olympic
achievements, Olympic movement and scientific accomplishments in
sport in the Republic of Croatia in the Croatian Olympic Academy - 2017. – Director of the Croatian Sport Museum
SPORTS CAREER AND SPORTS AWARD
- 1980.-1999. – Active engagement in sport
- 1980.-1991. – WBC Elemes
- 1991.-1992. – WBC Scuola Pitagora, Pescara, Italia
- 1992.-1994. – WBC Cepca, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain
- 1994.-1999. – WBC Centar Bank, Zagreb, Croatia
- 1988. – Olympic games, Seoul, South Korea – silver medal
- 1990. – World Championship, Kuala Lumpur, Malesia – silver medal
- 1987. – European Championship, Cadiz, Spain – silver medal
- 1991. – European Championship, Tel Aviv, Israel – silver medal
- 1987. – The Summer Universiade, gold medal
- 1991. – Nacional Championship of ex-Yugoslavia – gold medal
- 1987. – National Cup of ex-Yugoslavia – gold medal
- 1990. – National Cup of ex-Yugoslavia – gold medal
- 1995. – National Championship of Republic of Croatia – gold medal
- 1996. – National Championship of Republic of Croatia – gold medal
- 1998. – National Championship of Republic of Croatia – gold medal
- 1998. – National Cup of Republic of Croatia – gold medal
- 1999. – National Cup of Republic of Croatia – gold medal
- More medals from cadet and junior World and European Championships, and National Championships
RECOGNATIONS AND AWARDS
- 1985. – Recognized as the Best Player of Dalmatia
- 1987. – National Award for Sport in ex-Yugoslavia “Radivoj Korac”
- 1988., 1989., and 1990. – three times in a row the MVP women
basketball in Europe - 1991. – elected for the Best Female Athlete of Republic of Croatia by
the National Sports Magazine “Sportske novosti” - 1991. – Highest National award for sport in the Republic of Croatia
“Franjo Bucar” - 2009. – winner of the trophy from the International Olympic
Committee (IOC) “Women and sport” trophy for Europe
OTHER ACTIVITIES AND EXPERIENCES
- 2004.-2007. – a member of the Committee for awarding a National
award “Franjo Bucar” - 2005.-2007. – a member of the Organization Committee of a sports-
humanitarian action “1000 baskets for Croatia” - 2005.-2009. – President of the Board for education and sport in the
City Council of Zagreb - 2005.-2009. - a member of the Committee for awarding scholarships in
the City Council of Zagreb - 2007.-2009. – Vice President of the City Council of Zagreb
- 2007.-2008. – head of the “Get Up & Go” project of the European
Olympic Committee in the name of the Croatian Olympic Committee - 2008.-2013. – a member of the Commission for care about women in
sport, Croatian Olympic Committee - 2009.-2010. – a member of the Committee for implementation of
activity “Kategorizirani sportasi u sustavu obrazovanja” , Croatian
Olympic Committee - 2009.-2013. – a member of the City Council of Zagreb
- 2009.-2013. – President of the Committee for education and sport in
the City Council of Zagreb - 2010.-2013. – a member of the Commission for Olympic culture and
education, European Olympic Committee - 2010.-2014. – President of the National Council for sport
- 2011.-2013. – Vice President of the City Council of Zagreb
- 2013.-2016. – a member of the Organization Board, Coordination and Sports Director of European University Games Zagreb-Rijeka 2016.
- 2013. – a member of the Commission for women in sport, Croatian Olympic Committee
- 2014. – 2018. a member of the National Council for sports
- 2017. – President of the Croatian Fair Play Committee
- 2019. - member of the FIBA Europe Women’s Commission
- 2019. - President of the National Council for sport
PUBLISHED WORK, STUDIES AND REVIEWS
- 2007 – Professional article “Vrijednosti olimpizma u odgoju djece i
mladih”, published in the collection of works of the international
conference – Condition preparation of athletes, Zagreb - 2008 – Bilic, D., Bradic J. (2008). The values of Olympism in the
upbringing of children and youth. U: Milanovic, D. I Prof. F. (ed.)
Proceedings Book of the 5 th International Scientific Conference
“Science and Profession – Challenge for the Future”, Zagreb,
September 10 th to 14 th 2008. - 2010 – Coeditor and coauthor of the study “Temeljna nacela i
smjernice razvoja sporta u Republici Hrvatskoj” - 2011. – Bilić, D.; „Croatian Olympic Academy“, Proceedings Book of the
10th Joint International Session for Presidents or Directors of National Olympic Academies and Officials of National Olympic Committees, Olimpija, Greece,12-19 May 2010 - 2012 - Olympic Sports and Art 2012 - Croatia / Olympic Sport and
Art 2012 - Croatia, catalog, authors: Danira Bilić and Saša Ceraj - 2015 - Reviewer of the book "Croatian athletes at the Olympic Games" by author Jurica Gizdic,
- 2016 - Reviewer of the book "Hrvatski olimpijci i odličnici" by author Jurica Gizdic,
- Author of several articles for the journal MOA (Journal - International
Olympic Academy), educational leaflets and brochures
