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Vladimir Grbić
Personal information
Full nameVladimir Grbić
Born (1970-12-14) December 14, 1970 (age 54)
Klek, SR Serbia, Yugoslavia
Height1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight87 kg (192 lb)
Spike360 cm (140 in)
Block350 cm (140 in)
Honours
Men's Volleyball
Representing Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia/Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Yugoslavia
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2000 Sydney Team Competition
Bronze medal – third place 1996 Atlanta Team Competition
World Championship
Silver medal – second place 1998 Japan Team Competition
European Championship
Gold medal – first place 2001 Czech Republic Team Competition
Silver medal – second place 1997 Netherlands Team Competition
Bronze medal – third place 1995 Greece Team Competition
Bronze medal – third place 1999 Austria Team Competition
World Grand Champions Cup
Bronze medal – third place 2001 Japan Team Competition
World Cup
Bronze medal – third place 2003 Japan Team Competition
World League
Silver medal – second place 2003 Madrid Team Competition
Bronze medal – third place 2002 Belo Horizonte Team Competition
Bronze medal – third place 2004 Rome Team Competition
Mediterranean Games
Silver medal – second place 1991 Athens Team Competition

Vladimir "Vanja" Grbić (Serbian Cyrillic: Владимир Грбић Вања; born December 14, 1970) is a former Serbian volleyball player. He is 193 cm and played as passer-side attacker.

Grbić was born in Klek in SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia. He is Nikola Grbić's brother and member of the Volleyball Hall of Fame.

With the national volleyball team of FR Yugoslavia, he won a gold medal in the 2000 Summer Olympics and a bronze medal in 1996 at Atlanta. His international victories include a silver medal in the 1998 World Championship and a gold medal in the 2001 European Championship.

Yugoslav Olympic Committee has declared him for the best sportsman of the year in 1996 and 2000,[1] and in the 1999 and 2000, he received a Golden Badge, award for best athlete in Yugoslavia.

Grbić retired from professional volleyball during summer 2009 at the age of 38.

In December 2010, he briefly considered making a comeback to the sport at the age of 40 due to an offer from Iran. Grbić visited the country in late December but came back disatisifed saying that terms promised to him were not met and ended up not signing the contract. Vladimir and Nikola's father Miloš Grbić was also into volleyball and was a team member Yugoslavia. Vladimir's wife Sara Grbić-Peković dealt with karate.

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Clubs

Club Country From To
Mladost Zagreb  Yugoslavia 1990 1991
Vojvodina Novi Sad  Yugoslavia 1991 1992
Antonveneta Padova  Italy 1992 1995
Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo  Italy 1995 1997
São Paulo  Brazil 1997 1998
Roma Volley  Italy 1998 2001
Osaka Blazers  Japan 2001 2002
P.A.O.K.  Greece 2002 2003
Dynamo Moscow  Russia 2003 2004
Andreoli Latina  Italy 2004 2007
Fenerbahçe Istanbul  Turkey 2007 2009
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References

  1. ^ http://www.oks.org.rs/?page_id=462&lang=sr-latn
  2. ^ Niša od angažmana Vanje Grbića u Iranu;Blic, 31 December 2010
Awards
Preceded by Federal Republic of Yugoslavia The Best Athlete of Yugoslavia
1999, 2000 		Succeeded by
Olympic Games
Preceded by Flagbearer for  Yugoslavia
Sydney 2000 		Succeeded by



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