Branko Štrbac
Serbian handball player
Branko Štrbac (Serbian Cyrillic: Бранко Штрбац, born 25 July 1957) is a former Serbian handball player. In 1984 he was a member of the Yugoslav handball team which won the gold medal at the Olympics. In 1982 he was part of the Yugoslav team which won the silver medal in Dortmund, Germany. He won three championships (Yugoslav team season 1979/80; French team, USAM Nîmes Gard season 1987/88; Italian team, Cividin Trieste season 1990/91) including Yugoslavian cup by playing for RK Borac Banja Luka, season 1980/81.
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