Iztok Puc

Iztok Puc (14 September 1966 – 20 October 2011) was a Slovenian handball player, who was one of the world's top players of the 1980s and 1990s. During his career he has played professionally for Borac Banja Luka, Zagreb, Celje and Prule 67. He won a total of 18 domestic trophies. He was also a member of the Zagreb, a squad which won the elite EHF Champions League in 1992 and 1993. He is the only handball player who represented three different countries at the Summer Olympics (Yugoslavia, Croatia and Slovenia), winning bronze with Yugoslavia in 1988 and gold with Croatia in 1996. In 2009, he was named the best overall player in the history of Slovenian handball. After his death an award named in his honour was introduced and is awarded annually to the most promising young handball players in Slovenia and Croatia, given alternately one year to Slovenian and another year to Croatian player.