Karateka Jelena Pehar and karateka Ivan Martinac have been named the best athletes of Čitluk in the individual sports category for 2024.

In the team sports category, the awards went to basketball player Marija Rozić and futsal player Darko Ivanković.

The senior team of the Brotnjo Table Tennis Club, which secured promotion to the Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina, was named the most successful senior team of 2024, while the national coach of the senior karate team, Danijel Vučić, was recognized as the best coach of the past year.

The Brotnjo Sports Association, in addition to awarding prizes for achievements, also presented several special recognitions.

Special recognition for promoting the municipality of Čitluk in 2024, as well as recognition for a long successful sports career, was awarded to handball player Marin Šego. Željko Dugandžić, a member of the management body of several clubs during their most successful years, a long-time supporter of sports and athletes, and once a sportsperson himself, received the special Božo Gagro Award.

The Brotnjo Sports Association posthumously awarded the title of Sports Legend of Brotnjo to Samir Žuža, a basketball player who spent the best years of his career playing for HKK Brotnjo Čitluk.

– Sport is not just a medal, a trophy, and competition. Sport is much more than that. Sport is a way of life – a culture of life. I often say that sport is not something that must happen, it is love, emotion, and passion. When I read the report from the Brotnjo Sports Association, it is nice to see that a thousand children are training in 17 different sports clubs here in Čitluk. It is nice to see that we have new sports halls for school sports as the base sport. It is nice to hear that we have more and more playgrounds. It is nice to see that sports recreation is growing, – said Ivica Jerkić, the President of the Čitluk Municipal Council, during the award ceremony.

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