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Jakov Fak Croatia's biathlon skier won bronze medal at Winter Olympic Games
http://www.croatia.org/crown/articles/9928/1/Jakov-Fak-Croatias-biathlon-skier-won-bronze-medal-at-Winter-Olympic-Games.html
By Prof.Dr. Darko Zubrinic
Published on 02/19/2010
 
Jakov Fak, Croatia's biathlon skiing athlet, won a bronze medal in the 10 km sprint at the 2010 Winter Olympics Games in Vancouver, Canada. This is the first olympic medal at Winter Oympic Games after Janica Kostelić, the greatest skier among women in history (3 gold medals and one bronze),and Ivica Kostelić (1 silver medal) at the 2006 Winter Ollympic Games in Torino, Italy.

A winter olympic medal for Croatia, the first one after Kostelic's

Jakov Fak, biathlon athlet, wearing the Croatian national flag at the solemn opening of 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver, Canada.
 
The above two photos by Getty Images.

 
Jakov Fak, Croatia's biathlon skiing athlet, won a bronze medal in the 10 km sprint at the 2010 Winter Olympics Games in Vancouver. This is the first olympic medal at Winter Oympic Games after Janica Kostelić, the greatest skier among women in history (3 gold medals and one bronze) and Ivica Kostelić (1 bronze silver) at previous Winter Olympic Games held in Torino in 2006.

Source www.croatianhistory.net



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