Daria Obratov (Croatian pronunciation: [ǒbratoʋ];[1] born 12 December 1989) is a Croatian luger. She competed in the women's singles event at the 2018 Winter Olympics.[2]

Daria Obratov
Daria Obratov in 2018
Personal information
NationalityCroatian / Dutch
Born (1989-12-12) 12 December 1989 (age 34)
Split, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia
Sport
SportLuge

She used to play handball in her youth, but after knee injury and 8 operations, she took up luge.[3] She failed to qualify to 2010 and 2014 Olympics.[3][4]

By qualifying for the 2018 Winter Olympics she became the first Croatian luger to compete at the Winter Olympics.[5] She finished 27th in the singles category.

Seven months later, in September 2018, she announced plans to leave Croatia to continue training in the Netherlands and also compete for that country.[6]

Her first competition for Netherlands was the 2018–19 Luge World Cup where she finished 29th overall.

References

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  1. ^ "òbradovati". Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian). Retrieved 18 March 2018. Òbratov
  2. ^ "Daria Obratov". Pyeongchang 2018. Archived from the original on 13 February 2018. Retrieved 10 February 2018.
  3. ^ a b Zvonimir Huktić/HINA. DARIA OBRATOV ‘Ostvarila sam svoj olimpijski san’ Nacional. Published 19 January 2018. Accessdate 12 February 2018.
  4. ^ Sanjkašici Dariji Obratov olimpijska norma za ZOI u Pjongčangu Archived 28 February 2018 at the Wayback Machine Croatian Olympic Committee. Published 17 January 2018. Accessdate 12 February 2018.
  5. ^ Filip Ožbolt. SANJKAŠICA IZ SPLITA DANAS ISPISUJE POVIJEST NA ZIMSKIM OLIMPIJSKIM IGRAMA Nakon osam operacija i svega što sam prošla, jedva čekam ući u cilj! Sportske novosti. Published 12 February 2018. Accessdate 12 February 2018.
  6. ^ "Daria Obratov za HR2: Odlazim iz Hrvatske!". HRT.hr. Archived from the original on 1 October 2018. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
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