Nenad Žugaj (born 19 April 1983 in Zagreb) is a male wrestler from Croatia. He had started wrestling at the age of ten.

He attended a sports gymnasium. After graduation, he has been studying at the Faculty of Kinesiology and in 2007 became professor of kinesiology.

Nenad Žugaj

In the same year he enrolled in officer school, becoming a lieutenant of the Croatian Armed Forces.

Nenad Žugaj

In senior competition, Nenad wrestles in the 84 kg Greco-Roman category. His first club was the wrestling club “Hrvatski dragovoljac“ and he is now a member of wrestling club, "Lika".

Nenad Žugaj

His best achievement, so far, is a bronze medal at the 2010 World Championship in Moscow. He has also won a Mediterranean Games gold medal in 2009 in Pescara. He has also won a bronze at the European Championships and a bronze at the Mediterranean Games.

His twin brother Neven Žugaj is also a Greco-Roman wrestler competing for Croatia.

In Semifinals at the European Games 2015 he was eliminated by Davit Chakvetadze of Russia.

He competed at the 2012 Olympics in Greco-Roman wrestling in the under-84kg category, winning 14th place.

References

External links

Biography on fila-wrestling.com

Official website

sports-reference.com

London 2012 profile

Zagrebački blizanci izborili nastup na OI u Londonu

Living people

1983 births

Sportspeople from Zagreb

Croatian male sport wrestlers

Wrestlers at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Olympic wrestlers for Croatia

Croatian twins

Croatian army officers

European Games competitors for Croatia

Wrestlers at the 2015 European Games

World Wrestling Championships medalists

Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Croatia

Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Croatia

Competitors at the 2009 Mediterranean Games

Competitors at the 2013 Mediterranean Games

Mediterranean Games medalists in wrestling

20th-century Croatian people

21st-century Croatian people