The Slovenia national handball team represents Slovenia in international handball matches. Their biggest success is the silver medal at the 2004 European Men's Handball Championship and third place at the 2017 World Men's Handball Championship.
Brigita Bukovec is a retired Slovenian hurdler who won an Olympic silver medal in 1996. During the Olympics she set a personal best time with 12.59 seconds.
Ljubomir Vranjes is a Swedish handball coach and former player who competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics. He is currently the sporting director of German team SG Flensburg-Handewitt.
Turn- und Polizeisportgemeinschaft Frisch Auf Göppingen e.V. is a sports club from Germany, located in Göppingen, Baden-Württemberg. The club's men's handball team plays under the name FRISCH AUF! Göppingen in Handball-Bundesliga. Nine-time champions of Germany, Göppingen were at their most successful during the early 1960s. The club's women's handball team Frisch Auf Frauen also plays in Handball-Bundesliga.
The 2017 IHF World Men's Handball Championship was the 25th event hosted by the International Handball Federation. The event was held in France from 11 to 29 January 2017.
Luka Žvižej is a retired Slovenian handball player. He competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, where Slovenia placed 11th. Žvižej also represented the national team at the 2012 European Men's Handball Championship, the 2013 World Championship, the 2015 World Championship, and the 2016 European Championship.
Renato Vugrinec is a Slovenian-Macedonian retired handball player. Before switching his national team alliagance, Vugrinec was a long time member of Slovenia men's national handball team and represented the country on several international tournaments, including the 2000 and the 2004 Summer Olympics, before retiring from international play in 2010. Since March 2014 he became eligible to play for Macedonia national handball team, after receiving the country's citizenship in late 2013, and he has made his debut for their national team in June 2014.
Jure Dolenec is a Slovenian handball player who plays for Limoges Handball and the Slovenia national team.
Borut Mačkovšek is a Slovenian handball player who plays for SC Pick Szeged and the Slovenia national team.
Slovenia competed at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics, in Nanjing, China from 16 August to 28 August 2014.
Kastelic is a Slovenian surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Peter Svet, sometimes spelled as Petar Svet, is a Slovenian former long-distance runner who competed for Yugoslavia throughout the 1970s. In addition to the 5000 and 10,000 meters, he also specialized as a steeplechaser. He holds multiple Slovenian records in athletics.
Tilen Kodrin is a Slovenian handball player who plays for VfL Gummersbach and the Slovenia national team.
Jan Grebenc is a Slovenian handball player who plays for RD Riko Ribnica and the Slovenian national handball team.
Aleksa Kolaković is a Montenegrin born Serbian handball player for Saint-Raphael Var Handball and the Serbian national team.
Iztok Božič is a former professional tennis player from Slovenia. He is also a former captain of the Slovenia Fed Cup team.
The Slovenia national youth handball team is the national under-18 handball team of Slovenia. Controlled by the Slovenian Handball Federation, that is an affiliate of the International Handball Federation IHF as well as a member of the European Handball Federation EHF, The team represents Slovenia in international matches.
The Slovenia national junior handball team is the national under-20 handball team of Slovenia. Controlled by the Slovenian Handball Federation, that is an affiliate of the International Handball Federation IHF as well as a member of the European Handball Federation EHF, The team represents Slovenia in international matches.
