Danira Bilić

Danira Bilić
Medal record
Women's Basketball
Competitor for  Yugoslavia
European Championship
Silver 1987 Madrid  Yugoslavia
Summer Olympics
Silver 1988 Seoul  Yugoslavia
World Championship
Silver 1990 Kuala Lumpur  Yugoslavia

Danira Bilić (née Nakić, 22 July 1969) is a retired Croatian basketball player. As part of the Yugoslavian women's team, she won a silver medal at the 1988 Seoul Olympics. She was European basketball's Most Valuable Player three times running, in 1988, 1989 and 1990. In 1991, she was awarded Croatia's highest national recognition for sports, the Franjo Bučar State Award for Sport.

Since retiring she has maintained an active involvement in sport, and is currently the Director of the Croatian Heritage Foundation. In 2009 the International Olympic Committee awarded her their "Women in Sports" European trophy.

She is also a politician, being a member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe

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