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{{short description|Yugoslav handball player (1955-2011)}}
{{Infobox handball biography
| name = Pavle Jurina
| image =
| birth_date = {{birth date|1955|1|2|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Ledenik, Croatia|Ledenik]], [[PR Croatia]], [[FPR Yugoslavia]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|2011|12|2|1955|1|2|df=yes}}
| height = 1.94 m
| years1 = 1972–1976
| clubs1 = {{flagicon|YUG}} [[RK Nexe Našice|Partizan Našice]]
| years2 = 1976–1984
| clubs2 = {{flagicon|YUG}} [[RK Partizan Bjelovar|Partizan Bjelovar]]
| years3 = 1984–1986
| clubs3 = {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Sporting Club Gaeta 1970|SC Gaeta]]
| years4 = 1986–1987
| clubs4 = {{flagicon|BRD}} TuS Schutterwald
| managerclubs1 = [[Sporting Club Gaeta|SC Gaeta]]
| managerclubs2 = PM Città Sant'Angelo
| managerclubs3 = [[Handball Sassari]]
| managerclubs4 = PM Alcamo
| nationalyears1 = 197x-198x
| nationalteam1 = {{hb|YUG}}
| nationalcaps1 =
| nationalgoals1 =
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport | [[Handball at the Summer Olympics|Olympics]]|}}
{{MedalGold | [[Handball at the 1984 Summer Olympics|1984 Los Angeles]] |}}
{{MedalSport | [[World Men's Handball Championship|World Championship]]}}
{{MedalSilver| [[1982 World Men's Handball Championship|1982 West Germany]] |}}
{{MedalSport | [[Handball at the Mediterranean Games|Mediterranean Games]]}}
{{MedalGold | [[Handball at the 1979 Mediterranean Games|1979 Split]]|}}
{{MedalGold | [[Handball at the 1983 Mediterranean Games|1983 Casablanca]]|}}
}}

'''Pavle "Pavao" Jurina''' (2 January 1955 – 2 December 2011) was a [[Croatia]]n [[Team handball|handball]] player who competed in the [[Handball at the 1980 Summer Olympics|1980 Summer Olympics]] and in the [[Handball at the 1984 Summer Olympics|1984 Summer Olympics]]. He was elected three times as best Yugoslav player (1979, 1980 and 1982)<ref name=vecernji>{{cite web |language=hr |url=https://www.vecernji.hr/sport/umro-ponajbolji-hrvatski-rukometas-pavle-jurina-57-352441| title=Umro ponajbolji hrvatski rukometaš Pavle Jurina (57) |website=vecernji.hr |date=2011-12-03 |access-date=2024-07-23}}</ref>

Jurina was born in [[Našice]]. Standing at 1.94 m, he debuted as a handball player with the local team [[RK Nexe Našice|Partizan Našice]]; in 1976 he moved to [[RK Partizan Bjelovar|Partizan Bjelovar]], winning the Yugoslav national championship in 1977 and 1979. The same year, he won gold at the [[Handball at the Mediterranean Games|Mediterranean Games]] with the [[Yugoslavia men's national handball team|Yugoslav national team]]. In 1980 he finished sixth in the [[Handball at the 1980 Summer Olympics|Olympic tournament]]: he played all six matches and was fifth best scorer with 33 goals. At the [[1982 World Men's Handball Championship|1982 World Championship]], Jurina and the Yugoslavs went to the final but was defeated by USSR. At the [[Handball at the 1983 Mediterranean Games|1983 Mediterranean Games]], he won its second gold medal in the competition. In 1984 he was part of the Yugoslav team which won the gold medal in the [[Handball at the 1984 Summer Olympics|Los Angeles Olympics]]. He played all six matches and scored five goals.

In 1984 he then moved to Italy, where he played at [[Sporting Club Gaeta|SC Gaeta]]. In 1986/1987 Jurian played his ultimate season for German team [[TuS Schutterwald]]. Later he coached several Italian teams, including [[Sporting Club Gaeta|SC Gaeta]], PM Città Sant'Angelo, [[Handball Sassari]] and PM Alcamo.

He died in 2011 from a [[cardiac arrest]].<ref name=vecernji /> 10 years after his death a stamp has been issued by Croatian Post Office<ref>{{cite web |title=Un francobollo per il mito della pallamano mondiale Pavle Jurina, ex giocatore di Città Sant'Angelo e Pescara |url=https://www.ilpescara.it/sport/francobollo-pavle-jurina-ex-giocatore-pallamano-citta-sant-angelo.html |website=Il Pescara |access-date=23 July 2024 |language=it |date=2021-12-28 }}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
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[[Category:Croatian male handball players]]
[[Category:Olympic gold medalists for Yugoslavia]]
[[Category:Olympic medalists in handball]]
[[Category:People from Našice]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Osijek-Baranja County]]
[[Category:1955 births]]
[[Category:2011 deaths]]
[[Category:Yugoslav male handball players]]
[[Category:Handball players at the 1980 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Handball players at the 1984 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Olympic handball players for Yugoslavia]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Croatian handball coaches]]
[[Category:RK Nexe Našice players]]

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