Denis Buntić

{{short description|Croatian handball player (born 1982)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2025}}

{{Infobox handball biography

| name = Denis Buntić

| image = Denis Buntic 01.jpg

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1982|11|13|df=y}}

| birth_place = Ljubuški,
SR Bosnia and Herzegovina,
SFR Yugoslavia

| nationality = Croatian

| height = 1.98 m

| position = Right back

| currentclub =

| clubnumber =

| years1 = 1998–2006

| clubs1 = HRK Izviđač

| years2 = 2006–2007

| clubs2 = RK Medveščak Zagreb

| years3 = 2007–2008

| clubs3 = RK Cimos Koper

| years4 = 2008–2011

| clubs4 = Ademar León

| years5 = 2011–2016

| clubs5 = Vive Targi Kielce

| years6 = 2016–2018

| clubs6 = SC Pick Szeged

| years7 = 2018

| clubs7 = HRK Izviđač

| nationalyears1 = 2005–2018

| nationalteam1 = Croatia

| nationalcaps1 = 131

| nationalgoals1 = 293

| medaltemplates =

{{MedalOlympic}}

{{MedalBronze|2012 London|Team}}

{{MedalCompetition|World Championship}}

{{MedalSilver|2005 Tunisia|}}

{{MedalSilver|2009 Croatia|}}

{{MedalCompetition|European Championship}}

{{MedalSilver|2010 Austria|}}

{{MedalBronze|2012 Serbia|}}

{{MedalCompetition|Mediterranean Games}}

{{MedalSilver|2005 Almería|Team}}

}}

Denis Buntić (born 13 November 1982) is a retired Croatian handball player.

He is a retired player of the Croatian national team.{{cite web |url=https://www.vecernji.hr/sport/pocelo-je-rukometas-objavio-da-napusta-hrvatsku-reprezentaciju-1222215 |title=Počelo je! Rukometaš objavio da napušta hrvatsku reprezentaciju |trans-title=It's started! The handball player announced that he was leaving the Croatian national team |publisher=vecernji.hr |language=hr |access-date=25 January 2018}} Buntić was born in Ljubuški, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia. He won the silver medal at the 2005 World Championship in Tunisia, and also the silver at the 2009 World Championship on home soil. He was part of the Croatian team that won the bronze medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics.{{cite web |url=http://handball.sportresult.com/HBEM14M/PDF/CRO-R.pdf |title=XI European Championship 2014. Team Roster, Croatia |website=handball.sportresult.com |publisher=EHF |access-date=12 January 2014 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304131744/http://handball.sportresult.com/HBEM14M/PDF/CRO-R.pdf |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |url=https://www.tportal.hr/sport/clanak/raspad-kauboja-dva-veterana-rekla-su-zbogom-a-oprostit-ce-se-jos-njih-nekoliko-foto-20180125 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126123553/https://www.tportal.hr/sport/clanak/raspad-kauboja-dva-veterana-rekla-su-zbogom-a-oprostit-ce-se-jos-njih-nekoliko-foto-20180125 |url-status=dead |archive-date=26 January 2021 |title=Raspad Kauboja; dva veterana rekla su zbogom, a oprostit će se još njih nekoliko |trans-title=Breakup of the Cowboys; two veterans said goodbye, and a few more will say goodbye |publisher=tportal.hr |language=hr |access-date=25 January 2018}}

Personal life

He was reported for domestic violence in October 2023.{{cite web |url=https://www.glasistre.hr/crna-kronika/2023/09/25/tukao-me-i-prije-djetetovog-krstenja-nitko-ga-nije-sprjecavao-bunticeva-supruga-iznijela-nove-je-886551 |title=Tukao me i prije djetetovog krštenja, nitko ga nije sprječavao". Buntićeva supruga iznijela nove jezive detalje nasilja |trans-title=He beat me even before the child's baptism, no one stopped him". Buntić's wife presented new gruesome details of the violence. |work=Glas Istre |language=hr}}

Honours

;Izviđač

;Cimos Koper

;Ademar León

;Vive Targi Kielce

=Orders=

  • 50px Order of the Croatian Trefoil - 2005{{cite news |url=http://narodne-novine.nn.hr/clanci/sluzbeni/2005_02_21_371.html |title=Odluka o odlikovanju Redom hrvatskog trolista za iznimni sportski uspjeh, za osvajanje srebrne medalje u rukometu, na Svjetskom prvenstvu u Tunisu 2005. i promociju ugleda Republike Hrvatske u svijetu |trans-title=The decision to award the Order of the Croatian Trifoliate for exceptional sporting success, for winning the silver medal in handball at the World Championship in Tunisia in 2005 and promoting the reputation of the Republic of Croatia in the world |work=Narodne novine |language=hr}}

References

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