ZAGREB: Olympic gold medallists Sandra Perkovic and Giovanni Cernogoraz were crowned female and male Croatian sportspeople of the year on Sunday after a vote by 380 journalists.

It is the first time they have won the award.

Perkovic, 22 a two-time European champion who served a six-month doping ban in 2011, won gold in London with a throw of 69.11 meters, a national record.

Cernogoraz, 29, won the men’s trap shooting title.