Vladimir Grbić

Who is Vladimir Grbić?

Vladimir "Vanja" Grbić is a former Serbian volleyball player. He is 193 cm and played as passer-side attacker.

Grbić was born in Klek in SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia. He is Nikola Grbić's brother and member of the Volleyball Hall of Fame.

With the national volleyball team of FR Yugoslavia, he won a gold medal in the 2000 Summer Olympics and a bronze medal in 1996 at Atlanta. His international victories include a silver medal in the 1998 World Championship and a gold medal in the 2001 European Championship.

Yugoslav Olympic Committee has declared him for the best sportsman of the year in 1996 and 2000, and in the 1999 and 2000, he received a Golden Badge, award for best athlete in Yugoslavia.

Grbić retired from professional volleyball during summer 2009 at the age of 38.

In December 2010, he briefly considered making a comeback to the sport at the age of 40 due to an offer from Iran. Grbić visited the country in late December but came back disatisifed saying that terms promised to him were not met and ended up not signing the contract. Vladimir and Nikola's father Miloš Grbić was also into volleyball and was a team member Yugoslavia. Vladimir's wife Sara Grbić-Peković dealt with karate.