Vanja Smiljanic

Vanja Smiljanic (born 27 January 1990) is an Australian team handball player. She plays for the club Melbourne HC, and on both Australian national team (Indoor) and is the captain of the Australia women's national beach handball team (Beach Handball)

She was part of the New South Wales state team for the Australian championships and contributed to obtaining a gold medal in 2005, 2006 & 2008

She changed clubs and joined the Melbourne Handball Club in 2012 > She was then part of the Victorian state team for the Australian championships and contributed in obtain a gold medal in 2012 and 2015.

Current captain of the Australian national team, she was part of the Victorian state team that won the Bronze Medal in the Australian Beach Handball Championships in 2015.

She was part of one of New South Whales team that won the Australian Championship silver medal in 2010 and gold medal in 2011.

Achievements :

2014 : MVP and best scorer in the Australian Beach Handball Championships

2016 : Australian Beach Handball Championships - All Star Team (Best Left Wing player)

She was selected and represented Australia at the 2013 World Women's Handball Championship in Serbia.

She is the captain of the Australian team that secured an 8th position at World Championships in Hungary, July 2016.

She also represented Australia for the following events :

• 2014 Beach Handball World Championships - Brazil
• 2013 World Games (Beach Handball) - Colombia
• 2012 Beach Handball world championships - Oman