What is "mladost"

HAŠK Mladost (Mladost - lit. "Youth") is an academic sports society from Zagreb, Croatia, sponsored by the University of Zagreb. Clubs named Mladost exist in athletics, field hockey, judo, basketball, bowling on ice and asphalt, fencing, volleyball, swimming, rugby, synchronised swimming, skiing, ice-hockey, ice skating, table tennis, archery, chess, tennis, water polo and rowing.

Probably the most renowned sections are water polo, swimming, rowing and in more recent times ice hockey. The water polo club Mladost often wins the Croatian championships and competes in the European club championships, while the swimming club regularly organizes international swimming events.

It should be stated that HAVK Mladost (water polo section of HAŠK Mladost) is one of the most successful club in history of European championships in that sport. HAVK Mladost won, among others, these international competitions:

European champions: 1968, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1990, 1991, 1996

Cup Winners cup: 1976, 1999

LEN trophy: 2001

European super cup: 1976, 1990, 1996

Many of the Mladost facilities are located on lake Jarun in southwestern parts of Zagreb.

Mladost (meaning "youth" in Slavic languages) may refer to:

Placenames

• Mladost, Sofia, municipality of Sofia, Bulgaria
• Mladost, Varna, municipality of Varna, Bulgaria
• Mladost, Obrenovac, municipality of city Obrenovac, Serbia.

Association football clubs

• NK Mladost 127, former name of the Croatian club HNK Suhopolje
• FK Mladost Apatin, Serbian club based in Apatin
• FK Mladost Bački Jarak, Serbian club based in Bački Jarak
• FK Mladost Bački Petrovac, Serbian club based in Bački Petrovac
• FK Mladost Begaljica, Serbian club based in Begaljica
• FK Mladost Bosilegrad, Serbian club based in Bosilegrad
• FK Mladost Carev Dvor, Macedonian club based in Carev Dvor
• NK Mladost Cernik, Croatian club based in Cernik
• FK Mladost Gacko, Bosnian club based in Gacko
• FK Mladost Lončari, Bosnian club based in Lončari
• FK Mladost Lučani, Serbian club based in Lučani
• OFK Mladost Lješkopolje, Montenegrin club based in Donja Gorica, Podgorica
• FK Mladost Medoševac, Serbian club based in Medoševac
• FK Mladost Novi Sad, Serbian club based in Novi Sad
• FK Mladost Omoljica, Serbian club based in Omoljica
• FK Mladost Podgorica, Montenegrin club based in Podgorica
• NK Mladost Proložac, Croatian club based in Proložac
• FK Mladost Sandići, Bosnian club based in Sandići

Other sports clubs

• Mladost (sports society), Croatian sports society based in Zagreb
  • HAOK Mladost, volleyball section
  • HAVK Mladost, water polo section
• KHL Mladost, Croatian ice hockey club based in Zagreb
• KK Mladost Omoljica, Serbian basketball club based in Omoljica