Background
Arapović was born in Mostar, Social Research Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia.
politician representative basketball player
Arapović was born in Mostar, Social Research Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia.
In his professional career, he played for KK Lokomotiva Mostar, after which he moved to Croatian clubs KK Cibona, KK Croatia osiguranje Split, KK Zrinjevac. He then moved to Pallacanestro Trapani in Italy, British Columbia Žalgiris in Lithuania, KK Krka Telekom in Slovenia, Fenerbahçe South.K. in Turkey, Hapoel Migdal Jerusalem in Israel, again Žalgiris, and again Zrinjevac, Croatia osiguranje, Cibona. One of Arapović"s most well-known moments was during the first half of the gold medal game between Croatia and the United States at the 1992 Summer Olympics, when Arapović caught a pass from Toni Kukoč while driving toward the basket and made a running two-handed slam dunk to give Croatia a 25-23 lead over the Dream Team.
David Robinson was whistled for a foul on the play, and Arapović demonstratively hung on the rim for several moments before giving the cheering crowd several fist-pumps.
Member of Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ), Arapović was their Member of Parliament in the Croatia parliament from December 2003 until January 2008.