Background
He was born to Slovenian father and Croatian mother and was educated in Zagreb, Vienna and Stockholm where he studied Swedish gymnastics.
He was born to Slovenian father and Croatian mother and was educated in Zagreb, Vienna and Stockholm where he studied Swedish gymnastics.
He is considered to be the father of Croatian sport and olympism. As a historian of literature he worked on the study of Croatian literature and wrote about Scandinavian literature. He was a prominent sports writer and wrote manuals for many types of sports.
Bučar was the popularizer and initiator of introduction of many sports in Croatia – football, gymnastics, ice skating, alpine skiing, ice hockey, fencing and others
He participated in the establishment of numerous clubs and professional alliances and also played a prominent role in Sokol organization. He left an extensive correspondence with major figures of European culture and sport and created a library of several thousand volumes.
In 1909 Bučar was elected the first president of Croatian Sports Federation which he founded. Bučar"s greatest personal result was second place in the "steep run" on the ski competition in Prague in 1896.
International Olympic Committee]
He was a member of the International Olympic Committee from 1920 until his death in 1946.