Public statement
What was said about me, and what the documents say
A public statement by Filip Dropulić, IFBB international judge and fitness coach, Zagreb, Croatia. First edition, 1 November 2026.
In one paragraph. No body of that federation ever expelled me, and under its own membership rules an individual cannot be a member of it in the first place. No disciplinary measure was ever imposed on me, which its general secretary confirms twice in writing. My international judge card was issued by the IFBB itself, under rules which state that nomination is the national federation's act and that individual requests are not accepted. Two Croatian courts certify that no criminal proceedings for offences prosecuted ex officio and no misdemeanour proceedings are conducted against me. The court case the author of these claims brought against me was rejected, and that decision is final.
1. Who I am, in documents
I competed for Croatia and I work as a fitness coach and posing coach. I am an IFBB international judge. The positions I held in the national federation were given to me by that federation, and its own documents describe them.
| 20 December 2022 | Extraordinary elective assembly of the national federation. The minutes list me among those present as candidate for sports director of the national team, the assembly elects me to the mandate verification commission and to the candidacy and election commission, and I sign the minutes as their certifier. The minutes record that the remaining offices, being within the competence of the executive board, were filled by that board in a session held the same evening. |
| 15 April 2024 | The federation's own disciplinary summons describes me as a former official of the federation "in the position of elected SPORTS DIRECTOR OF THE NATIONAL TEAM", and as a member of an affiliated member club of the federation. |
| 1 September 2025 | The federation's press release calls me its "former athlete and former official". |
| 28 October 2026 | An attachment to the general secretary's circular describes me as an official "who held the position of elected sports director of the national fitness and bodybuilding team". |
Four documents, all written by the other side, all saying the same thing. I did not appoint myself to anything. They elected me, and they recorded it.
My criminal and misdemeanour record
On 13 September 2026 two Croatian courts issued certificates in my name:
- Municipal Criminal Court in Zagreb, no. Su-Ukpe-273398/2026: no criminal proceedings are conducted against me in the Republic of Croatia for criminal offences prosecuted ex officio.
- Municipal Misdemeanour Court in Zagreb, no. Su-Uppe-64276/2026: no misdemeanour proceedings are conducted against me before a court in the Republic of Croatia.
Both certificates are electronically signed by the Ministry of Justice, Administration and Digital Transformation and can be verified by anyone on the ministry's public verification page, by entering the record number and the control number printed on them.
What the Sports Act requires of them, and what follows from it. Article 114 of the Croatian Sports Act, headed "Impediments to management in a national sports federation and umbrella sports associations", provides that a member of a body of a national sports federation may not be a person "pravomoćno osuđena za kaznena djela iz članka 111. stavaka 1. i 2. ovoga Zakona", finally convicted of the criminal offences listed in article 111(1) and (2). The impediment runs on criminal convictions, and on nothing else.
In December 2022 the federation elected me to one of its bodies, and published me on its own list of bodies for the 2022 to 2026 term. A federation that elects a person to one of its bodies states, by that very act, that article 114 is satisfied. It cannot afterwards assert that I breach the Sports Act without asserting a breach of that same article by itself. Both cannot be true at once.
2. The claim that I was expelled from the federation
What was actually published, and what it does not contain.
The press release of 1 September 2025, in the federation's own English version, says:
"the CFBF completely distances itself from its former athlete and former official Filip Dropulić…"Press release of the Croatian Fitness and Bodybuilding Federation, 1 September 2025, published on its website in Croatian and English. The sentence continues with matter that is not reproduced here; see section 7.
It does not say expelled. It does not say excluded. It names no decision of any body on membership, exclusion or discipline, because there is none. The Croatian word used in the media headlines of January 2026 was "izbačen", that is expelled, and the English wording entered circulation through a translation of those articles which the general secretary himself attached to his circular of 28 October 2026, where it appears as a subheading:
"The Croatian Fitness and Bodybuilding Federation expelled him"Attachment "Translation of newpaper Articles Dropulic, Minister Habijan 16.01.2026", page 1, circulated by e-mail on 28 October 2026 to national federations.
Three different things, which the federation itself runs together. Removal from office, exclusion from membership and a disciplinary measure are not the same. The federation can remove a person from office, and claims it did. It cannot exclude me from membership. It imposed no disciplinary measure, and says so itself. On its own website, under the list of its bodies for the 2022 to 2026 term, the following still stood when the page was printed on 13 September 2026:
„SPORTSKI DIREKTOR REPREZENTACIJE: FILIP DROPULIĆ, trajno razriješen funkcije i suspendiran, pokrenut stegovni postupak", that is, permanently removed from office and suspended, disciplinary proceedings initiated.
Those three cannot stand together. Under article 29(7) of the federation's own 2023 rulebook a suspension is a provisional measure which runs until a final decision is taken and at most nine months from the start of the proceedings; it exists precisely because nothing has yet been decided. Permanent removal is an outcome. And the catalogue of disciplinary measures for officials, in article 9(2) of the same rulebook, contains no permanent removal from office at all: a ban on performing a function may under article 10(2) last no longer than five years, and the only permanent measure is permanent exclusion from all activities, which the general secretary states in writing was never imposed. Six weeks after that printout the same federation wrote to national federations that no proceedings are being conducted against me and that no measure was ever imposed.
Three reasons the expulsion claim cannot stand.
First, there is no decision, and he says so himself. In the same consignment of 28 October 2026:
"a disciplinary procedure was initiated against Juratovic and Dropulic, but it was never completed and no disciplinary measures were ever given to them by CFBF DC."
"No disciplinary proceedings are being conducted against FILIP DROPULIC and GORAN JURATOVIC and no disciplinary measures have ever been imposed on them."Both sentences are in the attachment "IFBB irregularities Croatia" to the circular of 28 October 2026. The attachment is unsigned; the covering e-mail is signed in the capacity of general secretary of the federation.
Second, an individual cannot be a member of that federation at all. Its Rules on membership and membership fees, in the version published on its website and adopted on 4 October 2025 as amendments to the rules of 6 March 2016, provide in article 2 that members of the federation may be sports, that is fitness and bodybuilding, associations, meaning clubs. The same rules treat exclusion as a decision of the executive board directed at a member club. The federation's own disciplinary summons of 15 April 2024 describes me accordingly, not as a member of the federation, but as a member of one of its affiliated member clubs.
Third, a press release is not a decision. It has no operative part, no reasoning and no legal remedy, and there is no body to appeal to. In its Croatian original it invokes "Zakonom dane javne ovlasti", public authority granted by law, and in its own English version "legal public authority of the Croatian Fitness and Bodybuilding Federation", while naming no decision of any body on which anything it says about my status rests.
3. The claim about my international judge licence
The press release of 1 September 2025 states that my licence was issued "completely outside the provisions of the Rules of the International Fitness and Bodybuilding Federation", that I received it "without ever having judged a single fitness and bodybuilding competition before, either nationally or internationally", and without the national federation "ever officially applied him for the international judge exam". The attachment to the circular of 28 October 2026 repeats it as "outside all IFBB rules and protocols".
The rule I rely on is not my reading but theirs. In its own disciplinary summons of 15 April 2024 the federation cites articles 13.1 and 13.3 of the IFBB Federation Rules for Bodybuilding and Fitness, 2023 edition, the text in force when my card was approved, and reads them itself as meaning that a candidate for the international judge examination "može biti prijavljen od strane nacionalnog saveza", that is, may be registered for it by the national federation. The registration is therefore the federation's act, on their own reading of the edition they themselves chose to cite.
The edition I hold is the 2024 one. It sets out the same structure. Point 13.4:
"Each National Federation is responsible for nominating qualified national judges to take an exam for international class. The National Federation must provide on the names of all individuals who is nominates to take the test at the competition and/or one of the IFBB World Judges Seminars. Individual requests will not be accepted."
Point 13.5, C-Class, requires nomination by the IFBB affiliated national federation the judge is a member of, participation in an IFBB Judges Seminar with the theoretical test, and the practical test at an IFBB international competition indicated by the IFBB Judges Committee. Point 13.7 provides that the International Judge Card is issued by the IFBB after both tests have been passed and a one time fee paid.
What I hold: an IFBB Certificate of Participation in the IFBB Judging and Technical Webinar, dated 7 September 2021, number 09.2021 PF 0178, signed by the president of the IFBB and the president of the IFBB Judges Committee; and IFBB International Judge Card number 01/11/23/CRO, country Croatia, marked approved on 4 November 2023 and signed by the president of the IFBB Judges Committee. The card states on its face that it remains the property of the IFBB.
What I actually did before the card was issued
Two things, both on the IFBB's own forms.
At the Balkan Championship 2023, held from 21 to 23 April 2023 in North Macedonia, I completed IFBB Form 3 sheets marked TEST in the judge's number box, in my name, with my country and my signature, placing the competitors in Senior Men's Physique up to and including 178 cm and in Women's Bikini up to and including 169 cm. On those two sheets the accuracy is worked out on the paper itself: 45 minus 6 of 45, 87 per cent, and 55 minus 10 of 55, 82 per cent. Point 13.6.1 of the IFBB General Rules sets the pass mark for the practical judging test at "an average accuracy of 80% at least".The official results of that championship are published by the IFBB itself: "Balkan Federation of Bodybuilding and Fitness, Balkan Championship 2023, 21.04-23.04.2023, NORTH MACEDONIA, OFFICIAL RESULTS", on ifbb.com.
At the IFBB World Championships in Santa Susanna 2023, the championship during which my card was approved on 4 November 2023, I completed the IFBB's TEST-JUDGE'S MARKS forms, again in my name and signed, in the eliminations and in the semi-finals, in Master Bodyfitness 35 to 39 open, in Men's Physique up to 179 cm and in Junior Women's Bikini 21 to 23 over 166 cm. One of them carries "TEST No.: 1". Point 13.5 c requires precisely that, the practical skills test "at one of the IFBB international competition indicated by the IFBB Judges Committee".
So the sentence in the press release, that I received the licence "without ever having judged a single fitness and bodybuilding competition before, either nationally or internationally", is contradicted by the IFBB's own forms, completed and signed by me at IFBB events, the first of them more than six months before the card was approved.
Under point 13.7 the IFBB issues that card only once it is itself satisfied that both tests have been passed and the fee paid. Whether that assessment was correct is for the IFBB to say, not for me. What follows from it for my position is only this: the acts I am charged with, nomination and registration for the examination, were under those rules not within my power to perform. If the nomination was irregular, that is a matter between the federations and for the body that accepted it.
A note on the two editions, so that nobody has to ask. The numbering shifted: what the federation cites as 13.3 of the 2023 edition corresponds to 13.4 of the 2024 edition. The 2024 edition states on its face that it was approved in 2014 and modified by congress decisions up to 2022. I cite it because it is the text I hold, and I lead with the federation's own citation of the 2023 edition precisely because that is the text that was in force in November 2023.
The part of the rulebook that does not help me, stated openly. Point 13.1 of the same rules provides that judges wishing to judge at international competitions "must first be qualified to judge at the national level". I had not been qualified as a national judge before November 2023. That is a different thing from never having judged, which the section above answers, but it is a condition in the rulebook and I state it. I do so because a reader who checks the rulebook will find it, and because a defence that hides the inconvenient provision is worth nothing.
Who could have qualified me is a matter of public record. The historical extract from the Register of Associations of the Republic of Croatia, issued by the City of Zagreb on 10 October 2024, KLASA 230-01/24-09/162, lists under "Povijesni prikaz osoba ovlaštenih za zastupanje" every person ever entered as authorised to represent this federation. After a mandate running to 21 September 2018, the next entry is the mandate of 20 December 2022, entered in the register on 22 March 2024. Between those two dates the register shows no one at all. For five and a half years the national federation had no person entered as authorised to represent it, which is also what its own general secretary writes and what the sports inspectorate found. A national judging qualification could not be obtained from a federation in that condition, and in any event whether the requirements were met was for the IFBB to assess, which it did.
The objection taken from the register also cuts both ways. The claim that my licence is irregular rests on who was, and was not, entered in the Register of Associations. The same register, in the same historical extract, shows that from 21 September 2018 until 22 March 2024 the objecting federation had no person entered as authorised to represent it either. Its own registered activities, as the current extract issued by the Bjelovar-Bilogora County on 18 September 2026 records them, include "organiziranje i vođenje sportskih natjecanja u fitnessu i bodybuildingu" and "stručno usavršavanje i licenciranje stručnih kadrova", the organising and running of competitions in the sport and the professional development and licensing of professional staff. If the register decides who could act in Croatian sport in that period, then in that period nobody could: neither the body that entered me for the examination, nor the body that now objects. Whether the requirements were met was decided by the IFBB, and the IFBB decided it and issued the card.
What follows from it is not what the claim says. That condition, like the nomination, is assessed by the national federation and by the IFBB, never by the candidate. The other side describes the mechanics itself: on the entry form for the 2023 World Championship, "filled out by Goran Juratovic", I "was also registered as a candidate for taking the test for IFBB international judge", and I "was registered for taking international judge exam" by that body. Every verb in their own account has me as the object of the act, not its author. The IFBB Judges Committee then conducted the examinations and its president signed the card.
4. The claim of "scandals and unlawful acts" and "court judgments"
The circular of 28 October 2026, in the body of the message, states:
"Ralph Decelis and Rafael Santonja are determined - at any cost - to install former Croatian competitor Filip Dropulić as president of the CFBF, even though this individual is linked to numerous scandals and unlawful acts, some of which have resulted in court judgments."Circular letter of 28 October 2026, sent to members of the IFBB and, in the author's words, "all other interested parties", with all recipients in blind copy, one day before elections to the governing bodies of the IFBB.
Against that sentence stand the following documents:
- The two court certificates of 13 September 2026 set out in section 1.
- The court case the author of that sentence brought against me, a private criminal prosecution of 10 August 2023, was rejected by the Municipal Criminal Court in Zagreb by ruling no. K-1528/2025-10 of 15 May 2026, under article 525(2) in connection with article 78(3) of the Criminal Procedure Act, because it was "nepodobna za postupanje suda", unsuitable for the court to act upon. The court's own notice of finality, no. K-1528/2025-15 of 2 July 2026, records that the ruling became final on 12 June 2026. No appeal was lodged. Not one of its allegations was ever examined on the merits, because the court never reached them.
- On 19 June 2026 the Municipal Misdemeanour Court in Split, in its statement no. 26 Su-537/2026, replied regarding an old misdemeanour matter, citing article 77(2) of the Misdemeanour Act, that after three years from the finality of such a decision the person "is considered to have no conviction under that decision and any use of those data about him as the perpetrator of a misdemeanour is prohibited and has no legal effect", and that "rehabilitation takes effect by operation of law" (article 77(3)). It adds, citing article 78(6), that "data on a misdemeanour for which rehabilitation has taken effect may not be given to anyone, nor used for any purpose". The same statement records that the decision in that matter became final on 13 April 2016, which places the three year point in April 2019, and that the decision is not to be found in the public search engine of Croatian court decisions. That is why I do not discuss the content of that matter publicly. What may and may not be done with those data is stated by the competent court in the passage quoted above.
So there are no judgments in the plural. There is one matter which the competent court has declared legally closed and unusable, and one case which the author of the sentence brought himself and which was dismissed without any of it being examined.
5. The disciplinary proceedings, and what became of them
On 15 April 2024 the federation opened disciplinary proceedings against me and at the same time imposed a temporary suspension, in its own words "starting from 15 April 2024, and for a maximum of nine (9) months", stating that there was no right of appeal against it.
Those proceedings were conducted under the federation's Rules on disciplinary and material liability of 14 January 2023, whose article 24 provides in full:
"(1) First instance disciplinary proceedings must be carried out within six (6) months counting from the day the report was filed. (2) If the proceedings are not concluded within this period, the proceedings shall be deemed discontinued, and the person who filed the report has the right of appeal to the second instance body."
The six months run from the filing of the report, which necessarily preceded 15 April 2024, so the period had expired by 15 October 2024 at the latest. The temporary suspension, capped at nine months from the start of the proceedings, had expired by 15 January 2025 at the latest.
I did receive the decision of 15 April 2024 imposing that suspension. No decision concluding those proceedings was ever taken, and none was ever served on me. Nor was the official report and request to initiate proceedings, on which that summons relies and of which the general secretary's own judging notes are stated to form an integral part, ever served on me.
The 2026 circular states that the rulebook provides a nine month deadline and that the proceedings lapsed on 15 January 2025. A nine month period for completing proceedings was introduced only by the new rulebook of 1 June 2025, more than a year after these proceedings began, and by that date they had already lapsed. Article 48 of that 2025 rulebook provides that it applies to proceedings not concluded on the day of its adoption; these were concluded on 15 October 2024, more than seven months earlier, so article 48 can neither reach them nor revive them. Under either calculation the result is identical: they ended without any decision. The federation's own general secretary states that same conclusion twice in that same consignment.
Several accusations were listed in those proceedings. The 2026 attachment repeats three of them: that I presented myself as coach of the national team, that I sat the international judge examination without being registered with the national federation, and that I unlawfully represented Croatia at the 2023 IFBB Congress. The summons itself puts the latter more fully: that I "nezakonito predstavljao Republiku Hrvatsku na Godišnjem Kongresu (AGM) IFBB Federation 2023 te nezakonito vodio reprezentaciju Republike Hrvatske bez ovlaštenja jedinog nacionalnog saveza… na Prvenstvu Svijeta 2023.", that is, unlawfully represented Croatia at the 2023 IFBB Congress and unlawfully led the Croatian national team at the 2023 World Championship without the authorisation of the national federation. No body ever ruled on any of them, because the proceedings ended before any decision. On the first of the three, the same author writes the following in the same 2026 document:
"the Croatian national team for the 2023 European Championship was led on behalf of the Croatian Olympic Committee two Croatian federation's officials: Filip Dropulic and Boris Presecki"
The same federation's summons of 15 April 2024 says it in Croatian: at the 2023 European Championship I was "u funkciji „člana vodstva reprezentacije"… prema odluci Glavnog tajnika HOO-a", in the function of a member of the national team leadership, by decision of the Secretary General of the Croatian Olympic Committee.
On the second, see section 3. On the third, nothing has ever been decided and no body has ever asked me to answer for it.
The World Championship limb of that charge, and the same claim repeated in the 2026 attachment, that in 2023 I took part outside the federation in Croatian participation at that championship, is answered by documents. On 27 June 2023 the IFBB itself, by a certificate signed by its general secretary, provisionally recognised another association in Croatia as its member and stated that the recognition "entitles CFBBC to send its national teams to all IFBB competitions". The entry for that championship was sent to the IFBB on 16 October 2023 by the president of that association, not by me, and on 17 September 2026 the IFBB head office confirmed in writing that no other entry form for Croatia was received for that event. Whether that recognition was correct is a dispute between the federations. It was not mine to decide, and no body has ever decided that I did anything unlawful by competing or by being present there.
There is a second half to this, and it does not come from me. In the same 2026 attachment the author writes that until the court proceedings were resolved "the CFBF could not legally enter its elected representatives (the president, vice-president and secretary) into the Register of Associations Republic of Croatia and the CFBF could not do any business with third parties or simply put, CFBF could not function at full capacity", and that only "in mid-March 2024" were its representatives registered and the federation "finally able to function normally to its full extent". In its own summons of 15 April 2024, when it suited the opposite conclusion, the same federation had written that "tijela unutar HBBS-a funkcionirala su normalno i bez zapreka u periodu od 20. prosinca 2022. do 12. ožujka 2024.", that its bodies functioned normally and without obstacle throughout exactly that period. Both positions are theirs, each taken when it was needed. The Croatian sports inspectorate found the same, and gave it as its reason for imposing no measures: the governing bodies elected on 20 December 2022 were entered in the register only in March 2024, and "in the said period the federation was not in a position to operate lawfully".
So for the whole of 2023 the national federation was, on its own account and on the finding of a state inspection body, not operating. In that year the only body the IFBB had authorised to send national teams from Croatia was the association it had recognised on 27 June 2023. That was the only route open to Croatian competitors to IFBB competitions that year, and I did not create it. The same applies to every Croatian competitor who went to those championships in 2023, and to the results they achieved there.
6. The sequence, by date
These are dates from documents. I draw no conclusion from them and I allege no agreement between anyone. I set them out because they have not been published together before.
| 20 Dec 2022 | The current leadership of the federation is elected at the assembly, and the executive board elected there fills the remaining offices the same evening. |
| 12 May 2023 | Three days after the 2023 European Championship I speak publicly, in a live broadcast on my own profile, about the championship, the national team and the selection criteria. That broadcast is the act named in the private prosecution of 10 August 2023, which was rejected in 2026. The 2026 attachment treats that period as the turning point: "Filip Dropulic's switching sides was actually the main reason for the sudden stop of support for the Croatian federation by the IFBB." |
| 27 Jun 2023 | The IFBB, by a certificate signed by its general secretary, provisionally recognises as its member another association in Croatia, under the presidency of Goran Juratović, stating that the recognition "entitles CFBBC to send its national teams to all IFBB competitions". |
| 11 Jul 2023 | That association publicly announces the founding of a new federation under the name Hrvatski fitness i bodybuilding savez, and writes: "Uostalom upravo smo zajedničkom suradnjom sa Filipom Dropulicem zaljubljnikom u ovaj sport i dobili ovaj certifikat i priznanje", that is, we obtained this certificate and recognition precisely through joint cooperation with Filip Dropulić. The existing federation took that same name on 10 September 2024. |
| 10 Aug 2023 | The general secretary files a private criminal prosecution against me at the Municipal Court in Bjelovar. |
| 16 Oct 2023 | The entry of the Croatian competitors for the 2023 World Championship is sent to the IFBB by the president of the association recognised on 27 June 2023. It was not sent by me. On 17 September 2026 the IFBB head office confirmed in writing that "no other or additional Final Entry Form for Croatia was received" for that event. |
| Mar 2024 | The Croatian sports inspectorate, in its act of 3 March 2025, gives as its reason for not imposing measures on the federation that its governing bodies elected on 20 December 2022 were entered in the Register of Associations only in March 2024, and that "in the said period the federation was not in a position to operate lawfully". |
| 15 Apr 2024 | Disciplinary proceedings and temporary suspension against me. |
| by 15 Oct 2024 | The six month period expires. The proceedings are discontinued by operation of the federation's own rules, without any decision. |
| 24 Apr 2025 | By the general secretary's own public account in the 2026 circular, the IFBB opened disciplinary proceedings against him on this day, he was given "a lifetime ban from the IFBB", he filed an appeal in time, and no second instance decision has followed. Those are his words about his own case and I take no position on them. |
| 1 Jun 2025 | The federation's executive board adopts a new disciplinary rulebook. Compared with the 2023 version it deletes article 1(4), under which the IFBB Disciplinary Code "applies directly without any body of the federation having to decide on it", and deletes from article 1(3) the passage stating that the IFBB "has the right to discipline" the federation together with its list of IFBB rules, while keeping the general statement of alignment with the IFBB statute and code. At the same time it extends the federation's disciplinary reach, in the new article 2(1)(h), to "all other legal and natural persons in the system of fitness and bodybuilding sport in the Republic of Croatia directly or indirectly connected to the federation". |
| 22 Jun 2025 | Eight weeks after those first suspensions, a video concerning me is published on a YouTube channel. In June 2025 I report its content to the Zagreb police administration and to the public prosecution service. On 4 June 2026 YouTube blocks the video. |
| 12 Aug 2025 | Twenty days before that press release, Meta replies to my report of 11 August 2025: "We disabled access to the content you reported for going against our Community Standards." |
| 1 Sep 2025 | The federation publishes the press release about me, invoking public authority granted by law. |
| 15 and 16 Jan 2026 | Croatian media publish articles citing that press release as their source. Regional outlets follow. |
| 10 Mar 2026 | My wife sends the federation her first request in the matter of a state award for a top sporting achievement. |
| 12 Mar 2026 | At around 18:00 police officers enter and search my home. I complained about it on 23 March 2026, KLASA NK-050-01/26-01/1388, and supplemented the complaint in writing. In it I state that the entry and search were carried out without a court warrant, after I had been told I would be taken in if I did not allow it, and that nothing unlawful was found. On 27 March 2026, on a summons, I attended the criminal police and gave a full statement. I set out the dates and allege no connection between them. The two court certificates in section 1 were issued six months later. |
| 15 May 2026 | His private criminal prosecution against me is rejected. Final on 12 June 2026. |
| 4 Jun 2026 | After my privacy complaint of 28 May 2026, reference Q3RVIV6I63QAJ3HYQT4AG5WSPQ, YouTube blocks the content. |
| 19 Jun 2026 | The Split court issues the statement quoted in section 4. |
| 13 Sep 2026 | I ask the federation in writing to erase my personal data, attaching that court statement. No reply. |
| 28 Oct 2026 | The circular goes out to national federations with twenty seven attachments, all recipients in blind copy, one day before elections to the governing bodies of the IFBB. Forty five days earlier, on 13 September 2026, I had sent the federation a written request to erase my personal data with the Split court's statement attached, and received no reply. The same evening, at 20:34, I supplemented my request before the Personal Data Protection Agency with that circular. |
Where the claims in the media came from
The questions the journalists put to me were expressly built on the federation's claims. The ten written questions a 24sata journalist sent me on 15 January 2026 at 12:39 are built throughout on the federation's own statements. Three of them, in the original Croatian:
„Kad je u pitanju navod HFBS-a da „kršite odredbe Zakona o sportu", kako na to gledate?"
„HFBS navodi niz Vaših navodnih prekršaja zbog kojih su primijenili odredbe statuta stegovnog postupka. Smatrate li da je to opravdano?"
„Među ostalim navode da se lažno predstavljate kao national representation coach. Kako to komentirate?"Written questions of 15 January 2026, 12:39. In English: how do you view the HFBS claim that you are breaching the provisions of the Sports Act; HFBS lists a number of your alleged offences for which they applied the disciplinary provisions, do you consider that justified; among other things they claim that you falsely present yourself as national representation coach.
I answered all ten in writing the same day at 16:20, with attachments, and the journalist sent me my statements back before they went to print. A second outlet, Jutarnji list, put a written question to me on 16 January 2026 at 11:01; I answered at 11:09, within eight minutes. That outlet published nothing on the subject.
Nine months later the same material came back. The attachment to the circular of 28 October 2026 gathers 51 links to those articles, on 36 different domains, into a single list, and states that the matter was "published in a short period on over 50 information portals in Croatia and the region (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro)". That list was then sent to national federations abroad.
I do not claim here who contacted which newsroom. I set out what the journalists' own questions were built on, and what was done with those articles afterwards.
7. What I do not claim, and what I leave out
- I take no side in the dispute between that federation's leadership and the international federation. It is not my dispute and this document says nothing about who is right in it.
- I do not allege a conspiracy or a common plan between anyone, and I attribute motives to no one. I set out what was said, who said it, when, and which document contradicts it.
- I make no claim about anyone's finances, private life or family.
- I do not reproduce the part of the press release which concerns a third person, and I do not discuss the content of the old misdemeanour matter referred to in section 4, because the competent court has stated that those data may not be used by anyone for any purpose, and that includes me.
- In this document I separate what a document says from the conclusion I draw from it. Every conclusion is marked as a conclusion and carries the document it rests on, so that anyone can check it independently. One example: that the word "expelled" originated in media headlines rather than in the federation's own text follows from comparing the two, and anyone can make that comparison.
8. Where this stands now, and what I ask
The claims described above are the subject of a case before the Croatian Personal Data Protection Agency and of an inspection by the sports inspectorate of the Ministry of Tourism and Sport.
Criminal proceedings
Criminal complaints have been filed with the public prosecution service. I will not comment on the course of those matters while they are pending.
What I ask is simple, and it is addressed to anyone who has repeated these claims or is considering doing so. Either name the decision of a competent body which supports the claim, or withdraw it. For not one of the claims set out above does such a decision exist, and for several of them the opposite has been established in writing, either by a Croatian court or by the author of the claim himself.
I continue to work in my profession. My international judge card was issued by the international federation and has not been withdrawn. I am free to work with whomever I choose, within the law.
I am legally clear, and that is not my assertion but the content of the documents set out above. No criminal proceedings for offences prosecuted ex officio and no misdemeanour proceedings are conducted against me, certified by two Croatian courts on 13 September 2026. No disciplinary measure has ever been imposed on me by the federation, which its general secretary states twice in writing. No ban or suspension imposed on me or served on me is in force against me. The private prosecution brought against me by the author of these claims was rejected and that ruling is final. No decision restricting what I may do in this sport is known to me or has ever been served on me, and in October 2026 the federation itself confirmed in writing that there is none.
One last thing, which is not a legal question but a fact of my life. From June 2025, when I first reported content about myself to the Zagreb police administration, to the day I am writing this, my family and I have been living through what I can only call terror. That is how I experience it and that is what I call it here. Part of it is set out in the preceding sections, and everything else I have reported to the competent authorities myself; I will not comment on those matters while they are running: articles published about me across Croatia and the region, 51 links on 36 domains gathered into a single list and sent to national federations abroad, police entering my home on 12 March 2026, reports filed with institutions against me and against people around me, not one of which ended in a finding of any breach, approaches made to my associates, clients and sponsors with messages about me, pressure on people from my working and private life who have nothing to do with any of this, and proceedings that are still running. Not one of the claims that set all of this in motion has been confirmed by a decision of a competent body. I do not carry this alone. My family carries it too.
Why all of this happened I do not assert here. I have set out the documents and the dates. Let the reader draw their own conclusion as to why.
Filip Dropulić
Zagreb, 1 November 2026
Javna izjava
Što je o meni rečeno, i što kažu isprave
Javna izjava Filipa Dropulića, međunarodnog suca IFBB-a i fitness trenera, Zagreb. Prvo izdanje, 1. studenoga 2026.
Ukratko. Nijedno tijelo tog Saveza nikada me nije isključilo, a po njegovim vlastitim pravilima o članstvu pojedinac uopće ne može biti njegov član. Nijedna stegovna mjera nikada mi nije izrečena, što njegov glavni tajnik pisano potvrđuje dvaput. Međunarodnu sudačku iskaznicu izdao mi je sam IFBB, po pravilima koja propisuju da je nominacija radnja nacionalnog saveza i da se pojedinačni zahtjevi ne prihvaćaju. Dva hrvatska suda potvrđuju da se protiv mene ne vodi kazneni postupak za djela koja se gone po službenoj dužnosti ni prekršajni postupak. Sudski postupak koji je autor tih tvrdnji pokrenuo protiv mene pravomoćno je odbačen.
1. Tko sam, prema ispravama
Natjecao sam se za Hrvatsku i radim kao fitness trener i pozing trener. Međunarodni sam sudac IFBB-a. Dužnosti koje sam obnašao u nacionalnom savezu dao mi je taj savez, i njegove ih vlastite isprave opisuju.
| 20. prosinca 2022. | Izvanredna izborna sjednica Skupštine Saveza. Zapisnik me među ostalim nazočnima navodi kao kandidata za sportskog direktora reprezentacije, Skupština me bira u Komisiju za verifikaciju mandata i u kandidacijsko-izbornu komisiju, a zapisnik potpisujem kao njegov ovjerovitelj. Isti zapisnik bilježi da je preostale funkcije, čiji je izbor u djelokrugu Izvršnog odbora, popunio taj odbor na sjednici održanoj iste večeri. |
| 15. travnja 2024. | Vlastiti poziv Stegovne komisije Saveza opisuje me kao bivšeg dužnosnika „na mjestu izabranog SPORTSKOG DIREKTORA REPREZENTACIJE” i kao člana udružene članice Saveza. |
| 1. rujna 2025. | Priopćenje Saveza naziva me njegovim „bivšim sportašem i bivšim dužnosnikom”. |
| 28. listopada 2026. | Privitak kružne poruke glavnog tajnika opisuje me kao dužnosnika „koji je obnašao položaj izabranog sportskog direktora nacionalne fitness i bodybuilding reprezentacije”. |
Četiri isprave, sve napisane s druge strane, sve govore isto. Nisam se sam imenovao ni na što. Oni su me izabrali, i oni su to zapisali.
Kaznena i prekršajna evidencija
Dana 13. rujna 2026. dva hrvatska suda izdala su uvjerenja na moje ime:
- Općinski kazneni sud u Zagrebu, poslovni broj Su-Ukpe-273398/2026: protiv mene se u Republici Hrvatskoj ne vodi kazneni postupak za kaznena djela koja se progone po službenoj dužnosti.
- Općinski prekršajni sud u Zagrebu, poslovni broj Su-Uppe-64276/2026: protiv mene se pred sudom u Republici Hrvatskoj ne vodi prekršajni postupak.
Oba su uvjerenja elektronički potpisana od Ministarstva pravosuđa, uprave i digitalne transformacije i svatko ih može provjeriti na javnoj stranici za provjeru vjerodostojnosti, upisom broja zapisa i kontrolnog broja koji na njima stoje.
Što od njih traži Zakon o sportu, i što iz toga slijedi. Članak 114. Zakona o sportu, pod naslovom „Zapreke za upravljanje u nacionalnom sportskom savezu i krovnim sportskim udruženjima”, propisuje da član tijela nacionalnog sportskog saveza ne može biti osoba „koja je pravomoćno osuđena za kaznena djela iz članka 111. stavaka 1. i 2. ovoga Zakona”. Zapreka se veže uz kaznena djela, i ni uz što drugo.
U prosincu 2022. Savez me izabrao u jedno svoje tijelo i objavio me na vlastitom popisu tijela za mandat 2022-2026. Savez koji nekoga izabere u svoje tijelo time izjavljuje da je članak 114. ispunjen. Ne može poslije tvrditi da kršim Zakon o sportu, a da time ne tvrdi da je sam prekršio taj isti članak. Oboje ne može biti točno.
2. Tvrdnja da sam izbačen iz Saveza
Što je stvarno objavljeno, i čega u tome nema.
Priopćenje od 1. rujna 2025. doslovno kaže:
„HFBS se u potpunosti ograđuje od svojeg bivšeg sportaša i bivšeg dužnosnika Filipa Dropulića…”Priopćenje Hrvatskog fitness i bodybuilding saveza od 1. rujna 2025., objavljeno na njegovoj mrežnoj stranici na hrvatskom i engleskom. Rečenica se nastavlja sadržajem koji se ovdje ne prenosi, vidjeti odjeljak 7.
Ne piše izbačen. Ne piše isključen. Ne navodi se nijedna odluka ijednog tijela o članstvu, isključenju ili stegovnoj mjeri, jer je nema. Riječ „izbačen” upotrijebljena je u medijskim naslovima u siječnju 2026., a njezin engleski oblik ušao je u optjecaj kroz prijevod tih članaka koji je glavni tajnik sam priložio kružnoj poruci od 28. listopada 2026., gdje stoji kao podnaslov:
„The Croatian Fitness and Bodybuilding Federation expelled him”Privitak „Translation of newpaper Articles Dropulic, Minister Habijan 16.01.2026”, stranica 1, razaslan elektroničkom poštom 28. listopada 2026. nacionalnim savezima. U prijevodu: Hrvatski fitness i bodybuilding savez ga je izbacio.
Tri različite stvari, koje Savez sam stapa u jednu. Razrješenje s dužnosti, isključenje iz članstva i stegovna mjera nisu isto. Razrješenje Savez može provesti i tvrdi da ga je proveo. Isključenje iz članstva ne može. Stegovnu mjeru nije izrekao i to sam navodi. Na njegovoj mrežnoj stranici, pod popisom tijela za mandat 2022-2026, na dan ispisa 13. rujna 2026. i dalje je stajalo:
„SPORTSKI DIREKTOR REPREZENTACIJE: FILIP DROPULIĆ, trajno razriješen funkcije i suspendiran, pokrenut stegovni postupak".
To troje ne može stajati zajedno. Po članku 29. stavku 7. njegova Pravilnika iz 2023. suspenzija je privremena mjera koja traje dok se ne donese pravomoćno rješenje, a najdulje devet mjeseci od pokretanja postupka; ona postoji upravo zato što odluke još nema. Trajno razrješenje je ishod. Uz to, katalog stegovnih mjera za dužnosnike iz članka 9. stavka 2. istog Pravilnika uopće ne poznaje trajno razrješenje s funkcije: zabrana vršenja dužnosti po članku 10. stavku 2. ne može trajati dulje od pet godina, a jedina trajna mjera je trajno isključenje iz svih akcija i aktivnosti, za koju glavni tajnik pisano navodi da nikada nije izrečena. Šest tjedana nakon tog ispisa isti Savez piše nacionalnim savezima da protiv mene nijedan postupak ne teče i da nijedna mjera nikada nije izrečena.
Tri razloga zbog kojih tvrdnja o izbacivanju ne može stajati.
Prvo, odluke nema, i to on sam piše. U istoj pošiljci od 28. listopada 2026.:
„a disciplinary procedure was initiated against Juratovic and Dropulic, but it was never completed and no disciplinary measures were ever given to them by CFBF DC.”
„No disciplinary proceedings are being conducted against FILIP DROPULIC and GORAN JURATOVIC and no disciplinary measures have ever been imposed on them.”Obje su rečenice u privitku „IFBB irregularities Croatia” uz kružnu poruku od 28. listopada 2026. Privitak nije potpisan; popratna poruka potpisana je u svojstvu glavnog tajnika Saveza. U prijevodu: protiv Juratovića i Dropulića pokrenut je stegovni postupak, ali nikada nije dovršen i nikada im nije izrečena nijedna stegovna mjera; protiv njih se ne vodi nijedan stegovni postupak i nikada im nije izrečena nijedna stegovna mjera.
Drugo, pojedinac uopće ne može biti član tog Saveza. Njegov Pravilnik o članstvu i članarini, u verziji objavljenoj na mrežnoj stranici, donesenoj 4. listopada 2025. kao izmjene i dopune pravilnika od 6. ožujka 2016., u članku 2. propisuje da članovi Saveza mogu biti sportske, odnosno fitness i bodybuilding udruge, dakle klubovi. Isti pravilnik isključenje uređuje kao odluku Izvršnog odbora prema članici, dakle prema klubu. Vlastiti poziv Stegovne komisije od 15. travnja 2024. mene tako i opisuje, ne kao člana Saveza, nego kao člana jedne njegove udružene članice.
Treće, priopćenje nije odluka. Nema izreku, nema obrazloženje, nema uputu o pravnom lijeku, i protiv njega se nema kome žaliti. Poziva se na „Zakonom dane javne ovlasti”, a ne navodi nijednu odluku ijednog tijela na kojoj bi išta od onoga što tvrdi o mom statusu počivalo.
3. Tvrdnja o međunarodnoj sudačkoj licenci
Priopćenje od 1. rujna 2025. tvrdi da je moja licenca izdana „u potpunosti mimo odredaba Pravilnika Međunarodne fitness i bodybuilding federacije”, da sam je dobio „bez da je ikada prije odsudio i jedno fitness i bodybuilding natjecanje, bilo nacionalno bilo internacionalno” i „bez da ga je jedini nacionalni savez za fitness i bodybuilding sport u Republici Hrvatskoj, HFBS, službeno ikada prijavio za polaganje ispita internacionalnog suca”. Privitak kružne poruke od 28. listopada 2026. to ponavlja kao „outside all IFBB rules and protocols”.
Pravilo na koje se pozivam nije moje čitanje nego njihovo. U vlastitom pozivu Stegovne komisije od 15. travnja 2024. Savez navodi članke 13.1 i 13.3 IFBB Federation Rules for Bodybuilding and Fitness, izdanje 2023., dakle tekst koji je bio na snazi kad je moja iskaznica odobrena, i sam ih tumači ovako: na polaganje ispita za međunarodnog suca kandidat „može biti prijavljen od strane nacionalnog saveza". Prijava je dakle radnja saveza, po njihovom vlastitom čitanju izdanja koje su sami odabrali citirati.
Izdanje koje ja imam je ono iz 2024. Ono propisuje istu strukturu. Točka 13.4:
„Each National Federation is responsible for nominating qualified national judges to take an exam for international class. The National Federation must provide on the names of all individuals who is nominates to take the test at the competition and/or one of the IFBB World Judges Seminars. Individual requests will not be accepted.”U prijevodu: za nominiranje kvalificiranih nacionalnih sudaca za ispit za međunarodni razred odgovorna je svaka nacionalna federacija, koja dostavlja imena svih koje nominira. Pojedinačni zahtjevi neće se prihvaćati.
Točka 13.5, razred C, traži nominaciju nacionalne federacije učlanjene u IFBB čiji je sudac član, sudjelovanje na sudačkom seminaru IFBB-a s teorijskim ispitom, i praktični ispit na međunarodnom natjecanju koje odredi Sudački odbor IFBB-a. Točka 13.7 propisuje da iskaznicu izdaje IFBB, nakon oba položena ispita i uplate jednokratne pristojbe.
Što imam: IFBB Certificate of Participation sa seminara IFBB Judging and Technical Webinar od 7. rujna 2021., broj 09.2021 PF 0178, potpisan od predsjednika IFBB-a i predsjednika Sudačkog odbora IFBB-a; i IFBB International Judge Card broj 01/11/23/CRO, zemlja Croatia, s naznakom da je odobrena 4. studenoga 2023. i potpisom predsjednika Sudačkog odbora IFBB-a. Na samoj iskaznici piše da je ona vlasništvo IFBB-a.
Što sam stvarno radio prije izdavanja iskaznice
Dvoje, i oboje na vlastitim obrascima IFBB-a.
Na Balkanskom prvenstvu 2023., održanom od 21. do 23. travnja 2023. u Sjevernoj Makedoniji, ispunio sam IFBB Form 3 listove s oznakom TEST u polju za broj suca, na svoje ime, sa svojom zemljom i svojim potpisom, poredavši natjecatelje u kategorijama Senior Men's Physique do uključivo 178 cm i Women's Bikini do uključivo 169 cm. Na ta dva lista točnost je izračunata na samom papiru: 45 manje 6 od 45, 87 posto, i 55 manje 10 od 55, 82 posto. Točka 13.6.1 IFBB General Rules prag za polaganje praktičnog ispita suđenja postavlja na „an average accuracy of 80% at least”, dakle prosječnu točnost od najmanje 80 posto.Službene rezultate tog prvenstva objavljuje sam IFBB: „Balkan Federation of Bodybuilding and Fitness, Balkan Championship 2023, 21.04-23.04.2023, NORTH MACEDONIA, OFFICIAL RESULTS”, na ifbb.com.
Na Svjetskom prvenstvu IFBB-a u Santa Susanni 2023., prvenstvu tijekom kojega je 4. studenoga 2023. odobrena moja iskaznica, ispunio sam IFBB-ove obrasce TEST-JUDGE'S MARKS, opet na svoje ime i potpisane, u eliminacijama i u polufinalima, u kategorijama Master Bodyfitness 35 do 39 open, Men's Physique do 179 cm i Junior Women's Bikini 21 do 23 preko 166 cm. Na jednom od njih stoji „TEST No.: 1”. Točka 13.5 c traži upravo to, praktični ispit „at one of the IFBB international competition indicated by the IFBB Judges Committee”, dakle na međunarodnom natjecanju IFBB-a koje odredi Sudački odbor IFBB-a.
Rečenica iz priopćenja, da sam licencu dobio „bez da je ikada prije odsudio i jedno fitness i bodybuilding natjecanje, bilo nacionalno bilo internacionalno”, time je oborena vlastitim obrascima IFBB-a, koje sam ispunio i potpisao na natjecanjima IFBB-a, a prvi od njih više od šest mjeseci prije odobrenja iskaznice.
Po točki 13.7 IFBB iskaznicu izdaje tek kada sam utvrdi da su oba ispita položena i pristojba uplaćena. Je li to utvrđenje bilo ispravno, ocjenjuje IFBB, a ne ja. Za moj položaj iz toga slijedi samo ovo: radnje koje mi se stavljaju na teret, nominacija i prijava na ispit, po tim pravilima nisu bile u mojoj ovlasti. Ako je nominacija bila neuredna, to je pitanje između federacija i tijela koje ju je prihvatilo.
Napomena o dvama izdanjima, da nitko ne mora pitati. Numeracija se pomaknula: ono što Savez citira kao 13.3 izdanja 2023. odgovara točki 13.4 izdanja 2024. Izdanje 2024. na naslovnici navodi da je odobreno 2014. i mijenjano odlukama kongresa zaključno s 2022. Citiram ga jer je to tekst koji imam, a vodim s njihovim citatom izdanja 2023. upravo zato što je to tekst koji je bio na snazi u studenome 2023.
Dio pravilnika koji meni ne ide u prilog, otvoreno. Točka 13.1 istih pravila propisuje da sudac koji želi suditi na međunarodnim natjecanjima „mora najprije biti kvalificiran za suđenje na nacionalnoj razini”. Ja prije studenoga 2023. nisam bio kvalificiran kao nacionalni sudac. To nije isto što i nikada nisam sudio, na što odgovara odjeljak gore, ali jest uvjet iz pravilnika i navodim ga. Navodim ga jer će svatko tko otvori pravilnik to ondje i naći, i jer obrana koja skriva nezgodnu odredbu ne vrijedi ništa.
Tko me uopće mogao kvalificirati, vidi se iz javne evidencije. Povijesni izvadak iz Registra udruga Republike Hrvatske, koji je Grad Zagreb izdao 10. listopada 2024. pod KLASOM 230-01/24-09/162, u rubrici „Povijesni prikaz osoba ovlaštenih za zastupanje" navodi svaku osobu ikada upisanu kao ovlaštenu za zastupanje ovog Saveza. Nakon mandata koji je tekao do 21. rujna 2018., sljedeći upis je mandat od 20. prosinca 2022., upisan u registar 22. ožujka 2024. Između ta dva datuma u registru nema nikoga. Pet i pol godina nacionalni savez nije imao nijednu osobu upisanu kao ovlaštenu za zastupanje, što piše i njegov vlastiti glavni tajnik i što je utvrdila sportska inspekcija. Nacionalna sudačka kvalifikacija nije se mogla steći od saveza u takvom stanju, a jesu li uvjeti ispunjeni ionako je ocjenjivao IFBB, i ocijenio je.
Prigovor izveden iz registra reže na obje strane. Tvrdnja da je moja licenca neuredna počiva na tome tko je, a tko nije bio upisan u Registar udruga. Isti taj registar, u istom povijesnom izvatku, pokazuje da od 21. rujna 2018. do 22. ožujka 2024. ni savez koji prigovara nije imao nijednu osobu upisanu kao ovlaštenu za zastupanje. Njegove vlastite upisane djelatnosti, kako ih navodi izvadak koji je Bjelovarsko-bilogorska županija izdala 18. rujna 2026., uključuju „organiziranje i vođenje sportskih natjecanja u fitnessu i bodybuildingu" i „stručno usavršavanje i licenciranje stručnih kadrova". Ako registar odlučuje tko je u tom razdoblju u hrvatskom sportu mogao djelovati, onda u tom razdoblju nije mogao nitko: ni tijelo koje me prijavilo na ispit, ni tijelo koje danas prigovara. Jesu li uvjeti ispunjeni odlučivao je IFBB, i IFBB je odlučio i izdao iskaznicu.
Ono što iz toga slijedi nije ono što tvrdnja kaže. Taj uvjet, kao i nominaciju, ocjenjuju nacionalni savez i IFBB, nikada kandidat. Mehaniku opisuje sama druga strana: na prijavnici za Svjetsko prvenstvo 2023., „filled out by Goran Juratovic”, ja sam „was also registered as a candidate for taking the test for IFBB international judge”, i „was registered for taking international judge exam” od strane tog tijela. U njihovom vlastitom opisu svaki je glagol u trpnom obliku i ja sam objekt radnje, ne njezin autor. Ispite je potom proveo Sudački odbor IFBB-a, a iskaznicu je potpisao njegov predsjednik.
4. Tvrdnja o „skandalima i nezakonitim radnjama” i o „sudskim presudama”
Kružna poruka od 28. listopada 2026., u tijelu teksta, kaže:
„Ralph Decelis and Rafael Santonja are determined - at any cost - to install former Croatian competitor Filip Dropulić as president of the CFBF, even though this individual is linked to numerous scandals and unlawful acts, some of which have resulted in court judgments.”Kružna poruka od 28. listopada 2026., upućena članovima IFBB-a i, riječima autora, „svim ostalim zainteresiranim stranama”, sa svim primateljima u skrivenoj kopiji, dan uoči izbora za tijela IFBB-a. U prijevodu: premda je ta osoba povezana s brojnim skandalima i nezakonitim radnjama, od kojih su neke rezultirale sudskim presudama.
Toj rečenici nasuprot stoje ove isprave:
- Dva sudska uvjerenja od 13. rujna 2026. navedena u odjeljku 1.
- Sudski postupak koji je autor te rečenice pokrenuo protiv mene, privatna kaznena tužba od 10. kolovoza 2023., odbačen je rješenjem Općinskog kaznenog suda u Zagrebu broj K-1528/2025-10 od 15. svibnja 2026., na temelju članka 525. stavka 2. u vezi s člankom 78. stavkom 3. Zakona o kaznenom postupku, jer je „nepodobna za postupanje suda". Vlastita obavijest suda o pravomoćnosti, broj K-1528/2025-15 od 2. srpnja 2026., navodi da je rješenje pravomoćno 12. lipnja 2026. Žalba nije izjavljena. Nijedan navod iz te tužbe nikada nije meritorno ispitan, jer sud do njih nije ni došao.
- Općinski prekršajni sud u Splitu je 19. lipnja 2026., u očitovanju broj 26 Su-537/2026, u odnosu na jedan stari prekršajni predmet odgovorio, pozivom na članak 77. stavak 2. Prekršajnog zakona, da se protekom tri godine od pravomoćnosti počinitelj „smatra neosuđivanim po toj odluci o prekršaju i svaka uporaba tih podataka o njemu kao počinitelju prekršaja zabranjena je i nema nikakav pravni učinak”, te da „rehabilitacija nastupa po sili zakona” (članak 77. stavak 3.). Uz to navodi, pozivom na članak 78. stavak 6., da se „podatci o prekršaju za koji je nastupila rehabilitacija ne mogu nikomu dati, a ni koristiti za bilo koje potrebe”. U istom očitovanju stoji da je odluka u tom predmetu postala pravomoćna 13. travnja 2016., čime tri godine istječu u travnju 2019., i da se ta odluka ne nalazi u javnoj tražilici odluka sudova. Upravo zato o sadržaju tog predmeta javno ne govorim. Što se s tim podacima smije, a što ne, rekao je nadležni sud u gore citiranom očitovanju.
Dakle, presuda u množini nema. Postoji jedan predmet koji je nadležni sud proglasio zakonski zatvorenim i neupotrebljivim, i jedan postupak koji je autor te rečenice sam pokrenuo i koji je odbačen a da u njemu ništa nije ni ispitano.
5. Stegovni postupak, i što je s njim bilo
Dana 15. travnja 2024. Savez je protiv mene pokrenuo stegovni postupak i istodobno izrekao privremenu suspenziju, svojim riječima „počevši od 15. travnja 2024., a najduže do devet (9) mjeseci”, uz navod da protiv nje nema prava žalbe.
Postupak je vođen po Pravilniku o stegovnoj i materijalnoj odgovornosti od 14. siječnja 2023., čiji članak 24. u cijelosti glasi:
„(1) Prvostupanjski stegovni postupak mora biti izvršen u roku od šest (6) mjeseca računajući od dana podnošenja prijave. (2) Ukoliko u ovom roku stegovni postupak ne bude završen, smatra se da je postupak obustavljen, a podnositelj prijave ima pravo žalbe drugostupanjskom tijelu.”
Šest mjeseci teče od podnošenja prijave, koje je nužno prethodilo 15. travnja 2024., pa je taj rok istekao najkasnije 15. listopada 2024. Privremena suspenzija, ograničena na devet mjeseci od pokretanja postupka, istekla je najkasnije 15. siječnja 2025.
Odluku o privremenoj suspenziji od 15. travnja 2024. zaprimio sam. Odluka kojom se taj postupak dovršava nikada nije donesena niti mi je ikada dostavljena. Nije mi dostavljen ni Službeni izvještaj i zahtjev za pokretanjem postupka, na koji se taj poziv poziva i čiji su sastavni dio, kako sam poziv navodi, sudačke bilješke glavnog tajnika Saveza.
Kružna poruka iz 2026. tvrdi da pravilnik propisuje rok od devet mjeseci i da je postupak obustavljen 15. siječnja 2025. Rok od devet mjeseci za dovršetak postupka uveden je tek novim pravilnikom od 1. lipnja 2025., više od godinu dana nakon pokretanja ovog postupka, a do tog je dana postupak već bio ugašen. Članak 48. tog Pravilnika iz 2025. propisuje da se on primjenjuje na postupke koji na dan njegova donošenja nisu okončani; ovaj je okončan 15. listopada 2024., više od sedam mjeseci prije, pa ga članak 48. ne može ni zahvatiti ni oživjeti. Po oba izračuna rezultat je isti: završio je bez ikakve odluke. Isti zaključak glavni tajnik u istoj pošiljci napiše dvaput.
U tom je postupku navedeno više optužbi. Privitak iz 2026. ponavlja tri: da sam se predstavljao kao trener hrvatske reprezentacije, da sam pristupio ispitu za međunarodnog suca bez registracije pri nacionalnom savezu, i da sam nezakonito predstavljao Hrvatsku na Kongresu IFBB-a 2023. Sam poziv tu posljednju navodi šire: da sam „nezakonito predstavljao Republiku Hrvatsku na Godišnjem Kongresu (AGM) IFBB Federation 2023 te nezakonito vodio reprezentaciju Republike Hrvatske bez ovlaštenja jedinog nacionalnog saveza… na Prvenstvu Svijeta 2023." Ni o jednoj od njih nikada nije odlučeno, jer je postupak završio prije ikakve odluke. O prvoj isti autor u istom dokumentu iz 2026. piše ovo:
„the Croatian national team for the 2023 European Championship was led on behalf of the Croatian Olympic Committee two Croatian federation's officials: Filip Dropulic and Boris Presecki”U prijevodu: hrvatsku reprezentaciju na Europskom prvenstvu 2023. vodila su, u ime Hrvatskog olimpijskog odbora, dva dužnosnika hrvatskog saveza: Filip Dropulić i Boris Presečki.
Isti poziv Saveza od 15. travnja 2024. to kaže i na hrvatskom: na Prvenstvu Europe 2023. bio sam „u funkciji „člana vodstva reprezentacije"… prema odluci Glavnog tajnika HOO-a".
O drugoj vidjeti odjeljak 3. O trećoj: o njoj nikada ništa nije odlučeno i nijedno me tijelo nikada nije pozvalo da na nju odgovorim.
Dio te optužbe koji se odnosi na Svjetsko prvenstvo, i ista tvrdnja ponovljena u privitku iz 2026., da sam 2023. sudjelovao mimo Saveza u nastupu hrvatskih natjecatelja na tom prvenstvu, odgovara se ispravama. Dana 27. lipnja 2023. sam je IFBB, potvrdom koju potpisuje njegov glavni tajnik, privremeno priznao drugu udrugu u Hrvatskoj za svoju članicu i naveo da je to priznanje ovlašćuje „to send its national teams to all IFBB competitions”. Prijavnicu za to prvenstvo poslao je IFBB-u 16. listopada 2023. predsjednik te udruge, a ne ja, a ured IFBB-a je 17. rujna 2026. pisano potvrdio da nijedna druga prijavnica za Hrvatsku za to natjecanje nije zaprimljena. Je li to priznanje bilo ispravno, spor je između federacija. O tome nisam odlučivao ja, i nijedno tijelo nikada nije utvrdilo da sam nastupom ili prisutnošću ondje učinio išta protupravno.
Ima tome i druga polovica, a ne dolazi od mene. U istom privitku iz 2026. autor piše da Savez, dok se sudski postupci nisu riješili, „could not legally enter its elected representatives (the president, vice-president and secretary) into the Register of Associations Republic of Croatia and the CFBF could not do any business with third parties or simply put, CFBF could not function at full capacity”, i da su tek „in mid-March 2024” njegovi zastupnici upisani u registar, a Savez „finally able to function normally to its full extent”. U vlastitom pozivu od 15. travnja 2024., kada mu je trebao suprotan zaključak, isti je Savez napisao da su „tijela unutar HBBS-a funkcionirala normalno i bez zapreka u periodu od 20. prosinca 2022. do 12. ožujka 2024." Obje su pozicije njegove, svaka zauzeta kad je trebala. U prijevodu: Savez nije mogao upisati svoje izabrane zastupnike u Registar udruga, nije mogao poslovati s trećima i nije mogao funkcionirati punim kapacitetom, sve do sredine ožujka 2024. Isto je utvrdila i hrvatska sportska inspekcija, i to je navela kao razlog zbog kojeg mu ne izriče mjere: članovi tijela upravljanja izabrani 20. prosinca 2022. upisani su u registar tek u ožujku 2024. i „u navedenom periodu Savez nije bio u mogućnosti zakonito poslovati”.
Dakle cijelu 2023. nacionalni savez, po vlastitom navodu i po nalazu državnog inspekcijskog tijela, nije funkcionirao. Te je godine jedino tijelo koje je IFBB ovlastio da iz Hrvatske šalje nacionalne sastave bila udruga koju je priznao 27. lipnja 2023. To je bio jedini put koji je te godine postojao za hrvatske natjecatelje prema natjecanjima IFBB-a, i nisam ga stvorio ja. Isto vrijedi za svakog hrvatskog natjecatelja koji je 2023. otišao na ta prvenstva, i za rezultate koje su ondje postigli.
6. Slijed, po datumima
Ovo su datumi iz isprava. Iz njih ne izvodim zaključak i ne tvrdim da je između ikoga postojao dogovor. Navodim ih jer dosad nisu bili objavljeni zajedno.
| 20.12.2022. | Na sjednici Skupštine bira se aktualno vodstvo Saveza, a ondje izabrani Izvršni odbor iste večeri popunjava preostale funkcije. |
| 12.05.2023. | Tri dana nakon Europskog prvenstva 2023. javno govorim, u prijenosu uživo na vlastitom profilu, o prvenstvu, reprezentaciji i kriterijima. Taj je prijenos radnja navedena u privatnoj tužbi od 10. kolovoza 2023., koja je 2026. odbačena. Privitak iz 2026. to razdoblje uzima kao prijelomno: „Filip Dropulic's switching sides was actually the main reason for the sudden stop of support for the Croatian federation by the IFBB.” U prijevodu: prelazak Filipa Dropulića na drugu stranu bio je glavni razlog naglog prestanka podrške hrvatskom savezu od strane IFBB-a. |
| 27.06.2023. | IFBB potvrdom koju potpisuje njegov glavni tajnik privremeno priznaje za svoju članicu drugu udrugu u Hrvatskoj, pod predsjedanjem Gorana Juratovića, uz navod da je ta privremena priznatost ovlašćuje „to send its national teams to all IFBB competitions”, dakle da šalje svoje nacionalne sastave na sva natjecanja IFBB-a. |
| 11.07.2023. | Ta udruga javno najavljuje osnivanje novog saveza pod nazivom Hrvatski fitness i bodybuilding savez i piše: „Uostalom upravo smo zajedničkom suradnjom sa Filipom Dropulicem zaljubljnikom u ovaj sport i dobili ovaj certifikat i priznanje.” Postojeći savez isti je naziv uzeo 10. rujna 2024. |
| 10.08.2023. | Glavni tajnik podnosi protiv mene privatnu kaznenu tužbu Općinskom sudu u Bjelovaru. |
| 16.10.2023. | Prijavnicu hrvatskih natjecatelja za Svjetsko prvenstvo 2023. šalje IFBB-u predsjednik udruge priznate 27. lipnja 2023. Nisam je poslao ja. Ured IFBB-a je 17. rujna 2026. pisano potvrdio da za to natjecanje „no other or additional Final Entry Form for Croatia was received”, dakle da nijedna druga prijavnica za Hrvatsku nije zaprimljena. |
| ožujak 2024. | Hrvatska sportska inspekcija u aktu od 3. ožujka 2025. kao razlog zbog kojeg Savezu ne izriče mjere navodi da su članovi njegovih tijela upravljanja izabrani 20. prosinca 2022. upisani u Registar udruga tek u ožujku 2024. i da „u navedenom periodu Savez nije bio u mogućnosti zakonito poslovati”. |
| 15.04.2024. | Stegovni postupak i privremena suspenzija protiv mene. |
| do 15.10.2024. | Istječe šestomjesečni rok. Postupak se po vlastitom pravilniku Saveza smatra obustavljenim, bez ikakve odluke. |
| 24.04.2025. | Prema vlastitom javnom navodu glavnog tajnika u poruci iz 2026., toga dana IFBB protiv njega pokreće stegovni postupak, izrečena mu je „doživotna zabrana” djelovanja u IFBB-u, pravodobno je podnio žalbu i drugostupanjske odluke nema. To su njegove riječi o vlastitom predmetu i o njima se ne izjašnjavam. |
| 01.06.2025. | Izvršni odbor Saveza donosi novi stegovni pravilnik. U odnosu na verziju iz 2023. briše članak 1. stavak 4., po kojem se IFBB Disciplinary Code „izravno primjenjuje bez potrebe da o tome odluku donosi neko tijelo” Saveza, i briše iz članka 1. stavka 3. dio po kojem IFBB „ima pravo stegovno kazniti” Savez, zajedno s popisom odredaba IFBB-a, zadržavajući opću rečenicu o usklađenosti sa statutom i kodeksom IFBB-a. Istodobno proširuje stegovnu nadležnost, novim člankom 2. stavkom 1. točkom h, na „sve ostale pravne i fizičke osobe iz sustava fitness i bodybuilding sporta u RH izravno i/ili neizravno vezane uz HFBS”. |
| 22.06.2025. | Osam tjedana nakon tih prvih suspenzija na jednom se YouTube kanalu objavljuje videozapis koji se odnosi na mene. U lipnju 2025. njegov sadržaj prijavljujem Policijskoj upravi zagrebačkoj i državnom odvjetništvu. YouTube 4. lipnja 2026. blokira videozapis. |
| 12.08.2025. | Dvadeset dana prije tog priopćenja Meta odgovara na moju prijavu od 11. kolovoza 2025.: „We disabled access to the content you reported for going against our Community Standards.” U prijevodu: onemogućili smo pristup prijavljenom sadržaju jer krši naše standarde zajednice. |
| 01.09.2025. | Savez objavljuje priopćenje o meni, pozivajući se na Zakonom dane javne ovlasti. |
| 15. i 16.01.2026. | Hrvatski mediji objavljuju tekstove koji kao izvor navode to priopćenje. Regionalni portali ih prenose. |
| 10.03.2026. | Moja supruga upućuje Savezu prvi zahtjev u predmetu državne nagrade za vrhunsko sportsko postignuće. |
| 12.03.2026. | Oko 18:00 policijski službenici ulaze u moj dom i obavljaju pregled. Na to sam se pritužio 23. ožujka 2026., KLASA NK-050-01/26-01/1388, i pritužbu pisano dopunio. U njoj navodim da su ulazak i pregled obavljeni bez sudskog naloga, nakon što mi je rečeno da ću biti priveden ako ne dopustim ulazak, te da nije pronađeno ništa nezakonito. Dana 27. ožujka 2026., po pozivu, pristupio sam kriminalističkoj policiji i dao detaljan iskaz. Navodim datume i ne tvrdim da su povezani. Dva sudska uvjerenja iz odjeljka 1. izdana su šest mjeseci poslije. |
| 15.05.2026. | Njegova privatna tužba protiv mene je odbačena. Pravomoćno 12. lipnja 2026. |
| 04.06.2026. | Nakon moje pritužbe zbog povrede privatnosti od 28. svibnja 2026., referentni broj Q3RVIV6I63QAJ3HYQT4AG5WSPQ, YouTube blokira sadržaj. |
| 19.06.2026. | Splitski sud izdaje očitovanje citirano u odjeljku 4. |
| 13.09.2026. | Pisano tražim od Saveza brisanje mojih osobnih podataka, uz to očitovanje u privitku. Odgovora nema. |
| 28.10.2026. | Kružna poruka odlazi nacionalnim savezima, s dvadeset sedam privitaka, sa svim primateljima u skrivenoj kopiji, dan uoči izbora za tijela IFBB-a. Četrdeset pet dana ranije, 13. rujna 2026., Savezu sam pisano uputio zahtjev za brisanje svojih osobnih podataka s očitovanjem splitskog suda u privitku, i odgovora nije bilo. Iste večeri u 20:34 tom sam kružnom porukom nadopunio svoj zahtjev pred Agencijom za zaštitu osobnih podataka. |
Odakle su mediji uzeli tvrdnje
Novinarska pitanja koja su mi upućena bila su izrijekom građena na navodima Saveza. Deset pisanih pitanja koja mi je novinarka 24sata poslala 15. siječnja 2026. u 12:39 cijelim su tijekom građena na navodima Saveza. Tri od njih, doslovno:
„Kad je u pitanju navod HFBS-a da „kršite odredbe Zakona o sportu", kako na to gledate?"
„HFBS navodi niz Vaših navodnih prekršaja zbog kojih su primijenili odredbe statuta stegovnog postupka. Smatrate li da je to opravdano?"
„Među ostalim navode da se lažno predstavljate kao national representation coach. Kako to komentirate?"Pisani upit od 15. siječnja 2026. u 12:39.
Na svih deset odgovorio sam pisano isti dan u 16:20, s prilozima, a novinarka mi je moje izjave poslala na uvid prije tiska. Drugi medij, Jutarnji list, uputio mi je pisani upit 16. siječnja 2026. u 11:01; odgovorio sam u 11:09, unutar osam minuta. Taj medij po toj temi nije objavio ništa.
Devet mjeseci poslije isto se gradivo vratilo. Privitak kružne poruke od 28. listopada 2026. sabire 51 poveznicu na te članke, na 36 različitih domena, u jedan popis, i navodi da je o tome objavljeno „published in a short period on over 50 information portals in Croatia and the region (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro)", dakle u kratkom razdoblju na više od pedeset informativnih portala u Hrvatskoj i regiji. Taj je popis potom poslan nacionalnim savezima u inozemstvo.
Ne tvrdim ovdje tko je koju redakciju kontaktirao. Navodim na čemu su bila građena sama novinarska pitanja, i što je s tim člancima poslije učinjeno.
7. Što ovaj dokument ne tvrdi, i što izostavlja
- Ne zauzimam stranu u sporu između vodstva tog Saveza i međunarodne federacije. To nije moj spor i ovaj dokument ne govori tko je u njemu u pravu.
- Ne tvrdim da postoji urota ni zajednički plan između ikoga, i nikomu ne pripisujem motive. Navodim što je rečeno, tko je rekao, kada, i koja to isprava obara.
- Ne iznosim ništa o ičijim financijama, privatnom životu ili obitelji.
- Ne prenosim dio priopćenja koji se odnosi na treću osobu, i ne govorim o sadržaju starog prekršajnog predmeta iz odjeljka 4., jer je nadležni sud utvrdio da se ti podaci ne smiju koristiti ni za koje potrebe, a to vrijedi i za mene.
- U ovom dokumentu razdvajam sadržaj isprave od zaključka koji iz nje izvodim. Svaki je zaključak označen kao zaključak i uz njega stoji isprava iz koje proizlazi, da ga svatko može provjeriti sam. Primjer: da je riječ „izbačen” nastala u medijskim naslovima, a ne u tekstu Saveza, proizlazi iz usporedbe jednog i drugog, i tu usporedbu svatko može napraviti sam.
8. Gdje stvari stoje, i što tražim
Opisane tvrdnje predmet su postupka pred Agencijom za zaštitu osobnih podataka i nadzora sportske inspekcije Ministarstva turizma i sporta.
Kazneni postupci
Državnom odvjetništvu podnesene su kaznene prijave. O tijeku tih predmeta se, dok traju, ne izjašnjavam.
Ono što tražim jednostavno je i upućeno je svakomu tko je te tvrdnje prenio ili to namjerava. Ili navedite odluku nadležnog tijela koja tvrdnju potkrepljuje, ili je povucite. Ni za jednu gore navedenu tvrdnju takva odluka ne postoji, a za više njih je pisano utvrđeno suprotno, bilo od hrvatskog suda, bilo od samog autora tvrdnje.
I dalje radim svoj posao. Međunarodnu sudačku iskaznicu izdala mi je međunarodna federacija i nije povučena. Slobodan sam surađivati s kim god odaberem, u okviru zakona.
Pravno sam čist, i to nije moja tvrdnja nego sadržaj isprava navedenih u ovom dokumentu. Protiv mene se ne vodi nijedan kazneni postupak za djela koja se gone po službenoj dužnosti ni prekršajni postupak, što su 13. rujna 2026. potvrdila dva hrvatska suda. Savez mi nikada nije izrekao nijednu stegovnu mjeru, što njegov glavni tajnik dvaput pisano navodi. Protiv mene nije na snazi nijedna zabrana ni suspenzija koja mi je izrečena ili dostavljena. Privatna tužba koju je protiv mene podnio autor tih tvrdnji odbačena je i to je rješenje pravomoćno. Nijedna odluka koja bi ograničavala ono što smijem raditi u ovom sportu nije mi poznata niti mi je ikada dostavljena, a Savez je u listopadu 2026. pisano potvrdio da je nema.
Na kraju, nešto što nije pravno pitanje nego činjenica mog života. Od lipnja 2025., kad sam prvi sadržaj o sebi prijavio Policijskoj upravi zagrebačkoj, pa do dana kad ovo pišem, ja i moja obitelj proživljavamo teror. Tako to doživljavam i tako to ovdje nazivam. Dio toga stoji u prethodnim odjeljcima, a sve ostalo sam prijavio nadležnim tijelima i o tim predmetima se, dok traju, ne izjašnjavam: tekstovi objavljeni o meni u cijeloj Hrvatskoj i regiji, 51 poveznica na 36 domena skupljena u jedan popis i poslana nacionalnim savezima u inozemstvo, ulazak policije u moj dom 12. ožujka 2026., prijave institucijama protiv mene i protiv ljudi oko mene od kojih nijedna nije završila utvrđenom povredom, obraćanje mojim suradnicima, klijentima i sponzorima porukama o meni, pritisak na ljude iz mog poslovnog i privatnog života koji s ovim nemaju nikakve veze, i postupci koji još traju. Nijedna od tvrdnji zbog kojih se sve to pokrenulo nije potvrđena odlukom nadležnog tijela. To ne nosim sam. Nosi to i moja obitelj.
Zašto se sve to događalo, ja ovdje ne tvrdim. Iznio sam isprave i datume. Neka čitatelj sam donese zaključak zašto.
Filip Dropulić
Zagreb, 1. studenoga 2026.
Filip Dropulić, Zagreb. First edition, 1 November 2026. The same text is available here in English and in Croatian.