Croatia's NPC has extended its sponsorship deal with leading marketing agency Bruketa & Zinic OM for a further four years ©NPC Croatia

Croatia's National Paralympic Committee (NPC) has extended its sponsorship deal with leading marketing agency Bruketa & Zinic OM for a further four years.

Bruketa & Zinic has been a sponsor of the Croatian NPC since 2010, working under the motto of "A good cooperation is a long-lasting cooperation".

They will now continue to serve in the same capacity for the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Paralympics and the Tokyo 2020 Summer Paralympics.

Bruketa & Zinic and the Croatian NPC marked the continuation of their partnership, which it is claimed has created greater public awareness of Croatian Para-athletes, during a small ceremony.

Table tennis player Anđela Mužinić was one of three Croatian Paralympians to help prepare an official NPC jersey signed by Paralympic medallists which was handed over to Bruketa & Zinic representatives.

She was joined by swimmers Kristijan Vincetic and Matija Grebenic.

"Our cooperation with agency Bruketa & Zinic OM has lasted for seven years," Croatian NPC President Ratko Kovacic said.

"Through their work, they showed how deeply they understand the Paralympic values and we are really looking forward to the years to come.

"Firstly, there are the Winter Paralympic Games in Pyeongchang in early 2018, and then the Paralympic Games in Tokyo in 2020.

"A challenging period is ahead of us and them, but together we will undoubtedly do a great job."

Swimmer Kristijan Vincetic helped prepare an official Croatian NPC jersey signed by Paralympic medallists, which was handed over to the representatives of Bruketa & Zinic ©Getty Images
Swimmer Kristijan Vincetic helped prepare an official Croatian NPC jersey signed by Paralympic medallists, which was handed over to the representatives of Bruketa & Zinic ©Getty Images

Nikola Zinic, creative director at Bruketa & Zinic, added: "I learned that the sporting spirit knows no limits and you can translate that into everything in life.

"The motivation that we get from Paralympic athletes is priceless and for that, we are really grateful to them."

Croatia finished tied for 41st place with Switzerland on the Rio 2016 Paralympic medal table, winning two golds, two silvers and one bronze.

The country's gold medals came courtesy of Mikela Ristoski in the women’s long jump T20 and table tennis player Sandra Paović in the women’s individual class six.

Zoran Talić took silver in the men's long jump T20, while Mužinić partnered Helena Dretar Karić to a runners-up finish in the women's team class one to three table tennis competition.

The sole bronze medal went the way of Velimir Sandor in the men's discus throw F51/52.