Celebrating the tenth anniversary of admission to the IOC, in 2017, the Montenegrin Olympic Committee established a special award “Golden Star of Montenegrin Sport”, for the overall attitude, work and promotion of Olympism and its values.

This year’s “Golden Star of Montenegrin Sport” went to the Golden Lionesses, the generation of the Montenegrin women’s handball team that won Olympic silver and European gold in 2012.

On behalf of the national team, the captain of the 2012 generation, Maja Savić, received the award.