In 1982, Ctvrtlik became a member of the Long Beach City College Vikings volleyball team.[6] He won the state championship and was selected as the MVP of the championship tournament.[6]
In 1983, Ctvrtlik played for Long Beach State and was an All-American.[2] He then transferred to Pepperdine to play his final collegiate year under the leadership and guidance of coaching legend Marv Dunphy, winning the 1985 NCAA title and being selected as the MVP of the tournament.[6][7]
In 2009, Ctvrtlik was inducted into the Pepperdine Hall of Fame.[8]
After the Barcelona games, Ctvrtlik went to Europe to play in the Italian Club League for Brescia along with fellow Olympian Scott Fortune.[2] He returned to the national team in preparation for the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, winning a bronze medal at the 1994 FIVB World Championship in Greece.[10] Ctvrtlik was selected as the Best Player in the World by the International Volleyball Federation in 1995, but the national team would fail to win a medal in the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta.[8][13] He was regarded as one of the best serve receivers in the world.[8]
Beach volleyball
Ctvrtlik was a beach volleyball player on the professional four-man circuit.[8] He attained the "AAA" beach rating while playing on the two-man circuit.[8]
Ctvrtlik's business concerns include real estate rehabilitation projects as president of Green Street Properties, LLC in Huntington Beach, California, and import-exports, via his company, the Ciram Corporation.[10]
Ctvrtlik and his wife Cosette have three sons: Josef, Erik, and Matthew.[5] Matthew played volleyball for Harvard.[14]
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^"Volleyball"(PDF). NCAA. Archived(PDF) from the original on September 20, 2020. Retrieved September 7, 2023.
^ abcde"Bob Ctvrtlik". Pepperdinewaves.com. Archived from the original on April 14, 2023. Retrieved July 30, 2023.