The Dutch Ambassador to Croatia, Lionel Veer, presented her with a bouquet of red tulips named "Janica Kostelic" at a ceremony marking the Dutch National Day, which was held in the Klovicevi Dvori Gallery in Zagreb last week.
Dutch tulip grower Cor Grooteman from Lisse had asked Kostelic for permission to name a variety of the Triumph tulip after her in honour of the great Croatian skier.