Sport is not just a game. Sport is an important social activity and as such has many functions in the society. Even though it represents fun, some kind of socialisation for children, friendship and discipline, sport is not immune to violence. Violence in sport is a topic that often gets mentioned in literature, but from the perspective of the fans, not from athlete’s exposure to violence. That’s exactly the topic of this study. The goal of this study, which is a part of the project “Youth, violence and sport: comparison of Croatia and Slovenia”, was to explore the exposure athletes of the City of Zagreb to various types of violence, considering their gender and whether their sport is individual or team sport. 135 sportsmen and women took part in the research. They completed the questionnaire containing a few themed parts: attitude linked to sport, statements linked to frequency of encountering unwanted situations, evaluation of frequency of verbal and pysical violence from persons connected with sport and questions about demographic characteristics of participants. Taking part in completing the questionnaire was voluntary and anonymus. The results of the research showed that athletes are exposed to physical, emotional and sexual violence, most of all from their coaches, parents and other athletes. Sportsmen were statistically significantly more exposed to all types of violence compared to sportswomen. Considering the type of sport (individual/team), there is no statistically significant difference in exposure to any type of violence.