Dual career as a term is relatively new in Croatia and is beginning to be seriously considered at different levels of government and by different decision makers. This paper provides a more detailed insight into the concept, definitions, norms and participants in the implementation of decisions related to the dual career of women in handball. The analysis of the results was conducted by research on former handball players who played sports at the top level and played for the national team. Proving the claim that dual careers in Croatia are not applied enough because, athletes who are a target group of dual careers - are not familiar with the options enough to try to gain access to this kind of right of athletes, is not an easy task. This research is not comprehensive and does not show the above all situation, but with examples and experiences collected by a random sample, it shows a low level of awareness on this topic. In addition to the lack of knowledge about the opportunities created through dual career regulations, this research seeks to define the position of women in dual careers compared to men, and to answer the question: Is the dual career approach really gender sensitive?