Zoran Kalinić (born 20 July 1958) is a Serbian retired table tennis player who represented SFR Yugoslavia (1976–1991) and FR Yugoslavia (1991–1998).
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| Full name | Kalinić Zoran | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  Yugoslavia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 20 July 1958 Subotica, PR Serbia, FPR Yugoslavia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Table tennis career
editHe began playing table tennis in 1969. He turned pro in 1976. He won 15 medals in European and World championships.
His four World Championship medals[1][2] included a gold medal in the doubles at the 1983 World Table Tennis Championships with Dragutin Šurbek.[3][4]
He also won two English Open titles.
He was nominated for the Sportsperson of Yugoslavia in 1994. He is the current national association president.
Biography
editHe is the father of basketball player Nikola Kalinić (b. 1991).[5]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Table Tennis World Championship medal winners". Sports123.
- ^ "Profile". Table Tennis Guide.
- ^ Montague, Trevor (2004). A-Z of Sport, pages 699-700. The Bath Press. ISBN 0-316-72645-1.
- ^ Matthews/Morrison, Peter/Ian (1987). The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results, pages 309-312. Guinness Superlatives. ISBN 0-85112-492-5.
- ^ Velimirović, I. "Zoran Kalinić za Blic: Nikola, zakucaj i Brazil!" (in Croatian).
Further reading
editExternal links
edit- "KALINIC Zoran (YUG)". ITTF.
- "Zoran Kalinić" (in Serbian). Retrieved 23 February 2019.
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