Zoran Kalinić

Zoran Kalinić (born July 20, 1958) is a Serbian retired table tennis player who represented SFR Yugoslavia (1976–1991) and FR Yugoslavia (1991–1998).

Zoran
Full nameKalinić Zoran
Nationality Yugoslavia
Born (1958-07-20) July 20, 1958
Subotica, Yugoslavia

Table tennis career

He 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

He is the father of basketball player Nikola Kalinić (b. 1991).[5]

See also

References
  1. "Table Tennis World Championship medal winners". Sports123.
  2. "Profile". Table Tennis Guide.
  3. Montague, Trevor (2004). A-Z of Sport, pages 699-700. The Bath Press. ISBN 0-316-72645-1.
  4. Matthews/Morrison, Peter/Ian (1987). The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results, pages 309-312. Guinness Superlatives. ISBN 0-85112-492-5.
  5. http://sport.blic.rs/Kosarka/Evropska-kosarka/259207/Zoran-Kalinic-za-Blic-Nikola-zakucaj-i-Brazil. Missing or empty |title= (help)

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