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Miroslav Pecarski
Miroslav Pecarski ( sr-cyr, Мирослав Пецарски; born 21 March 1967) is a Serbian former professional basketball player. He played professionally for KK Partizan, Partizan, Aris B.C., Aris, Panathinaikos B.C., Panathinaikos, Panionios B.C., Panionios, Pallacanestro Cantù, Cholet Basket, Cholet and Gijón Baloncesto, Cabitel Gijón. Early career and college in the U.S. Following a growth spurt at age thirteen, teenage Pecarski began pursuing basketball in his hometown Kikinda. Marking himself out with height and strong build, the teenager received a call-up to the Rusmir Halilović-coached Yugoslavia men's national under-16 basketball team, Yugoslav cadet team during summer 1983. Marist College Pecarski played college basketball at Marist College in Poughkeepsie, New York, arriving there in 1984 under the newly appointed head coach Matthew Furjanic Jr., Matt Furjanic. Considered by some to be Europe's top seventeen-year-old player—having just played a significant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kikinda
Kikinda ( sr-Cyrl, Кикинда, ; hu, Nagykikinda) is a city and the administrative center of the North Banat District in Serbia . The city urban area has 38,069 inhabitants, while the city administrative area has 59,453 inhabitants. The city was founded in the 18th century. From 1774 to 1874 Kikinda was the seat of the District of Velika Kikinda, an autonomous administrative unit of Habsburg monarchy. In 1893 Kikinda was granted the status of a city. The city became part of the Kingdom of Serbia (and Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes) in 1918, and it lost the city status. The status was re-granted in 2016. In 1996, the well-preserved archaeological remnants of a half a million-year-old mammoth were excavated on the outer edge of the town area. The mammoth called "Kika" has become one of the symbols of the town. Today it is exhibited in the National Museum of Kikinda. Other attractions of the city are the Suvača – a unique horse-powered dry mill, the annual Pumpkin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
