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Yugoslavia At The 1956 Summer Olympics
Athletes from the Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. 35 competitors, 32 men and 3 women, took part in 16 events in 8 sports. Medalists Athletics Men's 110m Hurdles *Stanko Lorger :* Heat — 14.6s :* Semifinals — 14.6s :* Final — 14.5s (→ 5th place) Men's Marathon *Franjo Mihalić — 2:26:32 (→ Silver Medal) Cycling ; Individual road race * Veselin Petrović — 5:26:58 (→ 26th place) Football Men's Team Competition * First Round: :* Yugoslavia free * Quarterfinals: :* Yugoslavia – United States 9:1 (5:1) * Semifinals: :* Yugoslavia – India 4:1 (0:0) * Final: :* Yugoslavia – USSR 0:1 (0:0) * Team Roster: :* Petar Radenković :* Mladen Koščak :* Nikola Radović :* Ivan Šantek :* Ljubiša Spajić :* Dobroslav Krstić :* Dragoslav Šekularac :* Zlatko Papec :* Sava Antić :* Todor Veselinović :* Muhamed Mujić :* Blagoje Vidinić :* Ibrahim Biogradlić ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yugoslav Olympic Committee
The Yugoslav Olympic Committee ( hr, Jugoslavenski olimpijski komitet; sr-Cyrl-Latn, Југословенски олимпијски комитет, Jugoslovenski olimpijski komitet, separator=" / "; sl, Jugoslovanski оlimpijski кomite; mk, Југословенски олимписки комитет, translit=Jugoslovenski olimpiski komitet) was the non-profit organization representing Yugoslav athletes in the International Olympic Committee. The YOC organized Yugoslavia's representatives at the Summer and Winter Olympic Games. It was established in Zagreb in 1919 (recognized by the IOC in 1920) as ''Jugoslavenski olimpijski odbor'', before moving to Belgrade in 1927, and it took the place of the Serbian Olympic Committee in the Association of National Olympic Committees. During the dissolution of Yugoslavia, several new committees were formed, while committee of newly formed Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (constituted by Serbia and Montenegro in 1992) kept the previous name, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ivan Santek
Ivan () is a Slavic male given name, connected with the variant of the Greek name (English: John) from Hebrew meaning 'God is gracious'. It is associated worldwide with Slavic countries. The earliest person known to bear the name was Bulgarian tsar Ivan Vladislav. It is very popular in Russia, Ukraine, Croatia, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovenia, Bulgaria, Belarus, North Macedonia, and Montenegro and has also become more popular in Romance-speaking countries since the 20th century. Etymology Ivan is the common Slavic Latin spelling, while Cyrillic spelling is two-fold: in Bulgarian, Russian, Macedonian, Serbian and Montenegrin it is Иван, while in Belarusian and Ukrainian it is Іван. The Old Church Slavonic (or Old Cyrillic) spelling is . It is the Slavic relative of the Latin name , corresponding to English ''John''. This Slavic version of the name originates from New Testament Greek (''Iōánnēs'') rather than from the Latin . The Greek name is in tur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |