Đorđe "Đoko" Lavrnić (; 6 June 1946 – 27 November 2010) was a Yugoslav
handball player who competed in the
1972 Summer Olympics
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.
Club career
After starting out at Slatina, Lavrnić played for Krivaja Zavidovići and
Crvenka
Crvenka () is a small town located in the municipality of Kula in the West Bačka District, Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, Serbia. The town has a Serbian ethnic majority, and it had a population of 9,001 in 2011.
Name
In Serbian, th ...
, before moving abroad to Germany. He spent three seasons with TuS Derschlag in the
Handball-Bundesliga
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(1975–1978), finishing as the league's top scorer each year. Later on, Lavrnić would play for VfL Günzburg, before returning to Yugoslavia and joining
Sloga Doboj.
International career
At international level, Lavrnić competed for
Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia (; sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Jugoslavija, Југославија ; sl, Jugoslavija ; mk, Југославија ;; rup, Iugoslavia; hu, Jugoszlávia; rue, label= Pannonian Rusyn, Югославия, translit=Juhoslavij ...
at the
1972 Summer Olympics
The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and commonly known as Munich 1972 (german: München 1972), was an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from 26 August to 11 September 1972 ...
, winning the gold medal.
He also participated in two
World Championships
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(
1970
Events
January
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and
1974
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), bringing home a bronze medal on both occasions.
References
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1946 births
2010 deaths
Yugoslav male handball players
Olympic handball players of Yugoslavia
Olympic gold medalists for Yugoslavia
Handball players at the 1972 Summer Olympics
Olympic medalists in handball
Medalists at the 1972 Summer Olympics
RK Krivaja Zavidovići players
RK Crvenka players
Handball-Bundesliga players
Expatriate handball players
Yugoslav expatriate sportspeople in Germany