Željko Jerkov (born 6 November 1953, in

Pula Pula (; also known as Pola, it, Pola , hu, Pòla, Venetian language, Venetian; ''Pola''; Istriot language, Istriot: ''Puola'', Slovene language, Slovene: ''Pulj'') is the largest city in Istria County, Croatia, and the List of cities and town ...

) is a former Croatian professional

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player. At a height of 2.08 m (6'10") tall, and a weight of 95 kg (210 lbs.), he played at the

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position.

Professional career

Jerkov was a member of the

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, in 1976, 1978, and 1982.

Yugoslav national team

Jerkov competed with the senior

Yugoslav national basketball team The Yugoslavia men's national basketball team ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Košarkaška reprezentacija Jugoslavije, Кошаркашка репрезентација Југославије; sl, Jugoslovanska košarkarska reprezentanca; mk, ...

at the

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, where he won a silver medal, and at the

1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1980, Letniye Olimpiyskiye igry 1980), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad (russian: Игры XXII Олимпиады, Igry XXII Olimpiady) and commo ...

, where he won a gold medal.

Awards and accomplishments

Clubs

*2×

Yugoslav Cup The Yugoslav Cup ( hr, Pokal Jugoslavije; sr, Куп Југославије; sl, Pokal Jugoslavije, mk, Куп на Југославија), officially known between 1923 and 1940 as the King Alexander Cup ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, Kup kralja Aleksandra, ...

Winner: (1974, 1977) *2×

FIBA Korać Cup The FIBA Korać Cup was an annual basketball club competition held by FIBA between the 1971–72 and 2001–02 seasons. It was the third-tier level club competition in European basketball, after the FIBA European Champions' Cup (later renamed th ...

Champion: (1976, 1977) *3×

: (1976, 1978, 1982) *

Yugoslav League The Yugoslav First Federal Football League (Serbian: Прва савезна лига у фудбалу / ''Prva savezna liga u fudbalu'', hr, Prva savezna liga u nogometu, sl, Prva zvezna nogometna liga, mk, Прва сојузна лига, ...

Champion: (1977) *

FIBA Saporta Cup The FIBA Saporta Cup was the name of the second-tier level European-wide professional club basketball competition, where the domestic National Cup winners, from all over Europe, played against each other. The competition was organized by FIBA ...

Champion: (1983)

References

External links

FIBA ProfileItalian League Profile
1953 births Living people Croatian men's basketball players Basketball players at the 1976 Summer Olympics Basketball players at the 1980 Summer Olympics KK Split players Lega Basket Serie A players Olympic basketball players of Yugoslavia Olympic gold medalists for Yugoslavia Olympic medalists in basketball Olympic silver medalists for Yugoslavia Pallacanestro Treviso players Sportspeople from Pula Victoria Libertas Pesaro players Yugoslav men's basketball players 1974 FIBA World Championship players 1978 FIBA World Championship players 1982 FIBA World Championship players Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics Centers (basketball) FIBA World Championship-winning players Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Yugoslavia Mediterranean Games medalists in basketball Competitors at the 1975 Mediterranean Games {{Croatia-basketball-bio-stub