Željko Tanasković (

Serbian Cyrillic The Serbian Cyrillic alphabet ( sr, / , ) is a variation of the Cyrillic script used to write the Serbian language, updated in 1818 by Serbian linguist Vuk Karadžić. It is one of the two alphabets used to write standard modern Serbian, th ...

: Жељко Танасковић, born 8 July 1967) is a

Serbia Serbia (, ; Serbian language, Serbian: , , ), officially the Republic of Serbia (Serbian language, Serbian: , , ), is a landlocked country in Southeast Europe, Southeastern and Central Europe, situated at the crossroads of the Pannonian Bas ...

volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summ ...

player. With Volleyball national team won bronze and silver medals at the European Championships in 1995. and in 1997., bronze medals at the Olympic Games and the World Cup in 1996., and a silver medal at the World Championships in 1998. year. He was captain of the volleyball team of

Yugoslavia Yugoslavia (; sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Jugoslavija, Југославија ; sl, Jugoslavija ; mk, Југославија ;; rup, Iugoslavia; hu, Jugoszlávia; rue, label=Pannonian Rusyn, Югославия, translit=Juhoslavija ...

. He was born in

Lučani Lučani ( sr-cyr, Лучани) is a town and municipality located in the Moravica District of western Serbia. The population of the town is 5,142, while the population of the municipality is 20,897. Settlements Aside from the town of Lučani, t ...

. In 1996 he was part of the Yugoslav team which won the bronze medal in the Olympic tournament. He played all eight matches.

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* 1967 births Living people Serbian men's volleyball players Serbia and Montenegro men's volleyball players Yugoslav men's volleyball players Volleyball players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Expatriate volleyball players in Greece Olympic bronze medalists for Serbia and Montenegro Olympic medalists in volleyball People from Lučani Sportspeople from Moravica District Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Serbia and Montenegro expatriate sportspeople in Greece {{Serbia-volleyball-bio-stub