Desanka Perović-Pešut ( sr-cyr, Десанка Перовић-Пешут, 14 October 1941 – 8 June 2021) was a Serbian

sport shooter Shooting sports is a group of competitive and recreational sporting activities involving proficiency tests of accuracy, precision and speed in shooting — the art of using ranged weapons, mainly small arms (firearms and airguns, in forms such ...

. She represented Yugoslavia at the 1970 World Championships and the

1976 Summer Olympics The 1976 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXI Olympiad () and officially branded as Montreal 1976 (), were an international multi-sport event held from July 17 to August 1, 1976, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Montreal ...

. Pešut was born in 1941 in

Nikšić Municipality Nikšić (Serbo-Croatian: Opština Nikšić / Општина Никшић) is one of the municipalities of Montenegro. The municipality is located in the central and northwestern region of Montenegro. The administrative centre of the municipality ...

in present-day Montenegro. In 1945 she moved with her family to

Vrbas, Serbia Vrbas ( sr-Cyrl, Врбас) is a town and municipality located in the South Bačka District of the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. As of 2022, the town has a population of 20,892, while the municipality has 36,601 inhabitants. Name Its ...

and began shooting. In her youth she competed in multiple sports, including

shot put The shot put is a track-and-field event involving "putting" (throwing) a heavy spherical Ball (sports), ball—the ''shot''—as far as possible. For men, the sport has been a part of the Olympic Games, modern Olympics since their 1896 Summer Olym ...

and

discus throw The discus throw (), also known as disc throw, is a track and field sport in which the participant athlete throws an oblate spheroid weight (object), weight called a discus in an attempt to mark a further distance than other competitors. It is a ...

. She joined a shooting organization based in

Novi Sad Novi Sad ( sr-Cyrl, Нови Сад, ; #Name, see below for other names) is the List of cities in Serbia, second largest city in Serbia and the capital of the autonomous province of Vojvodina. It is located in the southern portion of the Pannoni ...

in 1961 and participated in the national shooting championships. She became the national champion in the category of shooting with a small-caliber rifle from a prone position. A few years later, she started winning awards at major international competitions. At the 1970 World Championships in Phoenix, United States, she won one gold and two silver medals and received a golden badge for the best athlete of Yugoslavia of that year. In total, she won six medals at the World Championships, three golds at the European Championships, and nine gold, twenty silver, and six bronze medals in national championships in Yugoslavia. After retiring from competitive shooting, she became a coach and referee. She died in Novi Sad in 2021.

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