Gordana Perkučin (born May 7, 1962 in

Novi Kneževac Novi Kneževac ( sr-Cyrl, Нови Кнежевац, ; hu, Törökkanizsa; german: Neu-Kanischa) is a town and municipality located in the North Banat District of the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. The town has a population of 6,960, ...

) is a Yugoslav and Serbian

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player who competed in the

1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서울 1988, Seoul Cheon gubaek palsip-pal), was an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October ...

and in the

1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XXV Olimpiada, ca, Jocs de la XXV Olimpíada) and commonly known as ...

Table tennis career

In 1988 she won the

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in the women's doubles together with Jasna Fazlić at the

. Four years later she competed as an

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but was eliminated in the first round. She won two World Championship medals; a bronze at the 1979 World Table Tennis Championships in the doubles with Erzsebet Palatinus and a

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at the 1989 World Table Tennis Championships in the mixed doubles with

Zoran Kalinić Zoran Kalinić (born 20 July 1958) is a Serbian retired table tennis player who represented SFR Yugoslavia (1976–1991) and FR Yugoslavia (1991–1998). Table tennis career He began playing table tennis in 1969. He turned pro in 1976. He won 15 ...

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1962 births Living people People from Novi Kneževac Yugoslav table tennis players Serbian female table tennis players Table tennis players at the 1988 Summer Olympics Table tennis players at the 1992 Summer Olympics Olympic table tennis players of Yugoslavia Olympic table tennis players as Independent Olympic Participants Olympic bronze medalists for Yugoslavia Olympic medalists in table tennis Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics {{Yugoslavia-Olympic-medalist-stub

Table tennis career

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