Zoran Kalinić (born 20 July 1958) is a Serbian retired

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player who represented

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(1976–1991) and

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(1991–1998).

Table tennis career

He began playing table tennis in 1969. He turned pro in 1976. He won 15 medals in European and World championships. His four World Championship medals included a

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in the doubles at the

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with

Dragutin Šurbek Dragutin Šurbek (8 August 1946 – 15 July 2018) was a Croatian and Yugoslav table tennis player and coach. Career Šurbek won two World Championship titles in the men's doubles event. He won gold medals in 1979 (with Antun Stipančić) and ...

. He also won two

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titles. He was nominated for the Sportsperson of Yugoslavia in 1994. He is the current national association president.

Biography

He is the father of basketball player Nikola Kalinić (b. 1991).

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* * Living people 1958 births Sportspeople from Subotica Serbian male table tennis players Yugoslav table tennis players Olympic table tennis players for Yugoslavia Olympic table tennis players as Independent Olympic Participants Table tennis players at the 1988 Summer Olympics Table tennis players at the 1992 Summer Olympics Serbia and Montenegro sportsmen European champions for Yugoslavia Competitors at the 1979 Mediterranean Games Competitors at the 1987 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games medalists in table tennis Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Yugoslavia Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Yugoslavia Table tennis coaches Serbian sports coaches Serbia and Montenegro expatriate sportspeople in Germany Serbia and Montenegro expatriate sportspeople in Austria {{Serbia-tabletennis-bio-stub

Table tennis career

Biography

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