Jovica Elezović (; born 2 March 1956) is a Serbian former

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coach and player who competed for Yugoslavia in the

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and in the

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Club career

Elezović started playing handball for his hometown club Vrbas at the age of 19. He also spent one season with

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, before joining

Borac Banja Luka Fudbalski klub Borac Banja Luka (Serbian Cyrillic alphabet, Serbian Cyrillic: Фудбалски клуб Бopaц Бања Лука, ) is a Bosnian professional association football club, based in the city of Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina, ...

in 1977. Over the years, Elezović established himself as one of the best players in Yugoslavia, helping his team win the

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in the 1980–81 season. He also played with Proleter Zrenjanin for one season, before going abroad. In 1985, Elezović moved to Germany and signed with Reinickendorfer Füchse. He would also play for fellow German teams TuS Hofweier and TUSEM Essen. Before retiring, Elezović spent one season with Spanish club Cajamadrid.

International career

At international level, Elezović competed for

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in two Olympic tournaments, winning the gold medal in

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. He was also a regular member of the team that won the 1986 World Championship.

Coaching career

After starting his coaching career at his parent club Vrbas, Elezović spent four seasons as head coach of Partizan, winning three consecutive

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(1992–93, 1993–94, and 1994–95) and two successive

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(1992–93 and 1993–94). Shortly prior to the 1997 World Championship, Elezović was appointed as head coach for

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Personal life

Elezović is the father of fellow handball player Uroš Elezović.

Honours

Player

;Borac Banja Luka *

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: 1980–81 * Yugoslav Handball Cup: 1978–79

Coach

;Partizan * Handball Championship of FR Yugoslavia: 1992–93, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1998–99 *

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: 1992–93, 1993–94, 1997–98

References

External links

Olympic record
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Elezovic, Jovica 1956 births Living people People from Vrbas, Serbia Serbian male handball players Yugoslav male handball players Olympic handball players of Yugoslavia Olympic gold medalists for Yugoslavia Handball players at the 1980 Summer Olympics Handball players at the 1984 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in handball Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics Competitors at the 1983 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Yugoslavia Mediterranean Games medalists in handball RK Vrbas players RK Crvenka players RK Borac Banja Luka players RK Proleter Zrenjanin players Handball-Bundesliga players Liga ASOBAL players Expatriate handball players Yugoslav expatriate sportspeople in Germany Yugoslav expatriate sportspeople in Spain Serbian handball coaches Yugoslav handball coaches Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Spain Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Bosnia and Herzegovina