Nebojša Popović (handballer)
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Nebojša Popović ( sr-cyrl, Небојша Поповић, born 28 April 1947 in
Prijedor Prijedor ( sr-cyrl, Приједор, ) is a city and municipality located in the Republika Srpska entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. As of 2013, it has a population of 89,397 inhabitants within its administrative limits. Prijedor is situated in ...
) is a
Bosnian Serb The Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina ( sr-Cyrl, Срби у Босни и Херцеговини, Srbi u Bosni i Hercegovini) are one of the three constitutive nations (state-forming nations) of the country, predominantly residing in the politi ...
former
handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball or Olympic handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of throwing it into the g ...
player who competed for
Yugoslavia Yugoslavia (; sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Jugoslavija, Југославија ; sl, Jugoslavija ; mk, Југославија ;; rup, Iugoslavia; hu, Jugoszlávia; rue, label=Pannonian Rusyn, Югославия, translit=Juhoslavija ...
in the
1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and commonly known as Munich 1972 (german: München 1972), was an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from 26 August to 11 September 1972. ...
and in the
1976 Summer Olympics Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 11 – The 1976 Phi ...
. He was part of the Yugoslav team which won the gold medal at the Munich Games. He played all six matches and scored eleven goals. Four years later he was a member of the Yugoslav team which finished fifth in the Olympic tournament. He played all six matches and scored fourteen goals.


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1947 births Living people People from Prijedor Yugoslav male handball players Serbian male handball players Olympic handball players of Yugoslavia Handball players at the 1972 Summer Olympics Handball players at the 1976 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Yugoslavia Olympic medalists in handball Medalists at the 1972 Summer Olympics {{Yugoslavia-handball-bio-stub