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Vladimir Grbić
Vladimir "Vanja" Grbić ( sr-cyrl, Владимир Вања Грбић; born 14 December 1970) is a Serbian former volleyball player and three-time Olympian. He is 193 cm and played as passer-side attacker. He was inducted into the International Volleyball Hall of Fame in 2011. Career While playing with the national volleyball team of FR Yugoslavia, Grbić won a bronze medal in the 1996 Summer Olympics and a gold medal in the 2000 Summer Olympics. He competed in the 2004 Summer Olympics with the team of Serbia and Montenegro, finishing fifth. The Yugoslav Olympic Committee declared Grbić the best sportsman of the year in 1996 and 2000. In 1999 and 2000, he received the Golden Badge, an award for the best athlete in Yugoslavia. In his career, Grbić made 242 appearances for the national team until his retirement in 2009. Grbić was known for his powerful spikes and excellent passing on the volleyball court. He was also regarded as a sportsman of great character. Personal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Klek (Zrenjanin)
Klek ( sr-cyr, Клек; ) is a village located in the Zrenjanin municipality, Central Banat District, Vojvodina, Serbia. The village has a Serb ethnic majority (90.80%), and its population is 3,011 (2011 census). Name In Serbian the village is known as ''Клек'' (Клек), in Romanian as ''Clec'', in Hungarian as ''Bégafő'', and in German as ''Klek'' or ''Klekk''. History Foundation of the village The village of Klek was founded in 1765 and was initially settled by Romanians who originated from Pomorišje. After Romanians, Serbs settled in the village as well, but they were resettled to the Military Frontier in 1783–84.Dr Slobodan Ćurčić, Naselja Banata - Geografske karakteristike, Novi Sad, 2004, page 112. After that, the village was settled by the German (Donauschwaben, Banatschwaben) colonists. The German colonists initially gathered in the city of Ulm and other areas on the Danube and from there, they were brought, via the Danube, to the Banat. The original vi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1996 Summer Olympics
The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. These were the fourth Summer Olympic Games, Summer Olympics to be hosted by the United States, making it the first country to have three different cities host the Summer Olympics. It also marked the 100th anniversary of the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens, the inaugural edition of the modern Olympic Games. These were also the first Summer Olympics to be held in a different year than the Winter Olympic Games, Winter Olympics since the same time practice commenced in 1924, as part of a new International Olympic Committee, IOC practice implemented in 1994 to hold the Summer and Winter Games in alternating, even-numbered years. The 1996 Games were the first of the two consecutive Summer Olympics to be held in a predomina ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FIVB World League
The FIVB Volleyball World League was an annual international men's volleyball competition. Created in 1990, it was the longest and richest of all the international events organized by the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB). The women's version of the competition was called FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix. This event should not be confused with the other international volleyball competitions, the World Championship, the World Cup and the World Grand Champions Cup. From 2018, the World League and World Grand Prix was replaced by the men's and women's Nations League and men's and women's Challenger Cup. History Origins The World League was created in 1990 as part of the intensive marketing programme that would become a distinctive mark of the FIVB's activities near the end of the century. The idea was to promote the sport of volleyball by establishing an annual competition that would appeal to audiences all over the world. Winners In the 1990s, the Italia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
