Dragutin Šurbek (8 August 1946 – 15 July 2018) was a

Croatia Croatia, officially the Republic of Croatia, is a country in Central Europe, Central and Southeast Europe, on the coast of the Adriatic Sea. It borders Slovenia to the northwest, Hungary to the northeast, Serbia to the east, Bosnia and Herze ...

n and Yugoslav

table tennis Table tennis (also known as ping-pong) is a racket sport derived from tennis but distinguished by its playing surface being atop a stationary table, rather than the Tennis court, court on which players stand. Either individually or in teams of ...

player and coach.

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Šurbek won two World Championship titles in the men's doubles event. He won gold medals in 1979 (with Antun Stipančić) and in 1983 (with Zoran Kalinić). In the men's singles event, he won the bronze medal three times (in 1971, 1973 and 1981).

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Dragutin Surbek, the Lion of Zagreb, passes away

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Career

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