Tadija Kačar (born 5 January 1956 in Peručica, near

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) is a retired

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boxer who represented

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at the

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in Montréal, Canada. There he won the silver medal in the

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division (– 71 kg), after being defeated in the final by

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's Jerzy Rybicki. Winner of the silver medal at the European Championship 1979th Cologne, Winner at the Mediterranean Games 1979th Split. Tadija Kačar captured the silver medal at the second

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. He is the older brother of boxer Slobodan Kačar, who won a gold medal at the

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Olympic results

** Defeated Poul Frandsen (Denmark), 5:0 ** Defeated Mohammad Azarhazin (Iran), 5:0 ** Defeated Vasile Didea (Romania), 5:0 ** Defeated Rolando Garbey (Cuba), 4:1 ** Lost to Jerzy Rybicki (Poland), 5:0

References

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