Zoran Janković (8 January 1940 in
Zenica
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,
Kingdom of Yugoslavia
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– 25 May 2002 in
Belgrade
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,
FR Yugoslavia
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) was a
Yugoslav water polo player notable for winning a
silver medal
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at the
1964 Summer Olympics
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in
Tokyo
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, and a
gold medal
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in
Mexico City
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in 1968, with the Yugoslavian men's
water polo
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team.
In his career, he played for the
Mladost from Zagreb and
Partizan from Belgrade.He also played one season as coach/player for Red Star Belgrade in the late 70s.
See also
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Yugoslavia men's Olympic water polo team records and statistics
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List of Olympic champions in men's water polo
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Abbreviations
History
Water polo at the Summer Olympics, Men's wat ...
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List of Olympic medalists in water polo (men)
Men's water polo has been part of the Summer Olympics program since 1900. Hungary men's national water polo team has won sixteen Olympic medals, becoming the most successful country in men's tournament.
There are fifty-nine male athletes who hav ...
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List of men's Olympic water polo tournament top goalscorers
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List of members of the International Swimming Hall of Fame
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References
Večernji List - Sport (Croatian)
External links
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1940 births
2002 deaths
Yugoslav male water polo players
Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina male water polo players
Olympic water polo players for Yugoslavia
Olympic gold medalists for Yugoslavia
Olympic silver medalists for Yugoslavia
Water polo players at the 1964 Summer Olympics
Water polo players at the 1968 Summer Olympics
Water polo players at the 1972 Summer Olympics
Sportspeople from Zenica
Olympic medalists in water polo
Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the 1964 Summer Olympics
20th-century Bosnia and Herzegovina sportsmen
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