Zoran Kosanović
| Zoran Kosanović | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Zoran Kosanović | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname(s) | Zoki | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  Yugoslavia Canada | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | January 16, 1956 Belgrade, Yugoslavia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | February 4, 1998 (aged 42) Toronto, Ontario, Canada | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Playing style | Left-handed all-round player | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Zoran Kosanović (Serbian Cyrillic: Зоран Косановић; January 16, 1956 – February 4, 1998) was a Serbian Canadian table tennis player.[1]
Career
Career in Yugoslavia
Kosanović represented Yugoslavia in all five world championships from 1973 to 1981 (in 1975, he won silver medal at the World Championship. In 1976, he was European Champion in Prague. With his doubles partner Milivoj Karakašević, he reached the European Championship semifinal in 1978.[2]
In the Balkan Championships, he won 11 titles. From 1975 to 1979, he was the Yugoslav champion five times. His highest ranking in the ITTF World Ranking was 7th place.[3]
Career in Canada
In September 1979, Kosanović moved to Toronto. In 1981, he won the North American Championship and in 1982 the US Open. At the 1983 World Championship in Tokyo, he represented Canada.
Death and legacy
On February 4, 1998, Kosanović collapsed while taking part in a recreational soccer match at The Hangar sports complex and died of a heart attack. He is interred in Toronto's York Cemetery.[4]
In March 1998, an annual soccer tournament held in Downsview Park was initiated by the Serbian White Eagles FC.[5]
Personal
Kosanović married Darinka "Doreen" (née Jovanov) in 1979 and had two children: a son Sasha and daughter Tanya.[6]
References
- ^ 1998 obituary by Tim Boggan
- ^ 1978 results Archived October 17, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ 1978 results Archived October 17, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Mount Pleasant Group: Zoran “Zoki” Kosanović
- ^ Večernje novosti (March 4, 1998). "Memorijal Zorana Kosanovića, pg. 15" (in Serbian).
- ^ 1998 obituary by Tim Boggan
External links
- 1956 births
- 1998 deaths
- Sportspeople from Belgrade
- Serbian male table tennis players
- Canadian male table tennis players
- Yugoslav table tennis players
- Canadian people of Serbian descent
- Sport deaths in Canada
- Mediterranean Games medalists in table tennis
- Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Yugoslavia
- Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Yugoslavia