Olivera Ćirković
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Оливера Ћирковић | |||||||||||||||
| Born | Olivera Vasić 3 September 1969 | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Serbian | ||||||||||||||
| Occupation(s) | basketball player, writer, painter | ||||||||||||||
| Criminal charge | jewellery store robberies | ||||||||||||||
| Criminal penalty | 12 years in Greek prison | ||||||||||||||
| Criminal status | Released after 6 years | ||||||||||||||
| Children | 1 | ||||||||||||||
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| Listed height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||||||
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| Playing career | 1986–2000 | ||||||||||||||
| Position | Power forward / Center | ||||||||||||||
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| Voždovac | |||||||||||||||
| Crvena zvezda | |||||||||||||||
| –1992 | Jedinstvo Tuzla | ||||||||||||||
| 1992–1998 | Pagrati | ||||||||||||||
| 1998–1999 | Celje | ||||||||||||||
| 1999–2000 | Crvena zvezda | ||||||||||||||
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Olivera "Olja" Ćirković (Serbian Cyrillic: Оливера Ћирковић; born 3 September 1969), née Olivera Vasić (Serbian Cyrillic: Оливера Васић), is a Serbian writer and painter, former convicted criminal and former professional basketball player and administrator. She was a member of international jewel thief network Pink Panthers.[1]
Basketball career
Playing career
Ćirković spent her career with Voždovac, Crvena zvezda, Jedinstvo Tuzla (Bosnia and Herzegovina), Pagrati Athens[2] (Greece) and Celje[3] (Slovenia).
National team career
Ćirković was a member of the Yugoslavia women's national under-18 basketball team that won the bronze medal at the 1988 European Championship for Junior Woman together with Nina Bjedov, Danira Nakić, Eleonora Wild, Danijela Ilić and others.[4] Over two tournament games, she averaged 1.5 points per game.[5]
Post-playing career
After retirement from playing career, Ćirković worked as a sports director for Crvena zvezda.[6]
Criminal career
Ćirković is the most known female member of the international jewel thief network Pink Panthers. She only operated in Greece where she was arrested and convicted twice for her involvement in a series of jewellery store robberies. The first arrest was in 2006.[7]
She was arrested for a second time in March 2012.[8] On 12 July 2012, she managed to successfully escape from her Athens' prison.[9] To escape on foot to her native Serbia. Gathered her team, on 26 November 2012, she made second robbery again in Athens. On 29 November 2012, she was arrested and convicted on 30 years of jail in Corydallos prison later reduced on 12 years because of being a good prisoner.[10]
Personal life
Ćirković has one son who also plays basketball.
Works
- Ćirković, Olivera (2016). Pink Panter – Moja zatvorska ispovest. ISBN 978-86-521-2175-5.[11][12]
- Ćirković, Olivera (2018). Ja, Pink Panter: Ispovest.[13]
References
- ^ "Oliverino bekstvo iz zatvora je ušlo u anale grčkog pravosuđa". kurir.rs. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
- ^ "Olivera Vasic PAGRATI ATHLETIC CLUB". fibaeurope.com. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
- ^ "Olivera Vasic ZKK CELJE". fibaeurope.com. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
- ^ "Yugoslavia U19 Women 1988". fiba.basketball. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
- ^ "Yugoslavia Yugoslavia 8 - Olivera Vasic". fiba.basketball. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
- ^ "Bivša šefica bande Pink Panther: Veliki igrač treba znati kad se povući". vecernji.hr. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
- ^ "Nisam ni sanjao da će Olivera ikada biti u kriminalnim vodama". blic.rs. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
- ^ "Δύο μέλη της διεθνούς συμμορίας ληστών "Ροζ Πάνθηρες" συνελήφθησαν στην Αθήνα". in.gr. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
- ^ ""Pink Panther" Female Prisoner Vanishes into Thin Air". greekreporter.com. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
- ^ "Nastavak priče o najozloglašenijoj Pink Panterki na svetu (drugi deo) - Iza rešetaka, epizoda 8". Youtube.
- ^ "Pink Panter – Moja zatvorska ispovest Olivera Ćirković". laguna.rs. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
- ^ "Pink Panter – Moja zatvorska ispovest Olivera Ćirković" (PDF). delfi.rs. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
- ^ "JA, PINK PANTER: ISPOVEST". delfi.rs. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
External links
- 1969 births
- Living people
- Basketball players from Belgrade
- Centers (basketball)
- Jewel thieves
- People convicted of robbery
- Power forwards (basketball)
- Serbian basketball executives and administrators
- Serbian criminals
- Serbian women's basketball players
- Serbian women in business
- Serbian women writers
- Serbian expatriate basketball people in Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Serbian expatriate basketball people in Greece
- Serbian expatriate basketball people in Slovenia
- Yugoslav women's basketball players
- ŽKK Crvena zvezda players
- ŽKK Voždovac players