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Miroslav Cerar
Miroslav Cerar
	Miroslav Cerar at the 1964 Olympics
Personal information
Born	28 October 1939 (age 85); Ljubljana, Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Residence	Ljubljana, Slovenia
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	73 kg (161 lb)
Gymnastics career
Discipline	Men's artistic gymnastics
Country represented	Yugoslavia
Representing Yugoslavia
Olympic Games
World Championships
European Championships

Miroslav Cerar (Slovene pronunciation: [ˈmíːrɔslaw ˈtsɛ̀ːrar];^[1] born 28 October 1939) is a Yugoslav former gymnast and lawyer of Slovene ethnicity who won the pommel horse event at the 1964 and 1968 Summer Olympics. He also won three world and nine European championships.^[2]

Domestically, Cerar won 13 national titles and was chosen eight times as Yugoslavia's Athlete of the Year. He was awarded the Olympic Order in Silver by the International Olympic Committee. He was member of the Slovenian Olympic Academy, the Fair Play Commission of the Slovenian Olympic Committee, and the executive committee of the European Fair Play Movement.^[2]

Family

Cerar was married to Zdenka Cerar (née Prusnik), who was the first female State Prosecutor General of the Republic of Slovenia (1999–2004), Minister of Justice (2004) and vice-president of the LDS. In her youth she was twice Youth Champion in gymnastics in Yugoslavia and a member of the Yugoslav team. After she ended her active career, she became a coach and referee.^[3]

Cerar was a student of law and a lawyer for many years. His son Miro Cerar is also a lawyer, and a politician. He was Slovenia's prime minister and head of the SMC party.^[4]

Awards and honors

In 1999 Cerar was inducted into the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame,^[5] and in 2011 into the Slovenian Athletes Hall of Fame^[6]

References

^ "Slovenski pravopis 2001: Miroslav". "Slovenski pravopis 2001: Cerar".
^ ^a ^b Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Miroslav Cerar". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.
^ Umrla je Zdenka Cerar. Rtvslo.Si (29 August 2013). Retrieved on 2015-06-28.
^ INTERVJU – prof. dr. Miro Cerar. Student.si. Retrieved on 28 June 2015.
^ "Miroslav cerar". International Gymnastics Hall of Fame. Retrieved 12 May 2007.
^ V Hramu slavnih športnikov prva Štukelj in Cerar. dolenjskilist.si. 21 December 2011.

External links

Miroslav Cerar at the International Gymnastics Federation
Miroslav Cerar at the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame
Miroslav Cerar at Olympics.com
Miroslav Cerar at Olympedia (archive)

Awards
Preceded by Radivoj Korać Milan Galić	The Best Athlete of Yugoslavia 1961 1963, 1964	Succeeded by Milan Galić Branislav Lončar
Preceded by Radivoj Korać Branislav Lončar Ivo Daneu	Yugoslav Sportsman of the Year 1961–64 1966 1968–70	Succeeded by Branislav Lončar Ivo Daneu Mate Parlov
Olympic Games
Preceded by Radovan Radović	Flagbearer for Yugoslavia Tokyo 1964	Succeeded by Branislav Simić