Zoran Kosanović

Zoran Kosanović
Personal information
Nickname(s)Zoki
Nationality SFR Yugoslavia
 Canada
ResidenceToronto, Ontario, Canada
Born(1956-01-16)16 January 1956
Belgrade, PR Serbia, FPR Yugoslavia
Died4 February 1998(1998-02-04) (aged 42)
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Table tennis career
Playing styleLeft-handed all-round player
Medal record
Men's table tennis
Representing  Yugoslavia
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1975 Calcutta Team
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 1976 Prague Team
Bronze medal – third place 1978 Duisburg Doubles
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place 1979 Split Team
Bronze medal – third place 1979 Split Doubles

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.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b USATT (July 1998). "In Memoriam – ZORAN KOSANOVIC (1956–1998)". Archived from the original on 18 January 2018. Retrieved 26 August 2020.
  2. ^ 1978 results Archived October 17, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ 1978 results Archived October 17, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ Mount Pleasant Group: Zoran “Zoki” Kosanović
  5. ^ Večernje novosti (March 4, 1998). "Memorijal Zorana Kosanovića, pg. 15" (in Serbian).
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