Dragutin Šurbek

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Dragutin Šurbek (born August 8, 1946 in Zagreb ; † July 15, 2018 there ) was a Yugoslav and Croatian table tennis player and trainer who was one of the best in the world in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s and was twice world champion in doubles .

Overview

Dragutin Šurbek became European men's individual champion in Lyon in 1968 . In the years that followed, a large number of international titles and placements in doubles and with the team followed. Šurbek was an offensive player who used the topspin far behind the plate in all game situations, whereby he won some world championships, especially in doubles. He played in Yugoslavia for the clubs TTC Poštar Zagreb and GSTK VJESNIK Zagreb and from 1977 also for a number of years in the German Bundesliga ( TTC Calw , 1980-1982 ATSV Saarbrücken , then with TTC Esslingen in the 1st and 2nd Bundesliga). In 1992 he made a comeback when he qualified for participation in the Summer Olympics .

Šurbek was - in a positive sense - obsessed with table tennis. As a teenager, the - official - six hours of training a day were not enough for him. He and a friend got into the gym at night through a window and continued to train. At the beginning of his career he played for the Yugoslav national team. In the last year of his career he played - together with his son - for the Croatian national team.

Private

Šurbek had two sons with his wife Jelena. The younger is also called Dragutin (born November 8, 1977), he has already participated in table tennis world championships for Croatia and in 1998 moved from STK Zagreb to the 2nd Bundesliga to Team Galaxis Lübeck and in 2000 to the 1st Bundesliga to TTC Frickenhausen .

successes

Participation in table tennis world championships

Participation in European championships

  • 1968 in Lyon
    • 1st place single
    • 3rd place with men's team
  • 1970 in Moscow
    • 1st place doubles with Anton Stipančić
    • 2nd place with men's team
  • 1972 in Rotterdam
    • 2nd place with men's team
  • 1974 in Novi Sad
    • 3rd place single
    • 3rd place doubles with Anton Stipančić
    • 3rd place with men's team
  • 1976 in Prague
    • 1st place with men's team
    • 3rd place doubles with Anton Stipančić
  • 1978 in Duisburg
    • 3rd place doubles with Anton Stipančić
  • 1980 in Bern
    • 2nd place doubles with Anton Stipančić
  • 1982 in Budapest
  • 1984 in Moscow
  • 1986 in Prague
  • 1992 in Stuttgart
    • Start for Croatia

Participation in the European ranking tournament Top-12

  • 1971 3rd place - Zadar (CRO)
  • 1972 3rd place - Zagreb
  • 1973 2nd place - Böblingen
  • 1974 5th place - Trolihättan (SWE)
  • 1975 4th place - Vienna
  • 1976 1st place - Lübeck
  • 1977 2nd place - Sarajevo
  • 1978 7th place - Prague
  • 1979 1st place - Kristianstad (SWE)
  • 1980 8th place - Munich
  • 1981 3rd place - Miskolc (HUN)
  • 1984 9th place - Bratislava
  • 1985 7th place - Barcelona

Results from the ITTF database

Association event year place country singles Double Mixed team
YUG  Balkan Championship  1973  Sombor  YUG   gold  gold  gold  1
YUG  Balkan Championship  1970  Sofia  BUL   Semifinals  gold    1
YUG  Balkan Championship  1968  Skopje  YUG   gold  gold    1
YUG  Balkan Championship  1967  Antalya  DOOR   gold  silver    1
YUG  Balkan Championship  1966  Brasov  ROU   Semifinals  gold    1
YUG  Balkan Championship  1964  Athens  GRE   gold       
YUG  European Championship  1986  Prague  TCH   last 16  Semifinals  Semifinals   
YUG  European Championship  1984  Moscow  URS   Semifinals  gold  Semifinals   
YUG  European Championship  1982  Budapest  HUN   last 16  gold  silver   
YUG  European Championship  1980  Bern  SUI     silver     
YUG  European Championship  1978  Duisburg  FRG   last 16  Semifinals     
YUG  European Championship  1976  Prague  TCH   last 16  Semifinals    1
YUG  European Championship  1974  Novi Sad  YUG   Semifinals  Semifinals     
YUG  European Championship  1972  Rotterdam  NED     Quarter finals  Quarter finals  2
YUG  European Championship  1970  Moscow  URS     gold    2
YUG  European Championship  1968  Lyon  FRA   gold       
YUG  European Championship  1966  London  CLOSELY   last 16       
YUG  European Championship  1964  Malmo  SWE         2
YUG  European Youth Championship (Juniors)  1963  Duisburg  FRG         1
YUG  EURO TOP12  1985  Barcelona  ESP   7th       
YUG  EURO TOP12  1984  Bratislava  TCH   9       
YUG  EURO TOP12  1981  Miskolc  HUN   3      
YUG  EURO TOP12  1980  Munich  FRG   8th       
YUG  EURO TOP12  1979  Kristianstad  SWE   1      
YUG  EURO TOP12  1978  Prague  TCH   7th       
YUG  EURO TOP12  1977  Sarajevo  YUG   2      
YUG  EURO TOP12  1976  Lübeck  FRG   1      
YUG  EURO TOP12  1975  Vienna  AUT   4th       
YUG  EURO TOP12  1974  Trollhatten  SWE   5       
YUG  EURO TOP12  1973  Boeblingen  FRG   2      
YUG  EURO TOP12  1972  Zagreb  YUG   3      
YUG  EURO TOP12  1971  Zadar  YUG   3      
HRV  Mediterranean Games  1993  Meze  FRA     silver     
YUG  Mediterranean Games  1979  Hvar Split  YUG   gold  silver    1 
HRV  Olympic games  1992  Barcelona  ESP   no participants  immediately excluded     
HRV  Pro tour  1998  Zagreb  HRV     last 16     
HRV  World Championship  1993  Gothenburg  SWE   last 128  last 64  last 128  35 
YUG  World Championship  1985  Gothenburg  SWE   last 16  last 32  last 16  6th 
YUG  World Championship  1983  Tokyo  JPN   last 16  gold  last 16  9 
YUG  World Championship  1981  Novi Sad  YUG   Semifinals  Semifinals  Semifinals  7th 
YUG  World Championship  1979  Pyongyang  PRK   last 16  gold  no participants  9 
YUG  World Championship  1977  Birmingham  CLOSELY   Quarter finals  Semifinals  no participants  8th 
YUG  World Championship  1975  Calcutta  IND   Quarter finals  silver  last 64  2
YUG  World Championship  1973  Sarajevo  YUG   Semifinals  Semifinals  last 64  6th 
YUG  World Championship  1971  Nagoya  JPN   Semifinals  Quarter finals  last 32  3
YUG  World Championship  1969  Munich  FRG   last 16  Quarter finals  last 32  3
YUG  World Championship  1967  Stockholm  SWE   last 128  last 32  last 64  7th 
YUG  World Championship  1965  Ljubljana  YUG   last 64  Quarter finals  Scratched  4th 
YUG  World cup  1986  Port of Spain  TRI   15th       
YUG  World cup  1983  Barbados  0   8th       
YUG  World cup  1980  Hong Kong  HKG   13       

philately

The post office in Zagreb Croatia used the following special postmarks:

February 4, 2002: European table tennis championship 2002, Šurbek Stipančić.

literature

  • Erich Philippi, Karola Kießlich: The “Tiger of Zagreb” is still not full . In: Zeitschrift Tischtennis 1981/2 pp. 12-14

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Preminuo Dragutin Šurbek. Croatian Table Tennis Association, February 23, 2017, accessed on July 15, 2018 (Croatian).
  2. ↑ Always the best . In: Der Spiegel . No. 1 , 1982, pp. 100 ( online ).
  3. ↑ table tennis , 1992/3 p. 51.
  4. ↑ DTS magazine , 1998/6 p. 8 + 2000/8 p. 36
  5. ↑ DTS magazine , 1992/5 p. 48
  6. ↑ Subrek Dragutin (HRV). In: ITTF Database. Archived from the original on December 29, 2015 ; accessed on July 17, 2018 .

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personal data
SURNAME Šurbek, Dragutin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Yugoslav or Croatian table tennis player
DATE OF BIRTH August 8, 1946
PLACE OF BIRTH Zagreb , Yugoslavia
DATE OF DEATH 15th July 2018
Place of death Zagreb , Croatia