Radomir Kovačević

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Radomir Kovačević (born March 20, 1954 in Drvar , † June 14, 2006 in Belgrade ) was a Yugoslav judoka who took part in the Olympic Games three times. In 1980 he won a bronze medal in the heavyweight division.

The starting for Rakovica Belgrade Radomir Kovačević was 1973 Yugoslav junior European heavyweight champion. At the Judo World Championships in 1975 he was defeated in the semifinals against the Soviet judoka Sergei Nowikow , Kovačević ultimately took fifth place. In 1976 Kovačević won the bronze medal in the open class at the European Championships. At the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal, he competed in both heavyweight and open classes. In the heavyweight division he was defeated in the quarterfinals against Novikov and took seventh place, in the open class he lost in the second round against Schota Tschotschischwili , like Novikov a judoka from the Soviet Union.

In 1979 Radomir Kovačević won the heavyweight division at the Mediterranean Games in Split. At the Judo World Championships in Paris in 1979 he was defeated in the heavyweight quarter-finals against the French Jean-Luc Rougé and finished in fifth place. In the open class he was also defeated in the quarter-finals against the Soviet judoka Vitaly Kuznetsow , the fight for the bronze medal won Kovačević against the Belgian Robert Van de Walle . At the Olympic tournament in Moscow in 1980 he won his first two fights, but was then defeated in the quarterfinals of the heavyweight class against the Bulgarian Dimitar Sapryanov . Kovačević won the battle for bronze against the North Korean Kim Myong-gui .

The Yugoslav heavyweight champion from 1983 and 1984 won the first two rounds of the 1984 Olympic Games , and in the semifinals the Japanese Hitoshi Saitō defeated him . In his last big international fight he lost the duel for the bronze medal against the Canadian Mark Berger .

Radomir Kovačević was a graduate of the Japanese Tōkai University , after his career he worked as a physical education teacher in the United States. He died of cancer at the age of 52.

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SURNAME Kovačević, Radomir
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Yugoslav judoka
DATE OF BIRTH March 20, 1954
PLACE OF BIRTH Drvar
DATE OF DEATH June 14, 2006
Place of death Belgrade