Rajko Zizic

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Rajko Žižić (born January 22, 1955 in Nikšić , Yugoslavia , † August 7, 2003 in Belgrade ) was a Yugoslav basketball player who was European champion in 1975, world champion in 1978 and Olympic champion in 1980.

Athletic career

The 2.10 m tall Rajko Žižić started with KK Sutjeska Nikšić with basketball, but moved to OKK Belgrade in 1971 . From 1981 to 1984 and 1986/1987 he played with KK Roter Stern Belgrade , in between he was in France with CAUFA Reims .

Rajko Žižić was already internationally successful in the junior division. In 1971 he was European cadet champion, in 1972 and 1974 junior European champion. With the Yugoslav national team he played at the European Championships in 1975 in front of a home crowd in Yugoslavia. There was a final round with six teams, in which the Yugoslavs achieved five victories and thus became European champions before the Soviet Union . Žižić played in eight games and scored 36 points. The following year at the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal, the Yugoslavs were second in the preliminary round behind the team from the United States . After the semi-final victory of the Yugoslavs over the team from the Soviet Union, the Yugoslavs met again in the final against the United States and lost 74:95. Rajko Žižić was used in six games and scored 46 points, four of them in the final.

After Žižić was not part of the Yugoslav squad at the European Championships in 1977 , he was back in 1978 at the World Cup in Manila. There was initially a final round in which the Yugoslavs remained undefeated. The first two teams of the final round met in the final, Yugoslavia won against the USSR team with 82:81 after extra time. Žižić played in eight games and scored 40 points. After three European titles in a row, where Žižić was only there in 1975, the Yugoslavia missed the final at the 1979 European Championships in Italy. Since they had lost in the preliminary round against Israel 76:77, Israel moved into the final against the Soviet team, Yugoslavia won the game for third place 99:92 against Czechoslovakia . Žižić scored 35 points in six games. A year later there was another final round at the 1980 Olympic Games . In the final, the two best teams from the final round met each other. The Yugoslavs defeated the Italians with 86:77 points. Žižić was used in seven games and scored 29 points over the course of the tournament. He was not in the final.

At the 1982 World Cup in Colombia, the Yugoslavs reached the game for third place and won against the Spaniards 119-117. Rajko Žižić came to 44 points in nine games. The following year, the Yugoslav team finished seventh at the European Championships in France. Žižić threw 37 points in seven games. At the end of his international career, Rajko Žižić took part in the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles. The Yugoslavs won their preliminary group, but lost to the Spaniards in the semifinals. They won the game for a bronze medal with 88:82 against the Canadians . Žižić played in eight games, but scored a total of only 12 points.

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ Medal winner at the European basketball championships at sport-komplett.de
  2. ↑ Player statistics of the EM 1975 at archive.fiba.com
  3. ↑ Volker Kluge : Olympic Summer Games. The Chronicle III. Mexico City 1968 - Los Angeles 1984. Sportverlag Berlin, Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-328-00741-5 . Pp. 579 to 581
  4. ↑ Player statistics from the 1976 Olympic Games at archive.fiba.com
  5. ↑ Medal winner at basketball world championships at sport-komplett.de
  6. ↑ Player statistics from the 1978 World Cup at archive.fiba.com
  7. ↑ Player statistics of the European Championship 1979 at archive.fiba.com
  8. ↑ Player statistics from the 1980 Olympic Games at archive.fiba.com
  9. ↑ Player statistics from the 1982 World Cup at archive.fiba.com
  10. ↑ Player statistics of the EM 1983 at archive.fiba.com
  11. ↑ Volker Kluge : Olympic Summer Games. The Chronicle III. Mexico City 1968 - Los Angeles 1984. Sportverlag Berlin, Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-328-00741-5 . Pp. 1038 to 1040
  12. ↑ Player statistics from the 1984 Olympic Games at archive.fiba.com
personal data
SURNAME Žižić, Rajko
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Yugoslav basketball player
DATE OF BIRTH January 22, 1955
PLACE OF BIRTH Nikšić , Yugoslavia
DATE OF DEATH August 7, 2003
Place of death Belgrade