Ratko Radovanović

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Ratko Radovanović (born October 16, 1956 in Nikšić , Yugoslavia ) is a former Yugoslav basketball player who was European champion in 1977, world champion in 1978 and Olympic champion in 1980.

Athletic career

The 2.08 m tall Ratko Radovanović began his career in Nikšić and moved to Sarajevo in 1972, where he joined the club Košarkaški Klub Bosna Sarajevo . With this club he was the Yugoslav champion in 1978, 1980 and 1983 and won the FIBA European Cup in 1979 . From 1983 to 1986 he played with Stade Français and from 1986 to 1990 with Reyer Venezia Mestre .

Ratko Radovanović was already internationally successful in the junior area. In 1973 he won a bronze medal at the European Cadet Championship, in 1974 he was European Junior Champion. With the Yugoslav national team he played at the European Championship 1977 in Belgium. After a semi-final victory of 88:69 over Italy , the Yugoslavs won the final 74:61 against the Soviet Union . Ratko Radovanović scored 51 points in seven games. At the 1978 World Cup in Manila there was first 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. Radovanović played in ten games and scored 123 points, ten of them in the final. After three European championship titles in a row, with Radovanović only in 1977, the Yugoslavia missed the final at the European Championships in Italy in 1979 . 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 . Radovanović scored 35 points in seven 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. Radovanović was used in eight games and scored 56 points in the course of the tournament, only in the final he did not hit the basket.

In 1981, the 1981 European Championship was held in Czechoslovakia. Yugoslavia finished second behind the team from the Soviet Union in the preliminary round. These two took the first two places after the final round and thus met again in the final, the USSR won with 84:67. Ratko Radovanović scored 81 points in seven games. At the 1982 World Cup in Colombia, the Yugoslavs reached the game for third place and won against the Spaniards 119-117. Ratko Radovanović came to 98 points in nine games. The following year, the Yugoslav team finished seventh at the European Championships in France. Radovanović threw 151 points in seven games. In 1984 Ratko Radovanović 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 and scored 113 points. Two years later, the 1986 World Cup took place in Spain . In the semifinals, the team from the Soviet Union beat the Yugoslavs 91-90, in the game for third place the Yugoslavs beat Brazil 117-91 . Radovanović contributed 96 points in eight games, 22 points against Brazil alone. At the end of his career he won bronze again at the European Championship in Athens in 1987 and scored 66 points in seven games.

After finishing his sporting career, Ratko Radovanović returned to Sarajevo in 1990 and built up a business, but lost his investments due to the Bosnian War . Ratko Radovanović moved on to Belgrade with his family, where he has lived since 1992.

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ Place of birth according to SportsReference, according to the portrait on euroleague.net he was born in Nevesinje and then moved to Nikšić with his parents.
  2. ↑ Medal winner at the European basketball championships at sport-komplett.de
  3. ↑ Player statistics of the EM 1977 at archive.fiba.com
  4. ↑ Medal winner at basketball world championships at sport-komplett.de
  5. ↑ Player statistics from the 1978 World Cup at archive.fiba.com
  6. ↑ Player statistics of the European Championship 1979 at archive.fiba.com
  7. ↑ Player statistics from the 1980 Olympic Games at archive.fiba.com
  8. ↑ Player statistics of the EM 1981 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
  13. ↑ Player statistics from the 1986 World Cup at archive.fiba.com
  14. ↑ Player statistics of the EM 1987 at archive.fiba.com
personal data
SURNAME Radovanović, Ratko
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Yugoslav basketball player
DATE OF BIRTH October 16, 1956
PLACE OF BIRTH Nikšić , Yugoslavia