Slobodan Grujić
Slobodan Grujić 
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| Date of birth: | August 24, 1973 |
| Place of birth: | Novi Sad |
| Playing hand: | Right handed |
| Best world ranking : | 38 (July 2004) |
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Slobodan Grujić (born August 24, 1973 in Novi Sad ) is a former Yugoslav and now Serbian table tennis player . He was one of the best players in Europe in the 1990s and 2000s.
Career
Slobodan Grujić is the son of the table tennis player Aleksandar Grujić and his wife Miroslava (Mira), a former professional ballet dancer. At the age of nine, Slobodan Grujić joined the Yugoslav association Vojvodina. He soon achieved significant international success at the European Youth Championships. In 1987 he was European Cadet Champion in singles in Athens, and he reached the final in doubles with Tarik Hodzic. A year later he was second in the singles behind Torben Wosik . He also reached the semi-finals of the Juniors in 1990, and in 1991 he became European Champion.
In the adult sector, he took part in world championships 14 times from 1989 to 2009 , where he recorded his best placement in doubles with the quarter-finals in 2003 and 2007 . From 1992 to 2008 he was nominated eight times for European championships , where he was at least in the quarterfinals in doubles and even won bronze in 1992 with Ilija Lupulesku and in 2003 with Aleksandar Karakašević .
In 1992, 1996, 2000 and 2004 Slobodan Grujić qualified for participation in the Olympic Games . He reached the quarter-finals with Ilija Lupulesku in 1992 and with Aleksandar Karakašević in 2004 .
After 2009 Slobodan Grujić did not appear internationally until today (2012).
Bundesliga
1997 Grujić left the Yugoslav club Novi Sad and joined the German Bundesliga club TV Gönnern . After a two-year stint at SV Plüderhausen from 1999 to 2001, he returned to Gönnern. With the men's team of TV Gönnern he won the German Cup in 1997 and 2001, and in 2005 and 2006 he won the Champions League . In 2007 he moved to Fenerbahçe SK in Turkey . For the second half of the 2010/2011 season he was obliged by the Hessenligaverein TG Langenselbold, with whom he rose to the league . In 2013, 1. FC Saarbrücken signed him for the second team in the 2. Bundesliga.
Trainer
Slobodan Grujić has been working as a trainer at the Hessian table tennis association HTTV since July 2009 and supports the coaching team of the German table tennis association DTTB if necessary .
Private
Grujić is married to Elizabeta Harca, who was European youth champion in 1988 with the Yugoslav team. He has two sons with her.
Results from the ITTF database
| Association | event | year | place | country | singles | Double | Mixed | team |
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| YUG | Balkan Championship | 1996 | Vranje | YUG | gold | silver | 1 | |
| YUG | Balkan Championship | 1993 | Constanza | ROU | Semifinals | silver | gold | |
| SRB | European Championship | 2008 | St. Petersburg | RUS | Quarter finals | |||
| SRB | European Championship | 2007 | Belgrade | SRB | Quarter finals | |||
| SCG | European Championship | 2005 | Aarhus | THE | Quarter finals | |||
| YUG | European Championship | 2003 | Courmayeur | ITA | Semifinals | |||
| YUG | European Championship | 2002 | Zagreb | HRV | Quarter finals | |||
| YUG | European Championship | 2000 | Bremen | GER | Quarter finals | |||
| YUG | European Championship | 1996 | Bratislava | SVK | Quarter finals | |||
| YUG | European Championship | 1992 | Stuttgart | GER | Semifinals | |||
| YUG | European Youth Championship (Cadets) | 1988 | Novi Sad | YUG | silver | |||
| YUG | European Youth Championship (Cadets) | 1987 | Athens | GRE | gold | silver | ||
| YUG | European Youth Championship (Juniors) | 1991 | Granada | ESP | gold | |||
| YUG | European Youth Championship (Juniors) | 1990 | Hollabrunn | AUT | Semifinals | |||
| SCG | Mediterranean Games | 2005 | Almeria | ESP | 3rd place | gold | ||
| YUG | Mediterranean Games | 2001 | Tunis | TO DO | 3rd place | gold | ||
| YUG | Mediterranean Games | 1997 | Bari Taranto | ITA | 3rd place | silver | ||
| SCG | Olympic games | 2004 | Athens | GRE | last 64 | Quarter finals | ||
| YUG | Olympic games | 2000 | Sydney | OUT | immediately excluded | last 16 | ||
| YUG | Olympic games | 1996 | Atlanta | United States | immediately excluded | immediately excluded | ||
| YUG | Olympic games | 1992 | Barcelona | ESP | no participants | Quarter finals | ||
| SRB | Pro tour | 2009 | Warsaw | POLE | last 64 | |||
| SRB | Pro tour | 2009 | Velenje | SVN | last 64 | |||
| SRB | Pro tour | 2008 | Velenje | SVN | last 64 | last 16 | ||
| SRB | Pro tour | 2007 | Bremen | GER | last 64 | last 16 | ||
| SRB | Pro tour | 2007 | catfish | AUT | Scratched | |||
| SRB | Pro tour | 2007 | Chiba | JPN | last 64 | |||
| SRB | Pro tour | 2007 | Seongnam | COR | last 32 | Semifinals | ||
| SRB | Pro tour | 2007 | Doha | QAT | last 32 | |||
| SRB | Pro tour | 2007 | Velenje | SVN | last 32 | Semifinals | ||
| SRB | Pro tour | 2007 | Zagreb | HRV | last 64 | Quarter finals | ||
| SRB | Pro tour | 2006 | Warsaw | POLE | last 64 | Quarter finals | ||
| SRB | Pro tour | 2006 | Bayreuth | GER | last 64 | Quarter finals | ||
| SCG | Pro tour | 2006 | Zagreb | HRV | last 32 | |||
| SCG | Pro tour | 2005 | Magdeburg | GER | last 32 | Quarter finals | ||
| SCG | Pro tour | 2004 | catfish | AUT | last 64 | last 16 | ||
| SCG | Pro tour | 2004 | Leipzig | GER | last 64 | Quarter finals | ||
| SCG | Pro tour | 2004 | Warsaw | POLE | last 32 | Quarter finals | ||
| SCG | Pro tour | 2004 | Chicago | United States | last 32 | last 16 | ||
| SCG | Pro tour | 2004 | Rio de Janeiro | BRA | Quarter finals | Semifinals | ||
| YUG | Pro tour | 2004 | Athens | GRE | Quarter finals | Semifinals | ||
| YUG | Pro tour | 2004 | Croatia | HRV | last 32 | last 16 | ||
| YUG | Pro tour | 2003 | Bremen | GER | Semifinals | |||
| YUG | Pro tour | 2003 | Croatia | HRV | last 32 | |||
| YUG | Pro tour | 2002 | Farum | THE | last 16 | last 16 | ||
| YUG | Pro tour | 2002 | Doha | QAT | last 64 | Quarter finals | ||
| YUG | Pro tour | 2002 | catfish | AUT | last 64 | last 16 | ||
| YUG | Pro tour | 2001 | Rotterdam | NED | last 64 | silver | ||
| YUG | Pro tour | 2001 | Bayreuth | GER | last 64 | gold | ||
| YUG | Pro tour | 2001 | Fort Lauderdale | United States | last 32 | Quarter finals | ||
| YUG | Pro tour | 2001 | São Paulo | BRA | Quarter finals | Quarter finals | ||
| YUG | Pro tour | 2001 | Zagreb | HRV | last 32 | last 16 | ||
| YUG | Pro tour | 2001 | Doha | QAT | last 32 | Semifinals | ||
| YUG | Pro tour | 2000 | Toulouse | FRA | last 32 | last 16 | ||
| YUG | Pro tour | 1999 | Linz / Wels | AUT | Rd 1 | Quarter finals | ||
| YUG | Pro tour | 1999 | Bremen | GER | Rd 1 | |||
| YUG | Pro tour | 1999 | Hopton-on-Sea | CLOSELY | last 32 | Rd 1 | ||
| YUG | Pro tour | 1999 | Doha | QAT | Rd 1 | Rd 1 | ||
| YUG | Pro tour | 1998 | Sundsvall | SWE | last 32 | last 16 | ||
| YUG | Pro tour | 1998 | Belgrade | YUG | last 32 | last 16 | ||
| YUG | Pro tour | 1998 | Courmayeur | ITA | last 16 | |||
| YUG | Pro tour | 1998 | Ji 'Nan City | CHN | Quarter finals | |||
| YUG | Pro tour | 1997 | Lyon | FRA | Rd 1 | last 16 | ||
| YUG | Pro tour | 1997 | Linz | AUT | last 32 | Semifinals | ||
| YUG | Pro tour | 1997 | Belgrade | YUG | last 16 | Quarter finals | ||
| YUG | Pro tour | 1997 | Zhuhai | CHN | Rd 1 | Rd 1 | ||
| YUG | Pro tour | 1997 | Chiba | JPN | Rd 1 | Quarter finals | ||
| YUG | Pro tour | 1996 | Belgrade | YUG | Semifinals | Semifinals | ||
| YUG | Pro tour | 1996 | Bolzano | ITA | silver | |||
| YUG | Pro Tour Grand Finals | 2001 | Hainan | CHN | Semifinals | |||
| YUG | Pro Tour Grand Finals | 1996 | Tian Jin | CHN | Semifinals | |||
| SRB | World Championship | 2009 | Yokohama | JPN | last 128 | last 64 | ||
| SRB | World Championship | 2008 | Guangzhou | CHN | 19th | |||
| SRB | World Championship | 2007 | Zagreb | HRV | last 128 | Quarter finals | no participants | |
| SCG | World Championship | 2006 | Bremen | GER | 15th | |||
| SCG | World Championship | 2005 | Shanghai | CHN | last 32 | last 16 | ||
| SCG | World Championship | 2004 | Doha | QAT | 22nd | |||
| YUG | World Championship | 2003 | Paris | FRA | last 32 | Quarter finals | ||
| YUG | World Championship | 2001 | Osaka | JPN | last 128 | last 32 | last 64 | 11 |
| YUG | World Championship | 2000 | Kuala Lumpur | MAS | 13-16 | |||
| YUG | World Championship | 1999 | Eindhoven | NED | last 128 | last 16 | last 16 | |
| YUG | World Championship | 1997 | Manchester | CLOSELY | last 64 | last 16 | no participants | 15th |
| YUG | World Championship | 1995 | Tianjin | CHN | last 128 | last 16 | no participants | 7th |
| YUG | World Championship | 1993 | Gothenburg | SWE | last 128 | last 32 | last 128 | |
| YUG | World Championship | 1989 | Dortmund | FRG | last 128 | Agony | no participants | 13 |
| YUG | World Doubles Cup | 1992 | Las Vegas | United States | 9 | |||
| YUG | WTC World Team Cup | 1995 | Atlanta | United States | 9 | |||
| YUG | WTC World Team Cup | 1991 | Barcelona | ESP | 9 |
Individual evidence
- ↑ DTS magazine , 1997/8 page 11
- ↑ DTS magazine , 1999/6 page 19
- ↑ DTS magazine , 2001/6 page 35
- ↑ tischtennis magazine , 2007/5, page 8
- ↑ Change of club for the second half of 2010/2011 ( Memento from February 12, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ) (accessed on January 23, 2012)
- ↑ tischtennis magazine , 2013/8 page 21
- ↑ SH: Slobodan Grujic supports German men's coaching team Article from September 1, 2010 on tischtennis.de (accessed on September 12, 2019)
- ↑ Slobodan Grujić Results from the ITTF database on ittf.com (accessed on January 23, 2012)
literature
- Zdenko Uzorinac: The Grujic Saga , DTS magazine , 1992/3 page 25
Web links
- Slobodan Grujić in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original ) (accessed January 23, 2012)
- Page no longer available , search in web archives: Interview as a member of TG Langenselbold (accessed on January 23, 2012)
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| SURNAME | Grujić, Slobodan |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Grujic, Slobodan |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Yugoslav and Serbian table tennis players |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 24, 1973 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Novi Sad |