Vojislav Marković

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Vojislav Marković (* 1940 in Macedonia ; † August 20, 2005 in Belgrade ) was a Yugoslav table tennis player who was one of the best in Europe in the 1960s and won the European Championship twice.

Career

Vojislav Marković achieved his first international success at the European Youth Championships in Opatija in 1956, where he was European champion with Zeljko Hrbud in the double competition. In the adult category, he won 14 titles at national Yugoslav championships. From 1956 to 1966 he was nominated 130 times for the national team.

From 1959 to 1965 Marković took part in four world championships . He and the Yugoslav team came in fourth or fifth every time. He was also represented at four European championships , namely 1960 , 1962 , 1964 and 1966 . He was most successful in 1962 in Berlin, where he was European champion in doubles with his compatriot Janez Teran and also won the title with the team. In mixed with Monique Alber , he won bronze. Two years later he helped the Yugoslav team to second place.

Marković took part in international German championships several times. Together with Janez Teran he won doubles in 1961/62, and they finished second for a year. In the ITTF world rankings , Marković was ranked tenth in 1959.

Private

Vojislav Marković's older brother Vladimir was also a national player and a World Cup participant. Vojislav had been married since 1964.

Results from the ITTF database

Association event year place country singles Double Mixed team
YUG Balkan Championship 1968 Skopje YUG Semifinals
YUG European Championship 1966 London CLOSELY last 16
YUG European Championship 1964 Malmo SWE Quarter finals 2
YUG European Championship 1962 Berlin FRG Quarter finals gold Semifinals 1
YUG European Championship 1960 Zagreb YUG Quarter finals
YUG European Youth Championship (Juniors) 1956 Opatija YUG gold
YUG World Championship 1965 Ljubljana YUG last 16 last 32 no participants 4th
YUG World Championship 1963 Prague TCH last 16 last 16 no participants 5
YUG World Championship 1961 Beijing CHN last 32 last 32 no participants 4th
YUG World Championship 1959 Dortmund FRG last 64 last 32 last 128 5

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Manfred Schäfer: A game for life. 75 years of DTTB. (1925-2000) . Published by the German Table Tennis Association DTTB , Frankfurt am Main 2000, ISBN 3-00-005890-7 , p. 135
  2. ↑ World rankings 1947 to 2001 (Excel; 171 kB) (accessed on October 16, 2011)
  3. ^ ITTF statistics from Vladimir Marković (accessed October 16, 2011)
  4. ↑ DTS magazine , 1964/16 p. 3
  5. ↑ ITTF statistics (accessed October 16, 2011)

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personal data
SURNAME Marković, Vojislav
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Yugoslav table tennis player
DATE OF BIRTH 1940
PLACE OF BIRTH Macedonia
DATE OF DEATH August 20, 2005
Place of death Belgrade