Zoran Kalinić

Zoran Kalinić ( Serbian Зоран Калинић , born July 20, 1958 in Subotica , Yugoslavia ) is a former Yugoslav table tennis player . In doubles he is world champion and two-time European champion. Today (2006) he looks after the national team of Serbia.

National successes

Kalinić won the championship of Yugoslavia several times. In 1977 and 1981 he won the European Exhibition Cities Cup with the STK Spartak Subotica club - which he joined as a 13-year-old .

European championships

In 1976 he became European champion in junior singles and mixed (with Eržebet Palatinuš ) in Mödling, Austria . Between 1980 and 1996, he took part in seven European championships for seniors. In 1982 and 1984 he won the double competition with his compatriot Dragutin Šurbek . He repeated this success in 1994 with the Greek Kalinikos Kreanga .

World championships

Between 1977 and 1995 he took part in world championships ten times . He achieved his greatest success at the 1983 World Cup in Tokyo. Here he became world champion in men's doubles together with Dragutin Šurbek . At the 1989 World Cup he was vice world champion in doubles (with Leszek Kucharski , POL) - they lost against the Germans Jörg Roßkopf / Steffen Fetzner - and in mixed (with Gordana Perkučin , YUG). With the Yugoslav team, he won silver at the 1991 World Cup .

Later he took part in the senior world championships. He lost in 2004 in the individual final "over 40 years" against Mikael Appelgren . In 2006 he was again double world champion in Bremen with Thierry Miller (Switzerland) among the seniors "over 40" .

Other international tournaments

Kalinić won the Balkan Championships four times in singles (1980, 1982, 1983, 1985), three times in doubles (1979, 1982, 1991), five times in mixed (1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1985). He achieved the best placement in the Europe TOP-12 in 1982 and 1984 with 7th place each. At the Olympic Games in 1988 and 1992 , he was eliminated in the first round.

In 1993 Kalinić moved from Red Star Belgrade to the German club TTC Weinheim in the 2nd Bundesliga. He stayed here until 1995, after which he went to Austria.

Style of play

Kalinić is left-handed. He is holding the club in the Chinese penholder style. At 1.95 meters tall, he is one of the longest table tennis players in the world.

Private

Kalinić is married to Dragica. He has a son named Uros (* 1986). He studied economics.

Results from the ITTF database

Association	event	year	place	country	singles	Double	Mixed	team
YUG	Balkan Championship	1991	Sakarya	DOOR	silver	gold	silver
YUG	Balkan Championship	1985	Pleven	BUL	gold		gold	1
YUG	Balkan Championship	1983	Ivangrad	YUG	gold		gold	1
YUG	Balkan Championship	1982	Izmir	DOOR	gold	gold	gold	1
YUG	Balkan Championship	1981	Constanza	ROU	Semifinals		gold	1
YUG	Balkan Championship	1980	Varna	BUL	gold		gold	1
YUG	Balkan Championship	1979	Athens	GRE	silver	gold		1
YUG	Balkan Championship	1978	Nis	YUG	Semifinals	silver		1
YUG	Balkan Championship	1977	Brasov	ROU	silver	silver		1
YUG	Balkan Championship	1976	Samsun	DOOR				1
YUG	European Championship	1996	Bratislava	SVK		Semifinals
YUG	European Championship	1994	Birmingham	CLOSELY		gold
YUG	European Championship	1990	Gothenburg	SWE		Quarter finals
YUG	European Championship	1986	Prague	TCH	last 16	Semifinals	Quarter finals
YUG	European Championship	1984	Moscow	URS	Quarter finals	gold
YUG	European Championship	1982	Budapest	HUN	last 16	gold	Quarter finals
YUG	European Championship	1980	Bern	SUI	last 16		Quarter finals
YUG	European Youth Championship (Juniors)	1976	Modling	AUT	gold		gold
YUG	EURO TOP12	1988	Ljubljana	YUG	11
YUG	EURO TOP12	1985	Barcelona	ESP	10
YUG	EURO TOP12	1984	Bratislava	TCH	7th
YUG	EURO TOP12	1983	Cleveland	CLOSELY	8th
YUG	EURO TOP12	1982	Nantes	FRA	7th
YUG	EURO TOP12	1980	Munich	FRG	12
YUG	Mediterranean Games	1987	Latakia	SYR	4th Place		silver
YUG	Mediterranean Games	1979	Hvar Split	YUG	4th Place			1
YUG	Olympic games	1992	Barcelona	ESP	immediately excluded	no participants
YUG	Olympic games	1988	Seoul	COR	immediately excluded	no participants
YUG	Pro tour	1998	Belgrade	YUG	last 32	last 16
YUG	Pro tour	1997	Linz	AUT	last 64
YUG	World Championship	1995	Tianjin	CHN	last 64	last 16	last 64	7th
YUG	World Championship	1993	Gothenburg	SWE	last 64	last 16	last 32
YUG	World Championship	1991	Chiba City	JPN	last 64	last 32	last 32	2
YUG	World Championship	1989	Dortmund	FRG	last 128	silver	silver	13
YUG	World Championship	1987	New Delhi	IND	last 32	last 32	last 32	4th
YUG	World Championship	1985	Gothenburg	SWE	last 64	last 32	no participants	6th
YUG	World Championship	1983	Tokyo	JPN	last 16	gold	last 32	9
YUG	World Championship	1981	Novi Sad	YUG	last 32	last 32	last 64	7th
YUG	World Championship	1979	Pyongyang	PRK	last 128	last 64	last 32	9
YUG	World Championship	1977	Birmingham	CLOSELY	last 64	Agony	Agony	8th
YUG	World cup	1983	Barbados	0	4th
YUG	WTC World Team Cup	1991	Barcelona	ESP				9
YUG	WTC World Team Cup	1990	Hokkaido, Aomori, Niig	JPN				9

swell

• Zdenko Uzorinac : For many, a dream partner in doubles: Zoran Kalinić , DTS magazine , 1987/1 pp. 36–38

Individual evidence

1. ↑ DTS magazine , 1993/5 p. 18
2. ↑ DTS magazine , 1995/8, p. 37.
3. ↑ Zoran Kalinić Results from the ITTF database on ittf.com (accessed on September 9, 2011)