Zoran Primorac
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| Zoran Primorac 2009 | |
| Nation: |
 Croatia
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| Date of birth: | May 10, 1969 |
| Place of birth: | Zadar |
| Playing hand: | Right handed |
| How to play: | Shakehand |
| Current world rankings : | 414 |
| Best world ranking : | 5 (February 2001) |
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Zoran Primorac (born May 10, 1969 in Zadar ) is a former Croatian table tennis player . He is three times vice world champion and two times European champion. Today (2012) he plays for the Russian club UMMC Verkhnaya Pyshma (formerly Yekaterinburg). In 2012 he became Vice President of the National Olympic Committee of Croatia .
Beginning
At the age of 8, Zoran Primorac learned to play table tennis under the guidance of coach Tomislav "Tomo" Amižić in the Bagat Zadar club, which he left in 1985 for STK Vjesnik Zagreb, Caja Granada and UMMC Verkhnaya Pyschma. From 1984 he successfully played doubles with Ilija Lupulesku .
European Youth Championships
For the first time he took part in the European Youth Championships in 1983 and came third with the team. At the European Youth Championships in 1984 and 1985 he won the title in doubles with Ilija Lupulesku, and in 1984 they beat the German doubles Fetzner / Roßkopf in the final . In 1986 he won silver in mixed (with Emilia Ciosu ).
European championships
Since 1986 Primorac has participated in all European championships with the exception of 1996 . In 1990 he became European champion in doubles (with Lupulesku), in 1994 in mixed with Csilla Bátorfi . He finished second in 1988 in doubles (with Lupulesku), in 1994 in doubles (with Jean-Michel Saive ), in 1998 and 2000 in singles and in 2007 with the team.
World championships
Since 1987 Primorac has been nominated for all world championships . He was twice vice world champion in doubles, in 1987 with Ilija Lupulesku and in 1995 with Vladimir Samsonow . In 1991 he won silver with the team.
Olympic Summer Games
He also won silver in doubles at the 1988 Summer Olympics with Ilija Lupulesku . At the Olympic Games in Beijing in 2008 Primorac took part in the Olympic table tennis competition for the sixth time and was thus a participant in all previous Olympic table tennis tournaments. For this achievement Zoran Primorac received an award together with the players Jörgen Persson and Jean-Michel Saive at the Olympic Games in Beijing 2008.
World Allstars Circuit
Zoran Primorac was also invited to several World Allstars Circuit events (tournament series) by the ITTF. Special services were:
- 1st place in Guangzhou / CHN (Jun 1992)
- 2nd place in Tadotsu / JPN (Jan 1994)
- 2nd place in Hong Kong / HKG (Jun 1995)
- 2nd place in Calcutta / IND (Sep 1995)
Japanese Super Circuit
Zoran Primorac also took part in the Japanese Super Circuit (tournament series) and achieved several outstanding successes between 2002 and 2006:
- 1st place in Tokyo (Jun 2002)
- 2nd place in Hiroshima (Sep 2002)
- 1st place in Osaka (Sep 2002)
- 1st place in Nara (Jan 2003)
- 1st place in Hiroshima (Aug 2003)
- 1st place in Osaka (Oct 2003)
- 2nd place in Tokyo (Jan 2004)
- 2nd place in Okayama (Jul 2006)
Results from the ITTF database
| Association | event | year | place | country | singles | Double | Mixed | team |
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| YUG | Balkan Championship | 1985 | Pleven | BUL | 1 | |||
| YUG | Balkan Championship | 1984 | Athens | GRE | Semifinals | gold | 1 | |
| HRV | European Championship | 2009 | Stuttgart | GER | Quarter finals | |||
| HRV | European Championship | 2007 | Belgrade | SRB | 2 | |||
| HRV | European Championship | 2005 | Aarhus | THE | Semifinals | |||
| HRV | European Championship | 2003 | Courmayeur | ITA | last 16 | |||
| HRV | European Championship | 2002 | Zagreb | HRV | Semifinals | |||
| HRV | European Championship | 2000 | Bremen | GER | silver | |||
| HRV | European Championship | 1998 | Eindhoven | NED | silver | Quarter finals | ||
| HRV | European Championship | 1994 | Birmingham | CLOSELY | Semifinals | silver | gold | |
| HRV | European Championship | 1992 | Stuttgart | GER | Semifinals | Semifinals | ||
| YUG | European Championship | 1990 | Gothenburg | SWE | last 16 | gold | ||
| YUG | European Championship | 1988 | Paris | FRA | last 16 | silver | Quarter finals | |
| YUG | European Championship | 1986 | Prague | TCH | Semifinals | |||
| YUG | European Youth Championship (Juniors) | 1986 | Louvin La Neuve | BEL | silver | |||
| YUG | European Youth Championship (Juniors) | 1985 | The hague | NED | gold | |||
| YUG | European Youth Championship (Juniors) | 1984 | Linz | AUT | gold | |||
| HRV | EURO TOP12 | 2010 | Dusseldorf | GER | 5th place | |||
| HRV | EURO TOP12 | 2009 | Dusseldorf | GER | 9th place | |||
| HRV | EURO TOP12 | 2008 | Frankfurt | GER | 5th place | |||
| HRV | EURO TOP12 | 2007 | Arezzo | ITA | 3rd place | |||
| HRV | EURO TOP12 | 2006 | Copenhagen | THE | 3rd place | |||
| HRV | EURO TOP12 | 2001 | catfish | AUT | 5 | |||
| HRV | EURO TOP12 | 1999 | Split | HRV | 9 | |||
| HRV | EURO TOP12 | 1997 | Eindhoven | NED | 3 | |||
| HRV | EURO TOP12 | 1996 | Charleroi | BEL | 7th | |||
| HRV | EURO TOP12 | 1994 | Arezzo | ITA | 3 | |||
| HRV | EURO TOP12 | 1993 | Copenhagen | THE | 7th | |||
| HRV | EURO TOP12 | 1992 | Vienna | AUT | 3 | |||
| YUG | EURO TOP12 | 1991 | Hertogenbosch | NED | 7th | |||
| YUG | EURO TOP12 | 1990 | Hanover | FRG | 7th | |||
| YUG | EURO TOP12 | 1989 | Charleroi | BEL | 8th | |||
| HRV | Mediterranean Games | 1997 | Bari Taranto | ITA | silver | |||
| HRV | Mediterranean Games | 1993 | Meze | FRA | silver | silver | ||
| YUG | Mediterranean Games | 1991 | Athens | GRE | Semifinals | gold | ||
| YUG | Mediterranean Games | 1987 | Latakia | SYR | gold | gold | ||
| HRV | Olympic games | 2008 | Beijing | CHN | Quarter finals | 7th | ||
| HRV | Olympic games | 2004 | Athens | GRE | last 32 | |||
| HRV | Olympic games | 2000 | Sydney | OUT | last 32 | no participants | ||
| HRV | Olympic games | 1996 | Atlanta | United States | last 16 | immediately excluded | ||
| HRV | Olympic games | 1992 | Barcelona | ESP | last 16 | immediately excluded | ||
| YUG | Olympic games | 1988 | Seoul | COR | last 16 | silver | ||
| HRV | Pro tour | 2011 | Wladyslawowo | POLE | Quarter finals | |||
| HRV | Pro tour | 2011 | Dortmund | GER | last 32 | |||
| HRV | Pro tour | 2011 | Doha | QAT | last 32 | |||
| HRV | Pro tour | 2011 | Sheffield | CLOSELY | last 32 | Quarter finals | ||
| HRV | Pro tour | 2010 | catfish | AUT | last 32 | |||
| HRV | Pro tour | 2010 | Berlin | GER | last 32 | |||
| HRV | Pro tour | 2010 | Doha | QAT | last 32 | last 16 | ||
| HRV | Pro tour | 2009 | Bremen | GER | Quarter finals | |||
| HRV | Pro tour | 2009 | Doha | QAT | last 16 | last 16 | ||
| HRV | Pro tour | 2008 | Salzburg | AUT | Quarter finals | |||
| HRV | Pro tour | 2008 | Daejeon | COR | last 32 | |||
| HRV | Pro tour | 2008 | Yokohama | JPN | last 32 | 2 | ||
| HRV | Pro tour | 2008 | Belo Horizonte | BRA | last 32 | last 16 | ||
| HRV | Pro tour | 2008 | Velenje | SVN | last 64 | |||
| HRV | Pro tour | 2007 | St. Petersburg | RUS | Quarter finals | |||
| HRV | Pro tour | 2007 | Chiba | JPN | last 16 | |||
| HRV | Pro tour | 2007 | Seongnam | COR | silver | Quarter finals | ||
| HRV | Pro tour | 2007 | Doha | QAT | last 16 | |||
| HRV | Pro tour | 2007 | Zagreb | HRV | last 32 | |||
| HRV | Pro tour | 2006 | Warsaw | POLE | last 64 | last 16 | ||
| HRV | Pro tour | 2006 | St. Petersburg | RUS | silver | |||
| HRV | Pro tour | 2006 | Jeonju | COR | last 32 | |||
| HRV | Pro tour | 2006 | Kuwait City | KUW | last 64 | |||
| HRV | Pro tour | 2006 | Doha | QAT | last 16 | |||
| HRV | Pro tour | 2006 | Zagreb | HRV | last 64 | |||
| HRV | Pro tour | 2005 | St. Petersburg | RUS | Semifinals | last 16 | ||
| HRV | Pro tour | 2005 | Yokohama | JPN | last 16 | |||
| HRV | Pro tour | 2005 | Rio de Janeiro | BRA | Quarter finals | Quarter finals | ||
| HRV | Pro tour | 2005 | Doha | QAT | last 32 | last 16 | ||
| HRV | Pro tour | 2005 | Zagreb | HRV | last 64 | last 16 | ||
| HRV | Pro tour | 2004 | St. Petersburg | RUS | last 16 | Quarter finals | ||
| HRV | Pro tour | 2004 | catfish | AUT | last 64 | |||
| HRV | Pro tour | 2004 | Leipzig | GER | last 64 | last 16 | ||
| HRV | Pro tour | 2004 | Aarhus | THE | last 16 | |||
| HRV | Pro tour | 2004 | Warsaw | POLE | silver | |||
| HRV | Pro tour | 2004 | Chicago | United States | last 64 | |||
| HRV | Pro tour | 2004 | Rio de Janeiro | BRA | last 16 | Semifinals | ||
| HRV | Pro tour | 2004 | Pyeongchang | COR | last 16 | |||
| HRV | Pro tour | 2004 | Athens | GRE | last 32 | |||
| HRV | Pro tour | 2003 | Aarhus | THE | last 16 | |||
| HRV | Pro tour | 2003 | Bremen | GER | last 16 | |||
| HRV | Pro tour | 2003 | Doha | QAT | last 16 | Quarter finals | ||
| HRV | Pro tour | 2003 | Croatia | HRV | last 16 | |||
| HRV | Pro tour | 2002 | Eindhoven | NED | Quarter finals | Quarter finals | ||
| HRV | Pro tour | 2002 | Kobe | JPN | Semifinals | Scratched | ||
| HRV | Pro tour | 2002 | Courmayeur | ITA | silver | Quarter finals | ||
| HRV | Pro tour | 2002 | Doha | QAT | last 32 | |||
| HRV | Pro tour | 2001 | Bayreuth | GER | last 32 | last 16 | ||
| HRV | Pro tour | 2001 | Zagreb | HRV | last 32 | Semifinals | ||
| HRV | Pro tour | 2001 | Doha | QAT | gold | last 16 | ||
| HRV | Pro tour | 2000 | Warsaw | POLE | silver | Quarter finals | ||
| HRV | Pro tour | 2000 | Toulouse | FRA | silver | Quarter finals | ||
| HRV | Pro tour | 2000 | Rio de Janeiro | BRA | last 16 | Quarter finals | ||
| HRV | Pro tour | 2000 | Fort Lauderdale | United States | last 32 | last 16 | ||
| HRV | Pro tour | 2000 | Kobe City | JPN | last 16 | last 16 | ||
| HRV | Pro tour | 2000 | Zagreb | HRV | last 32 | Semifinals | ||
| HRV | Pro tour | 1999 | Lievin | FRA | Semifinals | silver | ||
| HRV | Pro tour | 1999 | Kobe City | JPN | last 16 | Quarter finals | ||
| HRV | Pro tour | 1999 | Rio de Janeiro | BRA | gold | gold | ||
| HRV | Pro tour | 1999 | Zagreb | HRV | last 32 | silver | ||
| HRV | Pro tour | 1999 | Doha | QAT | gold | last 16 | ||
| HRV | Pro tour | 1998 | Sundsvall | SWE | last 32 | Quarter finals | ||
| HRV | Pro tour | 1998 | Courmayeur | ITA | Quarter finals | last 16 | ||
| HRV | Pro tour | 1998 | Wakayama | JPN | last 32 | last 16 | ||
| HRV | Pro tour | 1998 | Zagreb | HRV | Semifinals | silver | ||
| HRV | Pro tour | 1998 | Doha | QAT | gold | Rd 1 | ||
| HRV | Pro tour | 1997 | Squid | SWE | last 16 | last 16 | ||
| HRV | Pro tour | 1997 | Linz | AUT | gold | last 32 | ||
| HRV | Pro tour | 1997 | Zhuhai | CHN | gold | |||
| HRV | Pro tour | 1997 | Chiba | JPN | Quarter finals | last 16 | ||
| HRV | Pro tour | 1997 | Rio de Janeiro | BRA | silver | last 16 | ||
| HRV | Pro tour | 1997 | Doha | QAT | Semifinals | Quarter finals | ||
| HRV | Pro tour | 1996 | Boras | SWE | Semifinals | |||
| HRV | Pro tour | 1996 | Bolzano | ITA | Quarter finals | |||
| HRV | Pro Tour Grand Finals | 2000 | Kobe City | JPN | last 16 | |||
| HRV | Pro Tour Grand Finals | 1999 | Sydney | OUT | Quarter finals | Quarter finals | ||
| HRV | Pro Tour Grand Finals | 1997 | Hong Kong | HKG | Semifinals | |||
| HRV | World Championship | 2011 | Rotterdam | NED | last 64 | last 64 | ||
| HRV | World Championship | 2009 | Yokohama | JPN | last 32 | last 16 | ||
| HRV | World Championship | 2008 | Guangzhou | CHN | 20th | |||
| HRV | World Championship | 2007 | Zagreb | HRV | last 128 | last 16 | no participants | |
| HRV | World Championship | 2006 | Bremen | GER | 17th | |||
| HRV | World Championship | 2005 | Shanghai | CHN | last 128 | last 32 | ||
| HRV | World Championship | 2003 | Paris | FRA | last 64 | last 32 | ||
| HRV | World Championship | 2001 | Osaka | JPN | last 16 | last 32 | no participants | 17th |
| HRV | World Championship | 1999 | Eindhoven | NED | Quarter finals | Semifinals | last 32 | |
| HRV | World Championship | 1997 | Manchester | CLOSELY | last 16 | last 16 | no participants | 28 |
| HRV | World Championship | 1995 | Tianjin | CHN | last 128 | silver | no participants | 16 |
| HRV | World Championship | 1993 | Gothenburg | SWE | Semifinals | last 64 | last 32 | 35 |
| YUG | World Championship | 1991 | Chiba City | JPN | last 32 | last 16 | no participants | 2 |
| YUG | World Championship | 1989 | Dortmund | FRG | last 16 | last 32 | last 128 | 13 |
| YUG | World Championship | 1987 | New Delhi | IND | last 64 | silver | last 32 | 4th |
| HRV | World cup | 2003 | Jiangyin | CHN | 13-16 space | |||
| HRV | World cup | 2002 | Jinan | CHN | 3rd place | |||
| HRV | World cup | 2000 | Yangzhou | CHN | 5th-8th space | |||
| HRV | World cup | 1999 | Xiaolan | 0 | 3 | |||
| HRV | World cup | 1998 | Shantou | CHN | 3 | |||
| HRV | World cup | 1997 | Nimes | FRA | gold | |||
| HRV | World cup | 1996 | Nimes | FRA | 9-12 space | |||
| HRV | World cup | 1995 | Nimes | FRA | 13-16 space | |||
| HRV | World cup | 1994 | Taipei | CHN | 3 | |||
| HRV | World cup | 1993 | Guangzhou | SWE | gold | |||
| YUG | World Doubles Cup | 1990 | Seoul | COR | Semifinals | |||
| YUG | WTC World Team Cup | 1990 | Hokkaido, Aomori, Niig | JPN | 9 |
literature
- Zdenko Uzorinac : An ideal couple: artist Ilja Lupulesku and Knaller Zoran Primorac , DTS magazine , 1987/6 pages 28–31
Web links
- Zoran Primorac biography on the website of the World Table Tennis Federation ittf.com (accessed October 25, 2012)
- Zoran Primorac Article about Zoran Primorac on the website of the World Table Tennis Association ittf.com (accessed October 25, 2012)
Individual evidence
- ↑ results.ittf.link . (accessed on May 1, 2018).
- ↑ a b magazine tischtennis , 2012/12 page 7
- ↑ Zoran Primorac results from the ITTF database on ittf.com (accessed on September 14, 2011)
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Primorac, Zoran |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Croatian table tennis player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 10, 1969 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Zadar |