People from Zrenjanin - Aleksandar Markovski, Bela Palfi, Bojan Kostre, Danilo Pustinjakovi, Dejan Bodiroga, Dejan Govedarica, Despot VI Kovi, (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 33. Chapters: Aleksandar Markovski, Bela Palfi, Bojan Kostre, Danilo Pustinjakovi, Dejan Bodiroga, Dejan Govedarica, Despot Vi kovi, Dijana tevin, Du an Mihajlovi (footballer), Du ko To i, Gordana Grubin, Henrik Werth, Ilija Ivi, Ivana panovi, Ivan Len er, Ivica Todorov, Janika Balazs, Jelena ivkovi, Jen Ratz, Jovana Brako evi, Jovan ar evi, Jovo Simani, Laslo Sele, Maja Ognjenovi, Marko Zori, Mile Lojpur, Milorad Stanulov, Milo eravica, Miomir Vukobratovi, Miroslava Najdanovski, Momir Rni (handballer born 1987), Nenad Bjekovi, Nikola Bogi, Nikola Grbi, Petar Lambi, Rudolf Wegscheider, Sa a Todi, Slobodan Ini, Slobodan Niki, Sne ana Panti, Sr an Baj eti, Stoja, Uro Predi, Vilmos Lazar, Vladimir Grbi, Vladimir Ivi, arko abarkapa, Zlatko Jovanovi, Zoran To i, Zvonimir Vuki, Zvonko Varga. Excerpt: Dejan Bodiroga (Serbian Cyrillic: born March 2, 1973) is a retired Serbian professional basketball player. Listed at 2.05 m (6 ft in) and 110 kg (243 lbs.), he mainly played the small forward position. His versatility however, would often allow him to assume a point forward role, as well as both guard positions. A Euroleague icon of the early part of the 2000's, Bodiroga proved himself to be a symbol of excellence by lifting consecutive Euroleague trophies with Panathinaikos and Barcelona, winning the Euroleague Final Four MVP both times. Among many other awards, Bodiroga was named to the 50 Greatest Euroleague Contributors and the Euroleague 2001-10 All-Decade Team. Bodiroga led Yugoslavia to two FIBA World Championship titles in 1998 and 2002, earning MVP honors in the former. In addition, he won three Eurobasket gold medals (1995, 1997, 2001) and a bronze (1999), as well as an Olympic silver medal in 1996. Bodiroga first started playing structured basketball at the age of 13. He enrolled in Zrenjanin's Ma inac (Servo Mihalj) basketball section, under supervision of local basketball enthusiast Rade Prvulov. At the age of fifteen, he sprung up to 2.05m, and was quickly incorporated into the first team squad, coached by Miodrag Sija Nikoli, a former OKK Beograd and SFR Yugoslav national team player in the 1960s. His domestic career took off when, at 17, he was noticed by Kre imir osi at a friendly youth tournament that featured Ma inac and KK Zadar among others, where Bodiroga scored 32 points in a game that pitted two teams. osi then brought Bodiroga for a week-long basketball camp in Zadar and eventually persuaded Bodiroga's family to allow their son to move away to Zadar. In the meantime Bodiroga signed a pre-contract with KK Vojvodina so that when he finally went to Zadar in autumn 1989 he wasn't right away eligible for the first team, meaning that he first worked with coach Josip Pino Grdovi in the club's youth sections while simultaneously attending hi