Aleksandar Jovančević (Serbian Cyrillic: Александар Јованчевић; born 5 June 1970) is a Serbian strength and conditioning coach and former wrestler. He was FR Yugoslavia representative in Greco-Roman wrestling.
Jovančević with Crvena zvezda in 2017. | |
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Born | (1970-06-05) 5 June 1970 (age 52) Petrinja, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia (now Croatia) |
Nationality | Serbian |
Position | Strength and conditioning coach |
Coaching career | 2000–present |
Career history | |
As coach: | |
2013–2015 | Vojvodina Srbijagas (conditioning) |
2015–2017 | Spartak (conditioning) |
2017 | FMP (conditioning) |
2017–2018 | Crvena zvezda (conditioning) |
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Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in) | |||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 92 kg (203 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||
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Country | ![]() | |||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Wrestling | |||||||||||||||||||
Olympic class | 85 kg | |||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | Greco-Roman | |||||||||||||||||||
Club | Gavrilović Petrinja (1989–1991) Partizan (1992–1993) Vojvodina (1994–1998) | |||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Updated on 28 July 2017. |
Jovančević competed in 82 kg men's Greco-Roman wrestling for FR Yugoslavia in 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, US and placed 9th.[1] In 1997, he won two bronze medals at the European Wrestling Championships in Kouvola, Finland and at the Mediterranean Games in Bari, Italy.
During his wrestling career he competed for wrestling clubs: Gavrilović Petrinja (1989–1991), Partizan (1992–1993) and Vojvodina (1994–1998).[2][3]
Jovančević graduated physical education at the University of Novi Sad. He began his coaching career in 2000.[4] Before he moved to train basketball players he worked with the Vojvodina handball and the Vojvodina water polo team in Novi Sad.
Jovančević worked as a part of the coaching staff of Serbian coach Dušan Alimpijević while he worked for the Vojvodina Srbijagas, the Spartak and the FMP[5] of the Basketball League of Serbia.[4]
He joined the Crvena zvezda coaching staff after Alimpijević become their head coach for the 2017–18 season.[6] He left the club after that season.