Petronije "Pera" Zimonjić (Serbian Cyrillic: Петроније "Пера" Зимоњић; 31 December 1942 – 9 January 2021) was a Serbian professional basketball strength and conditioning coach.
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| Born | (1942-12-31)31 December 1942 Čačak, German-occupied Serbia | |||||||||||||
| Died | 9 January 2021(2021-01-09) (aged 78) Belgrade, Serbia | |||||||||||||
| Nationality | Serbian | |||||||||||||
| Position | Strength and conditioning coach | |||||||||||||
| Career history | ||||||||||||||
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| 1978–1979 | Crvena zvezda Women (conditioning) | |||||||||||||
| 00 | OKK Beograd (conditioning) | |||||||||||||
| 1992–1994 | Crvena zvezda (conditioning) | |||||||||||||
| 1997–2000 | Beobanka (conditioning) | |||||||||||||
| 2000–2006 | Partizan (conditioning) | |||||||||||||
| 2010–2011 | Crvena zvezda (conditioning) | |||||||||||||
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In the 1978–79 season, Zimonjić was a strength and conditioning coach for the Crvena zvezda women's team under head coach Strahinja Alagić that won the FIBA Women's European Champions Cup (now EuroLeague Women).[1][2]
Between 1992 and 1994, Zimonjić was a strength and conditioning coach for the Crvena zvezda men's team under head coach Vladislav Lučić that won two National titles, 1992–93 and 1993–94. Later, in the 2010–11 season, he was a strength and conditioning coach for the Zvezda under head coach Mihailo Uvalin.[1][2][3]
Zimonjić worked as a strength and conditioning coach for OKK Beograd, Beobanka, and Partizan.[4][5] He joined Partizan in November 2000.[6] Also, he was a member of the Duško Vujošević coaching staff in Partizan.[7]
In 1995, Zimonjić was a strength and conditioning coach for the Yugoslavia national team under head coach Dušan Ivković that won a gold medal at EuroBasket 1995 in Greece.[1][2][8]
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He was a father of Predrag "Bata" Zimonjić, a basketball strength and conditioning coach, a long-time assistant to Željko Obradović.[9][10][11] He was a grandfather of Bogdan Zimonjić, a basketball player who played for Dynamic BG and currently playing college basketball for the Florida Atlantic Owls.[12][13]
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