sport.wikisort.org - AthleteRanko Žeravica (Serbian Cyrillic: Ранко Жеравица; 17 November 1929 – 29 October 2015) was a Serbian professional basketball coach. With a career that spanned over 50 years, he is most noted for his work with the senior Yugoslav national team, during the 1960s, 1970s, and early 1980s. In particular, Žeravica's single biggest achievement was guiding the country to its first ever major competition win — a gold medal on home soil, at the 1970 FIBA World Championship — leading to a huge expansion of the game of basketball throughout Yugoslavia.
Serbian basketball coach
Ranko Žeravica|
Born | (1929-11-17)17 November 1929 Dragutinovo, Danube Banovina, Kingdom of Yugoslavia |
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Died | 29 October 2015(2015-10-29) (aged 85) Belgrade, Serbia |
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Nationality | Serbian |
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Coaching career | 1954–2003 |
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1954–1960 | Radnički Belgrade |
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1960–1965 | Yugoslavia (assistant) |
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1965–1972 | Yugoslavia |
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1971–1974 | Partizan |
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1974–1976 | FC Barcelona |
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1976–1978 | Partizan |
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1978–1980 | Pula |
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1980 | Yugoslavia |
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1980–1986 | Crvena Zvezda |
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1982 | Yugoslavia |
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1987–1989 | CAI Zaragoza |
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1989–1990 | Irge Desio |
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1990 | Filodoro Napoli |
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1991 | Conservas Daroca |
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1991 | Slobodna Dalmacija Split |
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1993–1994 | Onyx Juvecaserta |
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1995–1996 | Partizan |
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1996–1997 | Crvena Zvezda |
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2003 | CAI Zaragoza |
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As head coach:
- FIBA Korać Cup champion (1978)
- Yugoslav League champion (1996)
- Piva Ivković Award for Lifetime Achievement (1995)
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FIBA Hall of Fame as coach |
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Men's Basketball |
Head Coach for Yugoslavia |
Summer Olympic Games |
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 | 1968 Mexico City | |
FIBA World Cup |
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 | 1967 Uruguay | |
 | 1982 Colombia | |
FIBA EuroBasket |
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 | 1969 Italy | |
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In 2007, he was enshrined into the FIBA Hall of Fame. Ranko Žeravica Sports Hall was named after him in his honor, in 2016.
Early life
Born to father Milorad, and mother Gordana, in the village of Dragutinovo (before it merged with Beodra into Novo Miloševo), Žeravica's education started in his village and continued in Kikinda, where he traveled every day by train. His family stemmed from Herzegovina by ancestry, having moved several generations before his birth to the Mošorin area, where they became wealthy farmers and land owners.[1]
Coaching career
Club coaching career
After he ended his basketball playing career, Žeravica worked as the head coach of various clubs throughout his career. He won the FIBA Korać Cup championship in 1978, and the Yugoslav League championship in 1996.
Yugoslavia national basketball team
Žeravica was the head coach of the senior men's Yugoslavia national basketball team to gold medals at the 1980 Summer Olympic Games and 1970 FIBA World Championship; as well as to silver medals at the 1968 Summer Olympic Games, 1967 FIBA World Championship, 1969 EuroBasket, and 1971 EuroBasket. He also coached Yugoslavia to the bronze medal at the 1982 FIBA World Championship.
He was also the head coach of Yugoslavia at the 1972 Summer Olympic Games and the 1967 EuroBasket.
- 1967–72
Yugoslavia
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Yugoslavia
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Argentina (technical adviser)
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Yugoslavia
Health problems and death
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Ranko Žeravica had a history of cardiac problems. In 2009, he suffered a heart attack and had a triple bypass surgery. In early 2015, he was admitted to hospital due, to chest pain and was diagnosed with a mild heart attack. He had a coronary stent surgery and was soon discharged from hospital.
Žeravica died, aged 85, on 29 October 2015, at his Belgrade home.[2]
In popular culture
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Yugoslavia squad – 1967 FIBA World Championship – Silver medal |
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Yugoslavia basketball squad – 1968 Summer Olympics – Silver medal |
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Yugoslavia squad – EuroBasket 1969 – Silver medal |
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Yugoslavia squad – 1970 FIBA World Championship – Gold medal |
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Yugoslavia squad – EuroBasket 1971 – Silver medal |
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Yugoslavia basketball squad – 1972 Summer Olympics – 5th place |
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Yugoslavia men's basketball squad – 1980 Summer Olympics – Gold medal |
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Yugoslavia squad – 1982 FIBA World Championship – Bronze medal |
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Yugoslavia squad – 1967 Mediterranean Games – Gold medal |
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Partizan 1977–78 FIBA Korać Cup champions |
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KK Crvena zvezda head coaches |
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Pound sign (#) denotes interim head coach.
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FIBA Hall of Fame Inductees |
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Coaches | |
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Contributors |
- Founding Federations: Argentine
- Czechoslovakian
- Greek
- Italian
- Latvian
- Portuguese
- Romanian
- Swiss
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Technical officials |
- Arabadjian
- Bain
- Belošević
- Blanchard
- Dimou
- Hopenhaym
- Kassai
- Kostin
- Lazarov
- Pfeuti
- Rae
- Reverberi
- Rigas
- Righetto
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Teams |
- 1992 USA Men's "Dream Team"
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Slobodan Piva Ivković Award for Lifetime Achievement |
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На других языках
- [en] Ranko Žeravica
[es] Ranko Žeravica
Ranko Žeravica (Novo Milosevo, Serbia, 17 de noviembre de 1929-Belgrado, 29 de octubre de 2015)[1] fue un jugador y entrenador de baloncesto serbio.
[ru] Жеравица, Ранко
Ранко Жеравица (серб. Ранко Жеравица; 17 ноября 1929, Драгутиново, Королевство Югославия — 29 октября 2015, Белград, Сербия) — югославский и сербский баскетбольный тренер и администратор. С мужской сборной Югославии — чемпион мира 1970 года и Олимпийский чемпион 1980 года, неоднократный призёр Олимпийских игр, чемпионатов мира и чемпионатов Европы. Обладатель Кубка Корача (1977/78) с клубом «Партизан» (Белград). Член Зала славы ФИБА с 2007 года.
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