Dragan Zorić

Dragan Zorić (Serbian Cyrillic: Драган Зорић; born 20 May 1979, in Bačka Palanka) is a Serbian sprint canoer who has competed from the late 1990s to 2007. Until 2006, he competed for Serbia and Montenegro. Zorić won five medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with two golds (K-2 200 m: 2005, K-4 200 m: 2006), a silver (K-4 200 m: 2007, and two bronzes (K-2 200 m: 2006, 2007).

Dragan Zorić
Born (1979-05-20) 20 May 1979
NationalitySerbian
OccupationCanoer
Dragan Zorić
Medal record
Men's canoe sprint
Representing  Serbia and Montenegro /  Serbia
World Championships
2005 ZagrebK-2 200 m
2006 SzegedK-4 200 m
2006 SzegedK-2 200 m
2007 DuisburgK-4 200 m
2007 DuisburgK-2 200 m
European Championships
2005 PoznańK-2 200 m
2007 PontevedraK-2 200 m
2007 PontevedraK-4 200 m
2008 MilanK-4 200 m
Mediterranean Games
2005 AlmeríaK-2 500 m
European U23 Canoe Sprint Championships
2002 ZagrebK-2 1000 m
2002 ZagrebK-1 500 m

Competing in two Summer Olympics, his best finish was ninth in the K-4 1000 m event at Sydney in 2000.

Zorić is a member of the Sintelon Canoe Club in Bačka Palanka. He is 196 cm (6'5") tall and weighs 97 kg (214 lbs).

References

  • ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 1: flatwater (now sprint): 1936–2007 at WebCite (archived 2009-01-21). Additional archives: Wayback Machine.
  • ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936–2007 at WebCite (archived 2009-11-09)
  • Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Dragan Zorić". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2012-10-21.
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