Dragutin Šurbek

Dragutin Šurbek (8 August 1946 – 15 July 2018) was a Croatian and Yugoslav table tennis player[1] and coach.

Dragutin Šurbek
Born(1946-08-08)8 August 1946
Zagreb, SR Croatia, Yugoslavia
Died15 July 2018(2018-07-15) (aged 71)

Career

Šurbek's won two World Championship titles in the Men's Doubles event.[2][3] He won gold medals in 1979 (with Antun Stipančić) and in 1983 (with Zoran Kalinić). In the Men's Singles event, he won the bronze medal three times (in 1971, 1973 and 1981).[4][5]

See also

References

  1. "SURBEK Dragutin (HRV)". Archived from the original on 2011-12-04. Retrieved 2011-05-18.
  2. Montague, Trevor (2004). A-Z of Sport, pages 699-700. The Bath Press. ISBN 0-316-72645-1.
  3. Matthews/Morrison, Peter/Ian (1987). The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results, pages 309-312. Guinness Superlatives. ISBN 0-85112-492-5.
  4. "Table Tennis World Championship medal winners". Sports123.
  5. "Profile". Table Tennis Guide.
Awards
Preceded by
Dragan Kićanović
The Best Athlete of Yugoslavia
1983
Succeeded by
Šaban Trstena
Preceded by
Bojan Križaj
Yugoslav Sportsman of the Year
1983
Succeeded by
Jure Franko
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