- Dragutin Šurbek
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Dragutin Šurbek Full name SURBEK Dragutin Nationality 
Yugoslavia 
CroatiaBorn August 8, 1946
Zagreb, SR Croatia, SFR YugoslaviaMedal recordMen's table tennis Competitor for YugoslaviaWorld Championships Gold 1983 Tokyo Doubles Bronze 1981 Novi Sad Singles Bronze 1981 Novi Sad Doubles Bronze 1981 Novi Sad Mixed Doubles Gold 1979 Pyongyang Doubles Bronze 1977 Birmingham Doubles Silver 1975 Calcutta Doubles Silver 1975 Calcutta Team Bronze 1973 Sarajevo Singles Bronze 1973 Sarajevo Doubles Bronze 1971 Nagoya Singles Bronze 1971 Nagoya Team Bronze 1969 Munich Team European Championships Bronze 1986 Prague Doubles Bronze 1986 Prague Mixed Doubles Bronze 1984 Moscow Singles Gold 1984 Moscow Doubles Bronze 1984 Moscow Mixed Doubles Gold 1982 Budapest Doubles Silver 1982 Budapest Mixed Doubles Silver 1980 Berne Doubles Bronze 1978 Duisburg Doubles Bronze 1976 Prague Doubles Gold 1976 Prague Team Bronze 1974 Novi Sad Singles Bronze 1974 Novi Sad Doubles Silver 1972 Rotterdam Team Gold 1970 Moscow Doubles Silver 1970 Moscow Team Gold 1968 Lyon Singles Silver 1964 Malmo Team Dragutin Šurbek (born August 8, 1946 in Zagreb, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia) is a legendary former table tennis player from Croatia. He is one of the most successful Croatian table tennis players ever.[1]
One of the most extraordinary European players ever, he won hundreds of tournaments during the peak of his table tennis career (1964–1986), from Tokyo and Novi Sad to Beijing and Zagreb. His partner in doubles was the almost equally powerful player Antun Stipančić-Tova. Šurbek competed with Zoran Primorac at the 1992 Summer Olympics for Croatia when he was 46 year old.
Dragutin Šurbek's biggest successes were two World Championship titles in the Men's Doubles event. He won gold medals in 1979 (with 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). He was the European champion in Men's Singles in 1968 and in Men's Doubles in 1970, 1982 and 1984. With the SFR Yugoslavia national team, he was European champion in 1976.
He received the Golden Badge award for the best athlete of Yugoslavia in 1983.
Šurbek is currently a table tennis coach in Zagreb.
External links
- "Dragutin Šurbek Olympic Results". Sports Reference LLC. http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/su/dragutin-surbek-1.html. Retrieved 2010-04-03.
- "Povijest (History)" (in Croatian). Croatian Table Tennis Association. http://www.hsts.hr/povijest_saveza.php. Retrieved 2010-04-03.[dead link]
See also
References
Awards Preceded by
Dragan Kićanović The Best Athlete of Yugoslavia
1983Succeeded by
Shaban TrstenaCroatian Sportsman of the Year Duje Bonačić / Petar Šegvić / Mate Trojanović / Velimir Valenta (1952) · Perica Vlašić (1953) · Žarko Dolinar (1954) · Bernard Vukas (1955) · Krešo Račić (1956) · Hrvoje Kačić (1957) · Joško Murat (1958) · Duje Smoljanović (1959) · Željko Perušić (1960) · Boro Jovanović (1961) · Boro Jovanović / Nikola Pilić (1962) · Josip Gjergja (1963) · Nikola Pilić (1964) · Andro Depolo (1965) · Cvjetko Bilić (1966) · Nikola Pilić (1967) · Dragutin Šurbek (1968) · Dragutin Šurbek (1969) · Petar Skansi (1970) · Mate Parlov (1971) · Mate Parlov (1972) · Mate Parlov (1973) · Luciano Sušanj (1974) · Antun Stipančić (1975) · Matija Ljubek (1976) · Joško Alebić (1977) · Milan Janić (1978) · Dragutin Šurbek (1979) · Krešimir Ćosić (1980) · Dragutin Šurbek (1981) · Matija Ljubek (1982) · Dragutin Šurbek (1983) · Vlado Lisjak (1984) · Dražen Petrović (1985) · Dražen Petrović (1986) · Ivan Šabjan (1987) · Zoran Primorac (1988) · Toni Kukoč (1989) · Toni Kukoč (1990) · Toni Kukoč (1991) · Goran Ivanišević (1992) · Goran Ivanišević (1993) · Goran Ivanišević (1994) · Željko Mavrović (1995) · Goran Ivanišević (1996) · Željko Mavrović (1997) · Davor Šuker (1998) · Gordan Kožulj (1999) · Nikolaj Pešalov (2000) · Goran Ivanišević (2001) · Ivica Kostelić (2002) · Ivica Kostelić (2003) · Duje Draganja (2004) · Ivan Ljubičić (2005) · Ivan Ljubičić (2006) · Ivano Balić (2007) · Filip Ude (2008) · Ivica Kostelić (2009) · Ivica Kostelić (2010)
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