Zoran Primorac

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playername = Zoran Primorac


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caption = Primorac at the 2007 World Championships in Belgrade
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nationality = CRO
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playingstyle= Shakehand looper
equipment = Butterfly Primorac Carbon blade with Sriver EL rubber
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birthdate = birth date and age|1969|05|10
birthplace = Zadar, Croatia
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height = 186 cm
weight = 80 kg
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Zoran Primorac (born May 10, 1969) is an accomplished male table tennis player from Croatia.

Primorac was born in Zadar and started playing table tennis in the club STK "Bagat" in his home town. As a junior he won seven medals in European championships. In 1985 he moved to the Zagreb club "Vjesnik". At the 1987 World Championship in New Delhi he won the silver medal together with Ilija Lupulesku, and repeated the success by winning the silver at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. Together with Lupulesku he also won the 1990 European Championship in Gothenburg.

Primorac competed for Croatia at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona and won the 9th place in singles and doubles. He repeated the same at the 1996 Summer Olympics, and at the 2004 Summer Olympics he was eliminated in the third round.

In the 2002 European Championship held in Zagreb, he reached the semi-finals, only to lose to Kalinikos Kreanga of Greece 4-2. He again reached the semi-finals, but this time lost to his former team-mate Jean-Michel Saive. In the 2007 European Championship in Belgrade he won the silver medal in the team event with Croatia, but lost in the first round in the singles.

Primorac plans to retire after the 2008 Olympic Games, which is his sixth Olympiad. He was eliminated in the quarter-finals of the singles by Jörgen Persson.

He currently uses specially-designed equipment made by Butterfly Table Tennis. He uses the Primorac Carbon blade, while using Sriver-EL rubber on both sides of his racket.

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