Sreten Mirković
Sreten Mirković | ||||||||||||||
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![]() Mirković in 1996 | ||||||||||||||
Statistics | ||||||||||||||
Nickname(s) | Srele | |||||||||||||
Weight(s) | Welterweight | |||||||||||||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | |||||||||||||
Nationality | Serbian | |||||||||||||
Born | Priština, PR Serbia, FPR Yugoslavia | 15 February 1958|||||||||||||
Died | 28 September 2016 Požarevac, Serbia | (aged 58)|||||||||||||
Stance | Orthodox | |||||||||||||
Boxing record | ||||||||||||||
Total fights | 498 | |||||||||||||
Wins | 480 | |||||||||||||
Losses | 18 | |||||||||||||
Medal record
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Sreten Mirković (Serbian Cyrillic: Сретен Мирковић; 15 February 1958 – 28 September 2016) was a Serbian boxer. He had been referred to as a "legend of Serbian boxing."[1]
Career[]
In 1979, as a member of the Mladi Radnik Sports Society from Požarevac, Mirković won the silver medal at the European Amateur Boxing Championships.[2]
Coaching[]
Mirković was a coach in the Kostolac Boxing Club and was a coach of the Mladi Radnik Boxing Club in Požarevac.
Death[]
Mirković died on 28 September 2016 after a lengthy battle with lung cancer. He is interred in the Požarevac Old Cemetery.[3]
References[]
- ^ Dnevni list Danas (2 April 2009). "Polufinale Beogradskog pobednika u Požarevcu" (in Serbian). Retrieved 30 November 2011.
- ^ Amateur-Boxing. "1979 national champions statistics". Retrieved 30 November 2011.
- ^ Večernje novosti (28 September 2016). "Preminuo Sreten Mirković: Legenda zauvek napustila ring" (in Serbian). Retrieved 28 September 2016.
Categories:
- 1958 births
- 2016 deaths
- Sportspeople from Pristina
- Sportspeople from Požarevac
- Serbian Romani people
- Romani sportspeople
- Serbian male boxers
- Welterweight boxers
- Yugoslav male boxers
- Deaths from lung cancer
- Deaths from cancer in Serbia
- Burials in Požarevac
- Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Yugoslavia
- Mediterranean Games medalists in boxing
- Competitors at the 1983 Mediterranean Games
- Serbian martial arts biography stubs
- European boxing biography stubs