Milivoj Karakašević
Serbian table tennis player (1948–2022)
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Milivoj Karakašević (30 July 1948 – 26 March 2022[1]) was a Serbian international table tennis player who competed for Yugoslavia in the 1970s and 1980s.[2]
FullnameMilivoj Karakašević
NationalitySerbian
Born30 July 1948
Died26 March 2022 (aged 73)
Belgrade, Serbia
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| Full name | Milivoj Karakašević | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Serbian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 30 July 1948 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 26 March 2022 (aged 73) Belgrade, Serbia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Table tennis | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Table tennis career
With the Yugoslav men's team, he won gold at the 1976 European Championships. In addition he won two silver medals and three bronze medals; in 1970 and 1972, he won silver in the team event and in 1974 and 1982, he won bronze, while he also won bronze in doubles in 1978 with Zoran Kosanović.[3]
In the World Table Tennis Championships he won a bronze medal in 1971 and a silver medal in 1975 in the team event for Yugoslavia.[4]
Personal life
His son is the Serbian table tennis champion Aleksandar Karakašević.
