Petronije Zimonjić
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Čačak, German-occupied Serbia
Belgrade, Serbia
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| Born | 31 December 1942 Čačak, German-occupied Serbia | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 9 January 2021 (aged 78) Belgrade, Serbia | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Serbian | ||||||||||||||
| Position | Strength and conditioning coach | ||||||||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||||||||
| As coach: | |||||||||||||||
| 1978–1979 | Crvena zvezda Women (conditioning) | ||||||||||||||
| OKK Beograd (conditioning) | |||||||||||||||
| 1992–1994 | Crvena zvezda (conditioning) | ||||||||||||||
| 1997–2000 | Beobanka (conditioning) | ||||||||||||||
| 2000–2006 | Partizan (conditioning) | ||||||||||||||
| 2010–2011 | Crvena zvezda (conditioning) | ||||||||||||||
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Petronije "Pera" Zimonjić (Serbian Cyrillic: Петроније "Пера" Зимоњић; 31 December 1942 – 9 January 2021) was a Serbian professional basketball strength and conditioning coach.
In the 1978–79 season, Zimonjić was a strength and conditioning coach for the Crvena zvezda women's team under head coach Strahinja Alagić that won the FIBA Women's European Champions Cup (now EuroLeague Women).[1][2]
Between 1992 and 1994, Zimonjić was a strength and conditioning coach for the Crvena zvezda men's team under head coach Vladislav Lučić that won two National titles, 1992–93 and 1993–94. Later, in the 2010–11 season, he was a strength and conditioning coach for the Zvezda under head coach Mihailo Uvalin.[1][2][3]
Zimonjić worked as a strength and conditioning coach for OKK Beograd, Beobanka, and Partizan.[4][5] He joined Partizan in November 2000.[6] Also, he was a member of the Duško Vujošević coaching staff in Partizan.[7]
In 1995, Zimonjić was a strength and conditioning coach for the Yugoslavia national team under head coach Dušan Ivković that won a gold medal at EuroBasket 1995 in Greece.[1][2][8]
