Milivoj Karakašević

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]

Milivoj Karakašević
Full nameMilivoj Karakašević
NationalitySerbian
Born(1948-07-30)30 July 1948
Belgrade, PR Serbia, FPR Yugoslavia
Died26 March 2022(2022-03-26) (aged 73)
Belgrade, Serbia
Medal record
Men's table tennis
Representing Yugoslavia
World Championships
1975 Calcutta Team
1971 Nagoya Team
European Championships
1976 Prague Team
1970 Moscow Team
1972 Rotterdam Team
1974 Novi Sad Team
1978 Duisburg Doubles
1982 Budapest Team
Mediterranean Championships
1969 Athens Team
1969 Athens Mixed
1969 Athens Singles

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.

See also

References

  1. Preminuo Milivoj Karakašević legenda stonog tenisa (in Serbian)
  2. "Profile". Table Tennis Guide.
  3. "Milivoj Karasevic." Table Tennis Guide. N.p., n.d. Web. 20 August 2017.
  4. "Table Tennis World Championship medal winners". Sports123.


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