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 Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Yugoslavia
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 1975 Calcutta Team
Bronze medal – third place 1971 Nagoya Team
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 1976 Prague Team
Silver medal – second place 1970 Moscow Team
Silver medal – second place 1972 Rotterdam Team
Bronze medal – third place 1974 Novi Sad Team
Bronze medal – third place 1978 Duisburg Doubles
Bronze medal – third place 1982 Budapest Team
Mediterranean Championships
Gold medal – first place 1969 Athens Team
Silver medal – second place 1969 Athens Mixed
Bronze medal – third place 1969 Athens Singles

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]

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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