Dragan Zorić (Serbian Cyrillic: Драган Зорић; born 20 May 1979, in Bačka Palanka) is a Serbian sprint canoer who has competed from the late 1990s to 2007. Until 2006, he competed for Serbia and Montenegro. Zorić won five medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with two golds (K-2 200 m: 2005, K-4 200 m: 2006), a silver (K-4 200 m: 2007, and two bronzes (K-2 200 m: 2006, 2007).
Dragan Zorić | |
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Born | |
Nationality | Serbian |
Occupation | Canoer |
Medal record | ||
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Men's canoe sprint | ||
Representing Serbia and Montenegro / Serbia | ||
World Championships | ||
2005 Zagreb | K-2 200 m | |
2006 Szeged | K-4 200 m | |
2006 Szeged | K-2 200 m | |
2007 Duisburg | K-4 200 m | |
2007 Duisburg | K-2 200 m | |
European Championships | ||
2005 Poznań | K-2 200 m | |
2007 Pontevedra | K-2 200 m | |
2007 Pontevedra | K-4 200 m | |
2008 Milan | K-4 200 m | |
Mediterranean Games | ||
2005 Almería | K-2 500 m | |
European U23 Canoe Sprint Championships | ||
2002 Zagreb | K-2 1000 m | |
2002 Zagreb | K-1 500 m |
Competing in two Summer Olympics, his best finish was ninth in the K-4 1000 m event at Sydney in 2000.
Zorić is a member of the Sintelon Canoe Club in Bačka Palanka. He is 196 cm (6'5") tall and weighs 97 kg (214 lbs).
References
edit- ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 1: flatwater (now sprint): 1936–2007 at the Wayback Machine (archived 2010-01-05)
- ICF medalists for Olympic and World Championships – Part 2: rest of flatwater (now sprint) and remaining canoeing disciplines: 1936–2007 at WebCite (archived 2009-11-09)
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Dragan Zorić". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2012-10-21.