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Dragutin Šurbek
Personal information
Born	(1946-08-08)8 August 1946 Zagreb, SR Croatia, Yugoslavia
Died	15 July 2018(2018-07-15) (aged 71)
Height	180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Table tennis career
Playing style	Right-handed, shakehand grip
Highest ranking	2 (December 1974)
Medal record Men's table tennis Representing  Yugoslavia World Championships 1979 Pyongyang Doubles 1983 Tokyo Doubles 1975 Calcutta Doubles 1975 Calcutta Team 1969 Munich Team 1971 Nagoya Singles 1971 Nagoya Team 1973 Sarajevo Singles 1973 Sarajevo Doubles 1977 Birmingham Doubles 1981 Novi Sad Singles 1981 Novi Sad Doubles 1981 Novi Sad Mixed Doubles European Championships 1968 Lyon Singles 1970 Moscow Doubles 1976 Prague Team 1982 Budapest Doubles 1984 Moscow Doubles 1964 Malmo Team 1970 Moscow Team 1972 Rotterdam Team 1980 Berne Doubles 1982 Budapest Mixed Doubles 1974 Novi Sad Singles 1974 Novi Sad Doubles 1976 Prague Doubles 1978 Duisburg Doubles 1984 Moscow Singles 1984 Moscow Mixed Doubles 1986 Prague Doubles 1986 Prague Mixed Doubles

Dragutin Šurbek (8 August 1946 – 15 July 2018) was a Croatian and Yugoslav table tennis player and coach.

Career

Šurbek won two World Championship titles in the men's doubles event. He won gold medals in 1979 (with Antun Stipančić) and in 1983 (with Zoran Kalinić). In the men's singles event, he won the bronze medal three times (in 1971, 1973 and 1981).

See also

• List of table tennis players
• List of World Table Tennis Championships medalists

References

1. "Players - Dragutin Šurbek". tabletennis.media. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
2. "SURBEK Dragutin (HRV)". Archived from the original on 2011-12-04. Retrieved 2011-05-18.
3. Montague, Trevor (2004). A-Z of Sport, pages 699-700. The Bath Press. ISBN 0-316-72645-1.
4. Matthews/Morrison, Peter/Ian (1987). The Guinness Encyclopaedia of Sports Records and Results, pages 309-312. Guinness Superlatives. ISBN 0-85112-492-5.
5. "Table Tennis World Championship medal winners". Sports123.
6. "Profile". Table Tennis Guide.

• "Dragutin Šurbek Olympic Results". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2011-04-06. Retrieved 2010-04-03.
• "Povijest saveza" (in Croatian). Croatian Table Tennis Association. Archived from the original on 2011-11-25. Retrieved 2012-01-30.
• Dragutin Surbek, the Lion of Zagreb, passes away

External links

• Dragutin Šurbek at Olympedia (archive)
• Dragutin Šurbek at Olympics.com
• Dragutin Šurbek at the Croatian Olympic Committee (in Croatian) (archived)
• Dragutin Šurbek at Table Tennis Media

Awards
Preceded byDragan Kićanović	The Best Athlete of Yugoslavia 1983	Succeeded byŠaban Trstena
Preceded byBojan Križaj	Yugoslav Sportsman of the Year 1983	Succeeded byJure Franko

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