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 name	Milivoj Karakašević
Nationality	Serbian
Born	(1948-07-30)30 July 1948 Belgrade, PR Serbia, FPR Yugoslavia
Died	26 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

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

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.

External links

• Table Tennis guide profile of Karakašević