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Born | 21 October 1936 Herceg Novi, Zeta Banovina, Kingdom of Yugoslavia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 3 January 2014 (aged 77) Herceg Novi, Montenegro | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 187 cm (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 88 kg (194 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Water polo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | PKV Jadran VK Bijela | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Božidar "Cikota" Stanišić (21 October 1936 – 3 January 2014) was a water polo player from Montenegro. He was part of the Yugoslav teams that won a silver medal at the 1964 Olympics and placed fourth in 1960. He won another silver medal at the 1958 European Championships.[1][2]
Stanišić learned to swim aged 14. Two years later started playing water polo for PKV Jadran and won with them the national title in 1958 and 1959; he later played for VK Bijela and coached both teams. Stanišić was a lawyer by profession. He was voted the Montenegrin Athlete of the Year a record four times, in 1959, 1961, 1963 and 1965.[1]
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References
- 1 2 Božidar Stanišić. sports-reference.com
- ↑ Zomrela čiernohorská legenda Božidar Stanišič-Cikota. mokralopta.sk (6 January 2014)
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