Zoran Prerad
Personal information
Full nameZoran Prerad
Nationality Bosnia and Herzegovina
Born (1971-08-15) 15 August 1971
Banja Luka, SR Bosnia,
SFR Yugoslavia
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight94 kg (207 lb)
Sport
SportTaekwondo
Event+80 kg
Medal record
Men's taekwondo
Representing  Yugoslavia
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1995 Manila 83 kg
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 1998 Eindhoven 84 kg

Zoran Prerad (Serbian Cyrillic: Зоран Прерад; born August 15, 1971, in Banja Luka) is a Bosnian Serb taekwondo practitioner, who competed in the men's heavyweight category.[1] He claimed a bronze medal in the 83-kg division at the 1995 World Taekwondo Championships in Manila, Philippines, retrieved the men's heavyweight title at the 1998 European Championships in Eindhoven, Netherlands, and became the first and only Bosnian taekwondo jin to mark his 2004 Olympic debut in Athens.[2][3]

Prerad qualified as a lone 31-year-old taekwondo fighter for the Bosnian squad in the men's heavyweight class (+80 kg) at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, by receiving a tripartite invitation from the International Taekwondo Federation.[3][4] Having a lack of international experience to the sport, Prerad fell short on a clear 13–2 gap to Spanish practitioner Jon García in his opening match. With Garcia losing the quarterfinals to South Korea's Moon Dae-sung, Prerad denied his chance to compete for Bosnia and Herzegovina's possible Olympic medal in the repechage.[5][6]

References

  1. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Zoran Prerad". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
  2. ↑ Herak, Suada (29 August 2004). "Dva zlata i jedno olimpijsko srebro za njemačke kajakaše" [Two gold and one silver for the German kayakers at the Olympics] (in Bosnian). Deutsche Welle. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
  3. 1 2 "Olimpijsku zastavu BiH u Atini će nositi Nedžad Fazlija" [Nedžad Fazlija will carry the Bosnia and Herzegovina flag at the Olympics] (in Bosnian). Radio Slobodna Evropa. 9 August 2004. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
  4. ↑ "Athens 2004: Taekwondo – Men's Entry List by NOC" (PDF). Athens 2004. LA84 Foundation. pp. 2–4. Retrieved 28 December 2014.
  5. ↑ "Taekwondo – Men's Heavyweight (+80kg/+176lbs) Repechage Round 2". Athens 2004. BBC Sport. 12 August 2004. Retrieved 24 September 2013.
  6. ↑ "Jon García se despide en la repesca" [Jon García eliminated in the playoffs] (in Spanish). El Mundo. 29 August 2004. Retrieved 10 January 2015.


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