Zoran Primorac

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Medal record
Table tennis
Olympic Games
Competitor for  Yugoslavia
Silver	Seoul 1988	Men's doubles
World Championship
Competitor for  Yugoslavia
Silver	New Delhi 1987	Men's doubles
Bronze	New Delhi 1987	Team
Competitor for  Croatia
Silver	Chiba 1991	ekipno
Bronze	Göteborg 1993	Men's singles
Silver	Tianjin 1995	Men's doubles
Bronze	Eindhoven 1999	Men's doubles
European Championship
Competitor for  Yugoslavia
Bronze	Prague 1986	Men's doubles
Silver	Paris 1988	Men's doubles
Bronze	Göteborg 1990	Team
Gold	Göteborg 1990	Men's doubles
Competitor for  Croatia
Bronze	Stuttgart 1992	Men's singles
Bronze	Stuttgart 1992	M/W doubles
Bronze	Birmingham 1994	Men's singles
Silver	Birmingham 1994	Men's doubles
Gold	Birmingham 1994	M/W doubles
Silver	Eindhoven 1998	Men's singles
Silver	Bremen 2000	Men's singles
Bronze	Zagreb 2002	Men's singles
Bronze	Arhus 2005	Men's singles
Silver	Beograd 2007	Team
Mediterranean Games
Competitor for  Yugoslavia
Gold	Latakia 1987	Men's singles
Gold	Latakia 1987	Men's doubles
Bronze	Latakia 1987	M/W doubles
Competitor for  Croatia
Gold	Athens 1991	Men's doubles
Bronze	Athens 1991	Men's singles
Silver	Languedoc-Roussillon 1993	Men's singles
Silver	Languedoc-Roussillon 1993	Men's doubles
Silver	Bari 1997	Men's singles
Bronze	Bari 1997	Men's doubles

Zoran Primorac (born May 10, 1969) is an accomplished male table tennis player from Croatia.

Primorac was born in Zadar and started playing table tennis in the club STK "Bagat" in his home town. As a junior he won seven medals in European championships. In 1985 he moved to the Zagreb club "Vjesnik". At the 1987 World Championship in New Delhi he won the silver medal together with Ilija Lupulesku, and repeated the success by winning the silver at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. He also won the European Championship together with Lupulescu in Göteborg in 1990.

Primorac competed for Croatia at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona and won the 9th place in singles and doubles. He repeated the same at the 1996 Summer Olympics, and at the 2004 Summer Olympics he was eliminated in the third round. In the 2002 European Championship held in Zagreb, he reached the semi- finals, only to lose to Kalinikos Kreanga of Greece 4-2. He again reached the semi- finals, but this time lost to he's former team- mate Jean- Michelle Saive.In the 2007 European championship in Belgrade he won the silver medal in the team event with Croatia, but lost in the first round in the singles. He plans to retire after the 2008 Olympic Games.

He currently uses specially-designed equipment made by Butterfly Table Tennis. He uses the Primorac Carbon blade, while using Sriver-EL rubber on both sides of his racket.