Uroš Kovačević
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Uroš Kovačević | |||||||||||||
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Full name | Uroš Kovačević | ||||||||||||
Nationality | Serbia | ||||||||||||
Born |
Kraljevo, FR Yugoslavia | May 6, 1993||||||||||||
Height | 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) | ||||||||||||
Spike | 342 cm (135 in) | ||||||||||||
Block | 320 cm (130 in) | ||||||||||||
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Position | Receiver | ||||||||||||
Current club | ACH Volley Ljubljana | ||||||||||||
Number | 10 | ||||||||||||
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Last updated: January 2012 |
Uroš Kovačević (Serbian Cyrillic: Урош Ковачевић; born May 6, 1993 in Kraljevo, FR Yugoslavia) is a Serbian volleyball player.[1][2]
At the 2011 FIVB Boys Youth World Championship and 2011 Boys Youth European Championship Kovačević won gold medals and became MVP. He also won bronze medal at the 2011 FIVB Men's Junior World Championship.
With the Serbian national team he won gold medal in the 2011 Men's European Volleyball Championship.
In 2011 Kovačević received award from Olympic Committee of Serbia[3] and DSL Sport for best young athlete.[4]
His older brother Nikola is also a volleyball player.
Individual awards
- 2011 World Youth Championship "Most Valuable Player"
- 2011 European Youth Championship "Most Valuable Player"
- 2011 Young Athlete of The Year by Olympic Committee of Serbia
- 2011 Young Athlete of The Year by DSL Sport
- 2013 World U23 Championship "Best Outside Spiker"
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Preceded by Olivera and Nikolina Moldovan |
The Best Young Athlete of Serbia 2011 (with Amela Terzić) |
Succeeded by Amela Terzić |
References
- ↑ http://volleytrend.com/en/men/250-uros-kovacevic.html
- ↑ http://www.zurnal.rs/2011/05/07/uros-kovacevic-rodjeni-pobednik/index.html
- ↑ http://www.oks.org.rs/2011/12/progla%C5%A1eni-najuspe%C5%A1niji-sportisti-u-predolimpijskoj-godini/
- ↑ http://www.mondo.rs/s228716/Ostali_sportovi/Sport-_Novak_Djokovic_ponovo_najbolji.html
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