Žarko Varajić

Olympic medal record
Competitor for  Yugoslavia
Men's Basketball
Olympic Games
Silver 1976 Montreal Team Competition
European Championships
Gold 1977 Belgium Team Competition
Bronze 1979 Italy Team Competition

Žarko Varajić (Serbian Cyrillic: Жарко Варајић; born December 26, 1951 in Nikšić, PR Montenegro, FPR Yugoslavia) is a retired Serbian basketball player that represented SFR Yugoslavia as a player, including at the 1976 Summer Olympic Games, where he won a silver medal.[1]

In 1979, Varajić scored 45 points - the record in the number of points scored in the final matches of the European Champions' Cup (nowadays the Euroleague) during the period he played with Bosna Sarajevo against the Italian Emerson Varese in Bosna's triumph 96-93, in Grenoble, France.

Varajić is employed at Serbian Basketball Federation as a coordinator responsible for the youth national teams.

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