Sreten Mirković

Sreten Mirković

Mirković in 1996
Statistics
Nickname(s) Srele
Rated at Welterweight
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Nationality Serbian
Born (1958-02-15)15 February 1958
Priština, Yugoslavia
Died 28 September 2016(2016-09-28) (aged 58)
Požarevac, Serbia
Stance Orthodox
Boxing record
Total fights 498
Wins 480
Losses 18
Sreten Mirković
Medal record
Men’s Boxing
Representing  Yugoslavia
European Amateur Championships
1979 Cologne Welterweight

Sreten Mirković (Serbian Cyrillic: Сретен Мирковић; 15 February 1958 – 28 September 2016) was a Serbian boxer. In 1979, as a member of the Mladi Radnik Sports Society from Požarevac, he won the silver medal at the European Amateur Boxing Championships.[1] He had been referred to as a "legend of Serbian boxing."[2]

He was a coach in the Boxing Club from Kostolac and was a coach of the Mladi Radnik Boxing Club in Požarevac.

Mirković died on 28 September 2016 after a lengthy illness.[3]

References

  1. Amateur-Boxing. "1979 national champions statistics". Retrieved 2011-11-30.
  2. Dnevni list Danas (2009-04-02). "Polufinale Beogradskog pobednika u Požarevcu" (in Serbian). Retrieved 2011-11-30.
  3. Večernje novosti (2016-09-28). "Preminuo Sreten Mirković: Legenda zauvek napustila ring" (in Serbian). Retrieved 2016-09-28.


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