Antun StipanÄić
Antun Stipančić ( born May 18, 1949 in Duga Resa, then Yugoslavia, now Croatia, † November 20, 1991 in Zagreb), was in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s, to the best table tennis players in the world. In 1979 he became world champion in doubles.
Survey
Antun Stipančić won a host of international titles and rankings in singles, doubles and with the team. In the late 1950s he had been discovered and promoted by Josip Trupković. As early as 1961 he won his first tournament. Stipančić was left-handed, a - something playful - Attacking players who wanted to achieve with top and side spin. Maybe it was the lack of "hard shot " of 1975 in Calcutta in the final against Istvan Jonyer cost him the title. Journalists and fans called him like " the man with the golden hand ".
In Yugoslavia Stipančić played for the club GSTK Vjesnik Zagreb. In 1981 he moved to the 2nd Bundesliga TSV Kronshagen, he left again toward Yugoslavia at the end of this season.
Private
Stipančić had three children. He died in 1991 of a heart attack and was buried in the Mirogoj cemetery in Zagreb. His younger brother Ivica - just as the Father and heart disease - was also a strong table tennis player.
Achievements
Participation in World Table Tennis Championships
- 3rd place with men's team
- 2nd place Mixed with Maria Alexandru
- 3rd place individual
- 3rd place doubles with Dragutin Šurbek
- 2nd Single
- 2nd place men's team
- 2nd place doubles with Dragutin Šurbek
- 3rd place doubles with Dragutin Šurbek
- 3rd place individual
- 3rd place doubles with Dragutin Šurbek
Participation in European Championships
- 2nd place men's team
- 3rd place individual
- 3rd place doubles with Dragutin Šurbek
- 3rd place with men's team
- 3rd place doubles with Dragutin Šurbek
- 2nd place doubles with Dragutin Šurbek
Participation in the European ranking tournament top 12
Results from the ITTF database
Philately
The post office in Zagreb, Croatia used the following special:
Swell
- TO / ms. Anton Stipancic died magazine DTS, 1992/1 p.38