Zorko Cvetković

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Zorko Cvetković
Born(1924-09-24)24 September 1924
Died13 December 2017(2017-12-13) (aged 93)
NationalityCroatian
EducationUniversity of Zagreb
Spouse
Lijerka Radoničić
(m. 1949)
Engineering career
InstitutionsCIGRÉ
Employer(s)Elektrana Zagreb (1950–1955)
Elektroprijenos Zagreb (1957–1990)
AwardsCIGRÉ Distinguished Member (2000)
Basketball career
PositionShooting guard
Number13

Zorko Cvetković (September 4, 1924 – December 13, 2017) was a Croatian electrical engineer and basketball player and coach. He represented the Yugoslavia national basketball team internationally.

Engineering career[edit]

Cvetković graduated from the Faculty of Electrical Engineering at the University of Zagreb in 1950, and later obtained a doctorate in 1983.[1]

From 1947 to 1994, he was an external associate at the Department of High Voltage and Power of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University of Zagreb.[2]

He was a secretary-general of the CIGRÉ branch in Croatia from 1989 to 2004.[1]

Basketball career[edit]

After the end of Second World War in 1945, Cvetković started to play basketball.[1] He was a member of the Yugoslavia national team which participated at the 1947 FIBA European Championship.[3] After retirement, he was a coach, a referee and the president of Mladost Zagreb.

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c "Zorko Cvetkovic Biography". hro-cigre.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 22 August 2017.
  2. ^ "ZVNE - Osoblje zavoda i vanjski suradnici". fer.unizg.hr. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
  3. ^ "Cvetkovic Player Profile at the 1947 FIBA European Championship". FIBA.com. Retrieved 17 August 2017.