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| Born | 21 October 1936 Herceg Novi, Zeta Banovina, Kingdom of Yugoslavia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 3 January 2014 (aged 77) Herceg Novi, Montenegro | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 187 cm (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 88 kg (194 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Water polo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | PKV Jadran VK Bijela | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Božidar "Cikota" Stanišić (21 October 1936 – 3 January 2014) was a water polo player from Montenegro. He was part of the Yugoslav teams that won a silver medal at the 1964 Olympics and placed fourth in 1960. He won another silver medal at the 1958 European Championships.
Stanišić learned to swim aged 14. Two years later started playing water polo for PKV Jadran and won with them the national title in 1958 and 1959; he later played for VK Bijela and coached both teams. Stanišić was a lawyer by profession. He was voted the Montenegrin Athlete of the Year a record four times, in 1959, 1961, 1963 and 1965.
See also
References
- ^ Božidar Stanišić. sports-reference.com
- Zomrela čiernohorská legenda Božidar Stanišič-Cikota. mokralopta.sk (6 January 2014)
External links
| Yugoslavia men's water polo squad – 1964 Summer Olympics – Silver medal | ||
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- 1936 births
- 2014 deaths
- Sportspeople from Herceg Novi
- Serbs of Montenegro
- Montenegrin male water polo players
- Yugoslav male water polo players
- Olympic water polo players for Yugoslavia
- Water polo players at the 1960 Summer Olympics
- Water polo players at the 1964 Summer Olympics
- Olympic silver medalists for Yugoslavia
- Olympic medalists in water polo
- Medalists at the 1964 Summer Olympics
- Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Yugoslavia
- Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Yugoslavia
- Competitors at the 1959 Mediterranean Games
- Competitors at the 1963 Mediterranean Games
- Mediterranean Games medalists in water polo
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