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Tatjana Ječmenica (table tennis)

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Tatjana Ječmenica (born 14 April 1949 in Banja Luka, Bosnia and Hercegovina) is a former international table tennis player and coach from Serbia and Slovenia.[1][2][3]

Tatjana Ječmenica
Full nameTatjana Ječmenica
Nationality Slovenia,  Serbia
Born14 April 1949
Banja Luka, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina
SFR Yugoslavia
Medal record
Women's table tennis
Representing  Yugoslavia
European Youth Championship (Junior)
Gold medal – first place 1966 Szombathely Doubles
Bronze medal – third place 1966 Szombathely Singles
Tatjana Ječmenica Table tennis player
Tatjana Ječmenica, Table tennis player

Table tennis career

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When she was less than 16 years old, Ječmenica competed in the 1965 World Table Tennis Championships, held in Ljubljana, Slovenia.[4] She reached the third round in singles, while in mixed doubles with Istvan Korpa reached the fourth round and in team competition won eight place for the National team of former Yugoslavia.[5][6][7][8]

Ječmenica played at the European Table Tennis Championships held in London in 1966. In singles she reached last 64, in doubles with Cirila Pirc reached last 32 and in mixed doubles with Istvan Korpa reached last 32.[9]

In 1966 in Szombathely, Hungary, she[10] played at European Youth Championship (Junior) and won doubles with Mirjana Resler. In singles she won the third place.[11][12][13]

At X International Tournament, held In Ruse, Bulgaria, 1966, she won the 1st place women doubles with Cirila Pirc.[14] Also in In 1966, Brasov, Romania, at Balkan Championship, in team event Jecmenica and Cirila Pirc won the 2nd place for former Yugoslavia national team.[15]

Apart from mentioned tournaments Jecmenica played on many other international table tennis tournaments like London European Championship 1965,[16] Paris International 1965, Berlin 1966, Magdeburg 1966, Prague 1966 etc.[6]

In 1966 and 1967 she played at the European Champions Cup[17][18] as a member of STK Novi Sad with Radmila Stojšić and Sonja Skakun. In both competitions she reached the quarter-finals.[19][20]

Jecmenica won four National Champion titles, three in woman doubles with Radmila Stojšić, in 1966, 1967 and 1968, and one in mix doubles with Istvan Korpa in 1965. She won two National titles in womans team competitions in 1966 and 1967.[1][21] Also, in 1964 and 1965, as a junior player she won two Junior National titles in singles competitions.[3]

Ječmenica played 53 times for the National Team of former Yugoslavia. In 1965 she received the award as the most successful junior sportsman of the city of Novi Sad, Yugoslavia. In 1966 Tatjana was announced as the best junior sportswoman of the year.[22] She finished her competitive sport career at the age of 19.[23] Later she continued to contribute to Table Tennis sport through the sports association. She volunteered as a coach in Bergkvara, Sweden and Maribor, Slovenia.[24][25]

Family

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Ječmenica has got two daughters. Younger one Daniela Candillari[26][27] is a conductor and a composer of serious music. She lives and works in New York

References

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  1. ^ a b Vujin, Vladimir (2010). Sentimental Scrapbook, The Sport Coryphe of the City of Novi Sad (in Serbian). Novi Sad, Serbia: Dnevnik newspaper 2010 Novi Sad, Serbia. pp. 77–79. ISBN 978-86-7966-017-6.
  2. ^ Uzorinac, Zdenko (1978). 50 years of Table Tennis Association of Yugoslavia, 1928-1978 (in Croatian). Zagreb, Croatia: Published by Table Tennis Association of Former Yugoslavia, Printed by Graphic Institute of Croatia 1978. (gzh.hr). pp. 54, 126, 127, 130, 182, 183, 192, 193, 197, 198, 199, 207 & 209.
  3. ^ a b Uzorinac, Zdenko (1988). 60 Years of Table Tennis Association of Yugoslavia, 1928-1988 (in Slovenian). Ljubljana, Printed by PRINT GRAFIKA VECKO Ljubljana, 1988: Table Tennis Association of Slovenia. pp. 168, 232, 236, 241, 257, 258.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link)
  4. ^ Vujin, Vladimir (18 January 1965). Written at City of Novi Sad, Serbia. "Jecmenica to play National Team". Dnevnik, daily news. Held at Archive of the City of Novi Sad, Serbia. p. 33.
  5. ^ "ITTF_Database".
  6. ^ a b "Table Tennis" (PDF). The Official Magazine of English Table Tennis Association: 12, 13, 16. May 1965.
  7. ^ "WM1965 Ljubljana-tt-wiki". Retrieved 1 May 2022.
  8. ^ Kerkin, Ice (19 April 1965). "There are no better in Europe". Sportske Novosti, Zagreb, Croatia.
  9. ^ "EM 1966 in London". Retrieved 2 June 2022.
  10. ^ Simsic, Dusan (14 July 1963). "Table Tennis Hope". Dnevnik, Novi Sad, Serbia.
  11. ^ "ITTF_Database".
  12. ^ "EUROPEAN YOUTH CHAMPIONSHIPS 1966 Szombathely (Hungary)". Retrieved 18 March 2022.
  13. ^ "ETTU.org". ETTU.org-History-Results. Retrieved 2 June 2022.
  14. ^ "Bulgaria Table Tennis Federation".
  15. ^ "Table Tennis Association of Serbia". Retrieved 15 April 2022.
  16. ^ Szanto, Zoltan (14 April 1966). "Europe table tennis championship in London". Magyar Szo, Ifjusag: 16.
  17. ^ Galic, jovo (1 December 2022). "Novi Sad Women Table Tennis team among 8 best in Europe". Dnevnik (Daily News) Novi Sad. Retrieved 2 December 2022.
  18. ^ Malenovic, Goran (18 January 2023). "Champions arriving to Novi Sad". Dnevnik, daily news Novi Sad. Retrieved 18 January 2023.
  19. ^ "European Table Tennis Union".
  20. ^ Galic, Jovan (8 November 2022). "Novi Sad girls looking for a chance against Czech". Dnevnik newspaper. p. 16. Retrieved 8 November 2022.
  21. ^ Vujin, Vladimir (21 March 1967). Written at City of Novi Sad, Serbia. "The next goal - Cup". Dnevnik, daily newspaper. Held at Archive of the City of Novi Sad, Serbia. p. 16.
  22. ^ Szanto, Zoltan (30 December 1966). "1966 Legjobb Sportoloi Ifjusag Ajandekaval" [1966 The best junior sportswoman of the year]. Magyar Szo, Kepes Ifjusag (in Hungarian). pp. 30–31.
  23. ^ Farkas, Gizela (25 December 1969). "Training of the table tennis player". Olimpikon: 2.
  24. ^ Popov, Dusan (1997). Encyclopedia of the City of Novi Sad (in Serbian). Novi Sad, Serbia: Prometej - Izdavačka kuća https://www.prometej.rs- Platoneum part of SANU Serbian Academy of Science and Art https://www.sanu.ac.rs/. pp. Book 9, page 305. ISBN 86-84097-23-8.
  25. ^ Uzorinec, Zdenko (1981). Od Sarajeva do Novog Sada [From Sarajevo to Novi Sad]. Zagreb, Croatia: Table Tennis Association of former Yugoslavia, Publication held at National and University Library in Zagreb (www.nsk.hr). p. 249.
  26. ^ "Daniela Candillari,, conductor". L2 Artists. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
  27. ^ Forstnerič Hajnšek, Melita (December 12, 2011). ""Sanje v šestih jezikih" Newspaper Večer, Maribor, Slovenia". Večer, Maribor, Slovenia. p. 14.
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