Dragutin Šurbek

Dragutin Šurbek
Nationality	Yugoslavia Croatia
Born	(1946-08-08) August 8, 1946 Zagreb, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia
Medal record Men's table tennis Representing Yugoslavia World Championships 1979 Pyongyang Doubles 1983 Tokyo Doubles 1975 Calcutta Doubles 1975 Calcutta Team 1969 Munich Team 1971 Nagoya Singles 1971 Nagoya Team 1973 Sarajevo Singles 1973 Sarajevo Doubles 1977 Birmingham Doubles 1981 Novi Sad Singles 1981 Novi Sad Doubles 1981 Novi Sad Mixed Doubles European Championships 1968 Lyon Singles 1970 Moscow Doubles 1976 Prague Team 1982 Budapest Doubles 1984 Moscow Doubles 1964 Malmo Team 1970 Moscow Team 1972 Rotterdam Team 1980 Berne Doubles 1982 Budapest Mixed Doubles 1974 Novi Sad Singles 1974 Novi Sad Doubles 1976 Prague Doubles 1978 Duisburg Doubles 1984 Moscow Singles 1984 Moscow Mixed Doubles 1986 Prague Doubles 1986 Prague Mixed Doubles

Dragutin Šurbek (born August 8, 1946 in Zagreb, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia) is a former table tennis player from Croatia, and is one of the most successful Croatian table tennis players ever.

One of the most extraordinary European players ever, he won hundreds of tournaments during the peak of his table tennis career (1964–1986), from Tokyo and Novi Sad to Beijing and Zagreb. His partner in doubles was the almost equally powerful player Antun Stipančić-Tova. Šurbek competed with Zoran Primorac at the 1992 Summer Olympics for Croatia when he was 46 years old.

Dragutin Šurbek's biggest successes were two World Championship titles in the Men's Doubles event. He won gold medals in 1979 (with Stipančić) and in 1983 (with Zoran Kalinić). In the Men's Singles event, he won the bronze medal three times (in 1971, 1973 and 1981). He was the European champion in Men's Singles in 1968 and in Men's Doubles in 1970, 1982 and 1984. With the SFR Yugoslavia national team, he was European champion in 1976.

He received the Golden Badge award for the best athlete of Yugoslavia in 1983.

Šurbek is currently a table tennis coach in Zagreb.

See also

• List of table tennis players

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Awards
Preceded by Dragan Kićanović	The Best Athlete of Yugoslavia 1983	Succeeded by Šaban Trstena
Preceded by Bojan Križaj	Yugoslav Sportsman of the Year 1983	Succeeded by Jure Franko