Žarko Dolinar
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Žarko Dolinar (3 July 1920 – 9 March 2003) was a Croatian biologist and table tennis player who won eight medals at the World Table Tennis Championships.<ref>"DOLINAR Zarko (YUG) " Template:Webarchive. ITTF Database</ref>
He was born in a family of Slovene economic immigrants to Croatia.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> In 1939, at the age of 18 he became the national champion of Yugoslavia.<ref>Povijest hrvatskog stolnog tenisa (History of Croatian Table Tennis). hsts.hr</ref> Dolinar was champion of the Independent State of Croatia multiple times, and also competed for its national team on nine occasions.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
He also won three English Open titles.
Dolinar is one of few world sporting champions with a Ph.D. degree.<ref name="etthof"/> He graduated from the University of Zagreb Faculty of Veterinary Medicine in 1949, and received a doctorate in 1959.<ref>"U 83. godini umro Žarko Dolinar, slavni stolnotenisač i znanstvenik". index.hr</ref> He was world doubles champion with his partner, Vilim Harangozo. Dolinar was also head of the Sports Science Committee for the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF).
A university professor in both Zagreb and Basel, Dolinar and his brother Boris were honored as the Righteous Among the Nations for saving Jews during World War II. On a number of occasions, the Dolinar brothers provided Jews with forged identity documents and travel permits, used their connections to have them released from imprisonment, and helped them travel to safety.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
In 2016, Dolinar was inducted into the European Table Tennis Hall of Fame.<ref name="etthof">Template:Cite web</ref> Template:Righteous Among the Nations
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External links
- ŽIVLJENJEPISI SLOVENCEV V HRVAŠKEM ŠPORTU. slovenci-zagreb.hr (2014). pp. 119–122
- About Žarko Dolinar on Yad Vashem's Website
- "Tribute to Žarko Dolinar", STK Industrogradnja (in Croatian)
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- 1920 births
- 2003 deaths
- Croatian people of Slovenian descent
- Croatian male table tennis players
- Croatian Righteous Among the Nations
- Croatian biologists
- Croatian expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland
- Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Zagreb alumni
- Academic staff of the University of Zagreb
- Academic staff of the University of Basel
- Burials at Mirogoj Cemetery
- Sportspeople from Koprivnica
- World Table Tennis Championships medalists
- Yugoslav biologists
- Yugoslav academics
- Yugoslav table tennis players