Petar Fajfrić (; 15 February 1942 – 11 March 2021) was a Serbian

handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball, Olympic handball or indoor handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of thr ...

coach and player who competed for Yugoslavia in the

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Club career

Over the course of his career that spanned over two decades, Fajfrić played for Mladost Zemun,

Crvena zvezda Fudbalski klub Crvena zvezda ( sr-cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Црвена звезда, lit=Red Star Football Club), commonly referred to as Crvena zvezda () and colloquially referred to as Red Star Belgrade in anglophone media, is a ...

, Dinamo Pančevo,

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, Metaloplastika and Proleter Zrenjanin.

International career

At international level, Fajfrić competed for

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at the

, winning the gold medal. He also participated in two

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(

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and

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), bringing home a bronze medal on both occasions.

Personal life

Fajfrić is the father of fellow handball players Zoran Fajfrić and Sandra Kolaković. He died from

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during the

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, aged 79.

References

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Olympic record
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