Radivoje Krivokapić (; 11 September 1953 – 12 November 2024) 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 ...

player who competed for Yugoslavia in the

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Club career

After starting out at Senta, Krivokapić played for Partizan in the 1972–73 season, as the club suffered relegation from the top flight. He would later move to Slovan, helping them win the championship title in 1980 and reach the

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final in

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. Later on, Krivokapić left Yugoslavia and went to Germany in 1982, spending one season with SG Dietzenbach. He subsequently moved to Spain and played for Tecnisa Alicante from 1983 to 1985. Krivokapić also played for the club in the 1986–87 season.

International career

At international level, Krivokapić represented

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at the

. He also participated in two

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, winning the silver medal in

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Personal life and death

His nephews were handball players Marko Krivokapić and Milorad Krivokapić. He died from a heart attack in Senta, on 12 November 2024, at the age of 71.

Honours

;Slovan *

Yugoslav Handball Championship The Yugoslav Handball Championship was the highest level competition in men's team handball in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, played regularly for almost four decades between 1953 and 1992, before being abandoned due to the breakup ...

: 1979–80

References

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Olympic record
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