Aleksandar Jovančević | |
Position: | Strength and conditioning coach |
Birth Date: | 1970 6, df=y |
Birth Place: | Petrinja, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia |
Nationality: | Serbian |
Coach Start: | 2000 |
Cyears1: | 2013–2015 |
Cteam1: | Vojvodina Srbijagas (conditioning) |
Cyears2: | 2015–2017 |
Cteam2: | Spartak (conditioning) |
Cyears3: | 2017 |
Cteam3: | FMP (conditioning) |
Cyears4: | 2017–2018 |
Cteam4: | Crvena zvezda (conditioning) |
Weight: | 92kg (203lb) |
Sport: | Wrestling |
Weight Class: | 85 kg |
Weight Class Type: | Olympic class |
Event: | Greco-Roman |
Club: | Gavrilović Petrinja (1989–1991) Partizan (1992–1993) Vojvodina (1994–1998) |
Show-Medals: | no |
Updated: | 28 July 2017 |
Aleksandar Jovančević (Serbian: Александар Јованчевић; born 5 June 1970) is a Serbian strength and conditioning coach and former wrestler. He was FR Yugoslavia representative in Greco-Roman wrestling.
Jovančević competed in 82 kg men's Greco-Roman wrestling for FR Yugoslavia in 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, US and placed 9th.[1] In 1997, he won two bronze medals at the European Wrestling Championships in Kouvola, Finland and at the Mediterranean Games in Bari, Italy.
During his wrestling career he competed for wrestling clubs: Gavrilović Petrinja (1989–1991), Partizan (1992–1993) and Vojvodina (1994–1998).[2] [3]
Jovančević graduated physical education at the University of Novi Sad. He began his coaching career in 2000.[4] Before he moved to train basketball players he worked with the Vojvodina handball and the Vojvodina water polo team in Novi Sad.
Jovančević worked as a part of the coaching staff of Serbian coach Dušan Alimpijević while he worked for the Vojvodina Srbijagas, the Spartak and the FMP[5] of the Basketball League of Serbia.[4]
He joined the Crvena zvezda coaching staff after Alimpijević become their head coach for the 2017–18 season.[6] He left the club after that season.