Slobodan Piva Ivković Award for Lifetime Achievement
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The Slobodan Piva Ivković Award for Lifetime Achievement (Serbian: Награда за животно дело "Слободан Пива Ивковић", romanized: Nagrada za životno delo "Slobodan Piva Ivković") is an lifetime achievement award honoring the achievements of those basketball coaches who have made a significant contribution to the game of basketball in Serbia. It was first awarded in 1995. The awards are presented by the Serbian Association of Basketball Coaches and its named in honor of coach Slobodan Ivković who was the founder and the first president of the Association. All coaches with Serbian citizenship, regardless of where they coached in the world, qualify for the award. The inaugural Awards for Lifetime Achievement were presented to five recipients: Slobodan Ivković, Borislav Stanković, Ranko Žeravica, Aleksandar Nikolić, and Nebojša Popović. The most recent recipients of the award are Aleksandar Đorđević and Marina Maljković.
Sport | Basketball |
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Awarded for | contributions over the whole of a basketball coaching career |
Local name | Награда за животно дело "Слободан Пива Ивковић" (Serbian) |
Location | Belgrade |
Country | Yugoslavia / Serbia and Montenegro (1995–2005) Serbia (2007–present) |
Presented by | Serbian Association of Basketball Coaches |
History | |
First award | 1995 |
Editions | 19 |
First winner | |
Most recent | Aleksandar Đorđević Marina Maljković (2023) |
Website | ukts.rs |
Marina Maljković in 2023 is the only female coach to have won the award. Her father, Božidar, won the award in 2005.