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Serbian volleyball player (born 1993) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Uroš Kovačević (Serbian Cyrillic: Урош Ковачевић; born 6 May 1993) is a Serbian professional volleyball player who plays as an outside hitter for Gas Sales Piacenza and the Serbia national team.[1][2][3] Kovačević has won 2 European Champion titles (2011, 2019) and the 2016 World League with Serbia.
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Born | Kraljevo, Serbia, FR Yugoslavia | 6 May 1993||||
Height | 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) | ||||
Weight | 94 kg (207 lb) | ||||
Spike | 355 cm (140 in) | ||||
Block | 338 cm (133 in) | ||||
Volleyball information | |||||
Position | Outside hitter | ||||
Current club | Gas Sales Piacenza | ||||
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He has two older brothers: Savo and Nikola (born 1983). Nikola is also a professional volleyball player.
Kovačević is a gold medallist at the 2011 European Championship.[4] In 2011, Kovačević was granted an award by the Olympic Committee of Serbia for the best young athlete. He was a member of the national team at the Olympic Games London 2012. On 19 July 2015, the Serbian national volleyball team reached the World League final, but eventually lost to France (0–3), and obtained silver medals.[5][6] He was named MVP of the 2019 European Championship where Serbia won a gold medal.[7]
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