Zorko Cvetković

Zorko Cvetković
Born	(1924-09-24)24 September 1924 Osijek, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
Died	13 December 2017(2017-12-13) (aged 93) Zagreb, Croatia
Nationality	Croatian
Education	University of Zagreb
Spouse	Lijerka Radoničić ​ (m. 1949)​
Engineering career
Institutions	CIGRÉ
Employer(s)	Elektrana Zagreb (1950–1955) Elektroprijenos Zagreb (1957–1990)
Awards	CIGRÉ Distinguished Member (2000)
Basketball career
Position	Shooting guard
Number	13

Zorko Cvetković (September 4, 1924 – December 13, 2017) was a Croatian electrical engineer and basketball player and coach. He represented the Yugoslavia national basketball team internationally.

Engineering career

Cvetković graduated from the Faculty of Electrical Engineering at the University of Zagreb in 1950, and later obtained a doctorate in 1983.^[1]

From 1947 to 1994, he was an external associate at the Department of High Voltage and Power of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University of Zagreb.^[2]

He was a secretary-general of the CIGRÉ branch in Croatia from 1989 to 2004.^[1]

Basketball career

After the end of Second World War in 1945, Cvetković started to play basketball.^[1] He was a member of the Yugoslavia national team which participated at the 1947 FIBA European Championship.^[3] After retirement, he was a coach, a referee and the president of Mladost Zagreb.

References

1. "Zorko Cvetkovic Biography". hro-cigre.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 22 August 2017.
2. "ZVNE - Osoblje zavoda i vanjski suradnici". fer.unizg.hr. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
3. "Cvetkovic Player Profile at the 1947 FIBA European Championship". FIBA.com. Retrieved 17 August 2017.