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Krešimir Ćosić

For the Croatian politician, see Krešimir Ćosić (politician). Medal record
Krešimir Ćosić Men's BasketballCompetitor for  YugoslaviaOlympic GamesGold 1980 MoscowTeamSilver 1968 Mexico CityTeamSilver 1976 MontrealTeamWorld ChampionshipSilver 1967 MontevideoTeam Gold 1970 LjubljanaTeam Silver 1974 Puerto RicoTeam Gold 1978 PhilippinesTeam European ChampionshipsSilver 1969 ItalyTeam Silver 1971 West GermanyTeam Gold 1973 SpainTeam Gold 1975 YugoslaviaTeam Gold 1977 BelgiumTeam Bronze 1979 ItalyTeam Silver 1981 CzechoslovakiaTeam

Krešimir Ćosić (November 26, 1948 – May 25, 1995) was a Croatian professional basketball player from Yugoslavia. He was also a notable church leader and missionary of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

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Basketball career

He was born in Zagreb and raised in Zadar. He came to the United States to play college basketball at Brigham Young University from 1971 to 1973. He was the first foreign player to earn All-American honors from the United Press International, garnering them in 1972 and 1973. After his college career, he rejected several professional offers and returned home to Yugoslavia.

Ćosić played in four Olympic Games: 1968, 1972, 1976, and 1980 in Moscow when he led his team to the gold medal. He previously led Yugoslavia to a pair of World Championship gold medals in 1970 and 1978.

Coaching

Following his playing days, he turned to coaching, and led the former Yugoslav team to a silver medal in the 1988 Olympics in Seoul and two bronze medals at the 1986 FIBA World Championship and 1987 EuroBasket . Ćosić became only the third international player ever elected to the world's Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Massachusetts, the birthplace of basketball.

Death

In the years following basketball he worked in the USA as a Croatian diplomat at the embassy in Washington, D.C. Ćosić died in 1995 of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.

Personal life

During his time at the Brigham Young University, he converted to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and later served as the LDS presiding priesthood holder in post-communist Croatia. He was baptized by Hugh Nibley, one of the LDS church's most celebrated scholars. Ćosić also introduced the LDS Church to Yugoslavia, converting many fellow Croatians to the religion. He translated the Book of Mormon and Doctrine and Covenants into Croatian.

Honours

On March 4, 2006, Ćosić became just the second men's basketball player to have his jersey retired by BYU (the other was Danny Ainge).

In 2007, he was enshrined in the FIBA Hall of Fame.

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v • d • eYugoslavia squad- 1967 FIBA World Championship Finalists - Silver medal4 Bassin | 5 Korać | 6 Rajković | 7 Kovačević | 8 Cvetković | 9 Ražnatović | 10 Daneu | 11 Ćosić | 12 Gjergja | 13 Tvrdić | 14 Đurić | 15 Skansi | Coach: Žeravica
v • d • eYugoslavia squad- 1970 FIBA World Championship Champions - Gold medal4 Tvrdić | 5 Simonović | 6 Jelovac | 7 Rajković | 8 Žorga | 9 Kapičić | 10 Daneu | 11 Ćosić | 12 Šolman | 13 Plećaš | 14 Čermak | 15 Skansi | Coach: Žeravica
v • d • eYugoslavia squad- 1974 FIBA World Championship Finalists - Silver medal4 Tvrdić | 5 Kićanović | 6 Jelovac | 7 Knežević | 8 Jerkov | 9 Kapičić | 10 Slavnić | 11 Ćosić | 12 Šolman | 13 Plećaš | 14 Dalipagić | 15 Marović | Coach: Novosel
v • d • eYugoslavia squad- 1978 FIBA World Championship Champions - Gold medal4 Vilfan | 5 Kićanović | 6 Žižić | 7 Knego | 8 Jerkov | 9 Skroče | 10 Slavnić | 11 Ćosić | 12 Radovanović | 13 Krstulović | 14 Dalipagić | 15 Delibašić | Coach: Nikolić
v • d • eYugoslavia squad- 1986 FIBA World Championship - Bronze medal4 D. Petrović | 5 A. Petrović | 6 Divac | 7 Čutura | 8 Petranović | 9 Mutapčić | 10 Radović | 11 Vranković | 12 Radovanović | 13 Arapović | 14 Dalipagić | 15 Cvjetičanin | Coach: Ćosić
v • d • e1968 OlympicSilver Medalists Men's Basketball– Yugoslavia

Dragutin Čermak | Krešimir Ćosić | Vladimir Cvetković | Ivo Daneu | Radivoj Korać | Trajko Rajković | Zoran Maroević | Dragoslav Ražnjatović | Petar Skansi | Damir Solman | Nikola Plećaš | Aljoša Zorga | Coach: Ranko Žeravica

v • d • e1976 OlympicSilver Medalists Men's Basketball– Yugoslavia

Blagoje Georgievski | Dragan Kićanović | Vinko Jelovac | Rajko Žižić | Željko Jerkov | Andro Knego | Zoran Slavnić | Krešimir Ćosić | Damir Šolman | Žarko Varajić | Dražen Dalipagić | Mirza Delibašić | Coach: Mirko Novosel

v • d • e1980 OlympicChampions Men's Basketball– Yugoslavia

Andro Knego | Dragan Kićanović | Rajko Žižić | Mihovil Nakić | Željko Jerkov | Branko Skroče | Zoran Slavnić | Krešimir Ćosić | Ratko Radovanović | Duje Krstulović | Dražen Dalipagić | Mirza Delibašić | Coach: Ranko Žeravica

v • d • eEuroleague's 50 Greatest ContributorsList Players

Fragiskos Alvertis • Sergei Belov • Miki Berkovich • Dejan Bodiroga • Wayne Brabender • Juan Antonio Corbalan • Krešimir Ćosić • Mike D'Antoni • Dražen Dalipagić • Predrag Danilović • Mirza Delibašić • Vlade Divac • Aleksandar Đorđević • Nikos Galis • Manu Ginóbili • Saras Jasikevičius • Radivoj Korać • Toni Kukoč • Clifford Luyk • Pierluigi Marzorati • Bob McAdoo • Dino Meneghin • Bob Morse • Aldo Ossola • Theo Papaloukas • Anthony Parker • Dražen Petrović • Dino Rađa • Manolo Raga • Antonello Riva • Emiliano Rodríguez • Arvydas Sabonis • J.A. San Epifanio • Walter Szczerbiak • Panagiotis Yannakis
Coaches
Pedro Ferrándiz • Pini Gershon • Alexandar Gomelskiy • Dušan Ivković • Božidar Maljković • Ettore Messina • Aca Nikolić • Željko Obradović • Dan Peterson • Lolo Sainz
Referees
Artenik Aradabjian • Mikhail Davidov • Lubomir Kotleba • Ivan Mainini • Costas Rigas


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