History of our
Club
Written
in Belgrade on Sept 20, 1999 |
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roots of the youngest Yugoslav and Serbian Swimming Club "Swim
Star 2000", have arose in autumn
1998 from the own idea of the Belgrade's teenage group of the extra talented
swimmers born from 1984-1987. All of their very first steps in swimming
sport had been made in the period from 1990-1992 at the famous
'Zabica' Youth Swimming School, New Belgrade, upon the management of Prof.
Maja Ivanisevic the Club's owner and Mr.
Vlada Comic, AssistantCoach. |
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Mitar Deuric (1987)
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the period from 1992 to 1995, the group of more then 20 swimmers were selected
for the next serious, competitive works. It was really sensational for
all of their parents and the officials from the 'Zabica' swim school to
see the extremely high responsible engagement of those young athletes in
everyday training process by the 12.5-m long pool (3 lanes) of 'Seven
Secretaries of SKOJ' elementary school, New Belgrade. |
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Igor Rasula (1986)
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1995, like the registered swimmers of 'Red Star' Swimming Club, Belgrade
and Yugoslav Swimming Federation, the most prospective athletes from that
group were selected by the coach staff for the upper level. The five swimmers
begun to work upon the professional conditions by the 50-m pool long of
the famous the "25 of May" Sport Center in Belgrade coached by Prof.
Tanja Knezevic. |
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Filip
Andjelkovic (1985)
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almost all the senior athletes of 'Red Star' Swimming Club, Belgrade had
canceled the Club in the moment because of various kind of difficulties,
this youth group of five talents and worthy kids practically became the
first team just in the year of 1996. Since that they have won various races
and brought many medals and awards with really fantastic results at the
International Swimming Meetings, Republic and State Championships and swim
events in the categories of younger and older pioneers. |
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the year of 1998, Mr. Sergio Filipovic
advanced
swimming Coach started coaching with this group as a new Red Star SC trainer.
His modern concept, new methods, hard work, 2-training a day and the like,
really brought many successes. And that was not a miracle, especially for
those young athletes. You may watch their pictures here dated 1998/1999. |
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Dejan Zivkovic (1985)
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| But the swimming pulse of
all these five talents, their wish to swim and their respect to the Red
Star SC tradition, could not be touched by the management of the club.
And still from the beginning of 1999, an idea to organize some new independent
- non governmental Belgrade's Swimming Club was born for the first time. |
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Milos Radojicic (1985)
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| Swim
Star 2000 Swimming Club, Belgrade was
founded on January 15, 1999. |
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just two months later on, in one awful evening on March 24, 1999, to the
regret of the promoters, parents, potential sponsors and the members of
the foundation, our swimming team was broken and turned off under the bombs
and missiles in the period of the terrible aggression on Belgrade and Yugoslavia.
What's more, all sports activities were stopped, among them swimming.
Almost all athletes were in the shelters instead by their sport centers
and stadiums. After 11 terrible weeks and night mares for 78 days, the
new sport stars were born again. Our heroes, our five old-young swim stars
with Igor Rasula
at the top formed a new team with the same name Swim
Star 2000 for the second time |
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love for swimming overcame many difficulties. It was stronger than any
war terror, bombs, pour conditions, especially cold water in their pool.
They had thought if they would get luck, a new Club's life might be born
again. |
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finally, on September 20, 1999 the new Swim
Star 2000 swimming team started again
this time by the official registering in the membeship of the Yugoslav
Swimming Federation, Belgrade... |
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since
September 01, 2005, former Coach assistant of our Club, the absolvent of
P.E. Faculty, University of Belgrade