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6 unusual facts about Vrnjacka Banja


Ljubodrag Simonović

Born in Vrnjačka Banja to parents Jevrem and Ilonka, both of whom worked as hairdressers, young Ljubodrag grew up with an older brother Vladimir.

Maxwell Fuller

Fuller won the Australian Junior Chess Championship in 1963, and represented Australia at the World Junior Chess Championship in Vrnjačka Banja, Yugoslavia later that year.

Srđan Gašić

After retiring he became youth coach of FC Volley from Vrnjačka Banja.

At the beginning of his career, he played for the club FK Goč of Vrnjačka Banja.

Vladimir Belić

In 1996 he graduated from the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering in Belgrade, department of Thermal Engineering, meanwhile he became founder and youth coach of FC Volley from Vrnjačka Banja.

At the beginning of his career, he played for the club Goč of Vrnjačka Banja.


Boško Abramović

Best results: 1st at Lugano 1981; 1st at Pamporovo 1982; 1st at Reykjavík 1982; 1st at Vrnjacka Banja 1983; 1st at Niš 1983; 1st at Belgrade 1984; 1st at Linz 1984; 1st at Paris 1985; 2nd at Montpellier 1986; 1st at Berlin 1990; 1st at Oberwart 1990; 1st at Kladovo 1993; 1st at Bela Crkva 1995; 2nd in the Serbian chess championship 2006.

Milan Matulović

By the 1980s and beyond, his tournament victories had become less frequent, but included Osijek 1980, Borovo 1980, Helsinki 1981 and Vrnjacka Banja 1985.

Vlastimil Jansa

In international tournaments, he has been many times a winner, taking outright or shared first prize at Cerveny Kostelec 1959, Prague 1968, Madonna di Campiglio 1973, Amsterdam 1974, Vrnjacka Banja 1981, Trnava 1982, Borgarnes 1985, Gausdal 1987 (and twice in 1988), Badenweiler 1990, Munster 1992 and Lazne Bohdanec 1997.


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