Table Tennis Player. Born in Yugoslavia, he immigrated to Canada in the 1970s. Kosanovic was a member of the Yugoslavian Table Tennis Team, along with Anton Stipancic, Milivoj Karakasevic, and Dragutin Surbek, which won the Silver Medal behind China in the 1975 World Championships, and a Gold Medal at the 1976 European Championships. He was a 5 times Yugoslavian Singles Champion from 1975 to 1979. At one time he ranked #7 in the world. He was undefeated in the first few years of his career against all North American competitors including Eric Boggan, Danny Seemiller, and Joe Ng. In 1981 and 1983 at the Commonwealth Games, he was a Triple Silver Medalist in Singles, Doubles, and Mixed Doubles. He also competed in the 1982 US Open, despite terrible back pain he suffered the day before. He defeated Mikael Appelgren 21-19 in the 5th, and went onto take the title. He was 5 times the Canadian Champion and several times the North American Champion, mainly in the late 1970s and early 1980s. In the early 1980s he led the Ontario team that included, Joe Ng, Derek Wall, and Errol Caetano, to a US Open Championship. He later went on and coached the Ontario Tennis Table Association in the early 1980s. After retiring, he continued coaching such teams as, the Canadian Maccabiah, and Table Tennis Teams in the Jewish Olympics every four years, winning 4th in 1985, and winning a Bronze Medal in 1989, a Bronze in Mixed Doubles, and a Silver in Men's Doubles. From 1994 to 1998, he ran the soccer and table tennis programs at the all boys privat school, Upper Canada College. He died in February 1998, at the of 42, when he suddenly collapsed while playing soccer.
Table Tennis Player. Born in Yugoslavia, he immigrated to Canada in the 1970s. Kosanovic was a member of the Yugoslavian Table Tennis Team, along with Anton Stipancic, Milivoj Karakasevic, and Dragutin Surbek, which won the Silver Medal behind China in the 1975 World Championships, and a Gold Medal at the 1976 European Championships. He was a 5 times Yugoslavian Singles Champion from 1975 to 1979. At one time he ranked #7 in the world. He was undefeated in the first few years of his career against all North American competitors including Eric Boggan, Danny Seemiller, and Joe Ng. In 1981 and 1983 at the Commonwealth Games, he was a Triple Silver Medalist in Singles, Doubles, and Mixed Doubles. He also competed in the 1982 US Open, despite terrible back pain he suffered the day before. He defeated Mikael Appelgren 21-19 in the 5th, and went onto take the title. He was 5 times the Canadian Champion and several times the North American Champion, mainly in the late 1970s and early 1980s. In the early 1980s he led the Ontario team that included, Joe Ng, Derek Wall, and Errol Caetano, to a US Open Championship. He later went on and coached the Ontario Tennis Table Association in the early 1980s. After retiring, he continued coaching such teams as, the Canadian Maccabiah, and Table Tennis Teams in the Jewish Olympics every four years, winning 4th in 1985, and winning a Bronze Medal in 1989, a Bronze in Mixed Doubles, and a Silver in Men's Doubles. From 1994 to 1998, he ran the soccer and table tennis programs at the all boys privat school, Upper Canada College. He died in February 1998, at the of 42, when he suddenly collapsed while playing soccer.
Bio by: The Silent Forgotten
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