SERBIAN INSTITUTE OF SPORT AND SPORTS MEDICINE YEARS Belgrade 2016 Content 06 Minister `s Foreword 75 A word by a champion 08 Director`s Foreword 76 Vanja Udovičić 12 Chronology 82 Predrag Peruničić 27 Formation of the Institute 86 Tanja Petrović 33 Place in the history of sports 90 Aleksandar Šoštar 36 Institute for school children 94 Nebojša Popović 40 Sport for everybody 98 Ivana Maksimović Anđušić 44 Professional sport 102 Vlade Divac 48 Doctors in sport 106 Milena Relјin Tatić 50 Sports 110 Slavko Obadov infrastructure 114 Đorđe Višacki 52 Our vision 118 Jasna Šekarić 56 Our mission 122 Dane Korica 58 Our values 126 Vladimir Batez 62 Our goals 04 CONTENT 141 Partners of the Institute 143 Ministry for Youth and Sports 146 The city of Belgrade 148 Anti-Doping Agency (ADAS) 149 Olympic Committee of Serbia (OKS) 151 Sports Association of Serbia (SSS) 165 Institute today 167 Modern Institutions 168 Infrastructure of the Institute 174 Sports-medical examinations 179 Assessment of psychological status 180 Motor skills tests and diagnostics in sport 183 Physical medicine and rehabilitation 184 Recreation 186 INDOK 187 Library 188 Master records 190 Supervision over professional work in sports 193 “Trim” Hotel 197 Sports Camp “Karataš” 200 Cooperation 213 List of employees CONTENT 05 Minister’s Foreword In the area of sport today’s success is yesterday’s story and all knowledge rapidly becomes obsolete. This makes the way to top results complex and unpredictable. Exchange of experiences, scientific and technical cooperation between the Institute of Sport and Sports Medicine and other European and international institutions of its kind is a prerequisite for achieving top results. Nuances are decisive factors in the process of preparation, planning and reaching top results. However, the only real priority on the way towards the ultimate goal – the best results – is the health of athletes. 06 INTRODUCTION The doors of the Institute have always been opened to all athletes. The Institute is one of the major pillars of Serbian sport. The fact that it has existed for six decades makes it one of the oldest institutions of sports and sports medicine in the world. This fact reflects greatly the quality of the Institute of Sport and Sports Medicine and indicates how essential it is as an institution in the system of Serbian sport. All of this speaks in favor of the significant role and importance of the Serbian Institute of Sport and Sports Medicine. Vanja Udovičić Minister of Youth and Sports MINISTER’S FOREWORD 07 Director’s Foreword The Institute of Sport and Sports Medicine of the Republic of Serbia has come a long way, in every sense. It was conceptually based within the framework of the Sports Institute in 1953, but it actually began to work in 1956 as an administrative institution. Six turbulent decades have passed since then, during which everything changed. The country that founded the Institute, Yugoslavia, no longer exists. In line with political changes, the Institute was changing its name and geographical scope of work. 08 INSTITUTE OF SPORT Despite the difficulties caused by social friction, it has managed to preserve what makes it widely recognized today – the leading place in the world of sport and sports medicine in the region and beyond. Social and economic changes have affected the overall surroundings and social environment, including the Institute. There have been years with minimum conditions for work, but despite this, our results exceeded all expectations. When you have great experts in various fields in one place, people who love their job and are doing it excellently, when you are working with those who truly need you, especially with young people and with top athletes, you do not have the right to give up. You have an obligation to keep going. Thus, the Institute of Sport and Sports Medicine of the Republic of Serbia, and we in it, keep going. INTRODUCTION 09 Every day we do our best to enable our citizens, children, recreational athletes, top athletes and those who dream to become that, to engage in sport in a healthy and safe way. For sixty years we have been trying to be better and we are continuously working on making everything around us better, to have our athletes more successful and our children healthier. Numerous medals and awards testify to our success, to the joy of all citizens. The pages before you are not the history and formal pre- sentation of data. This is the story of an institution that lasts and has never stopped growing, hoping and believing it can do better. There are also testimonies of our famous athletes, personal experience of the Institute written by those who have achieved the world’s biggest successes in their sports. Due to the nature and limitations of this publication, we did not have room for all, and there- fore we apologize to those 10 INSTITUTE OF SPORT who could not be specifically mentioned on this occasion. On the occasion of the great jubilee, as the Director of this prestigious institution, is my honor to be a part of the sports tradition of Serbia. And the Institute of Sport and Sports Medicine is an integral part of this tradition. The responsibility that such an honor entails I share with a great team of people who work at the Institute, and on this occasion I want to thank everyone who has contributed that we are where we are. We celebrate our 60th birthday in the company of those with whom we have worked together, exchanged knowledge and experience, and with whom we go further in good faith. Mr Goran Bojović Director of the Institute of Sport and Sports Medicine of the Republic of Serbia INTRODUCTION 11 Chronology SPORTS INSTITUTE OF THE SPORTS FEDERAL INSTITUTE ASSOCIATION OF YUGOSLAVIA OF PHYSICAL CULTURE April 23, 1953 – March 9, 1956 9 March 1956 – 12 March 1963 The Institute of Sport worked successfully for sev- eral years, but it was clear that a larger institution with more authority was needed. The Sports Association of Yugoslavia ended the work of the Institute, and at the same time the Federal Ex- ecutive Council adopted the Decree on the establish- ment of the Federal Institute Sports Association of Yugoslavia, at its sixth meeting, on of Physical Culture. The In- 13 and 14 December 1952, decided to establish its Sports stitute was established on 9 Institute. Main tasks: improving physical culture in the March 1956 as an admin- broadest sense, improving the work of sports organizations. istrative institution. It took The headquarters of the Institute was in Gračanička Street over the staff and assets of 18 in Belgrade. The limited space hindered the work, and the Institute, continuing its the idea of building a suitable multi-functional sports and work with expanded ca- research complex appeared right there. Preliminary design pacities. In 1962, the Insti- was done in 1955. tute moved to a newly built sports and research com- plex in Košutnjak. 12 INTRODUCTION FEDERAL INSTITUTE YUGOSLAV INSTITUTE OF OF PHYSICAL CULTURE PHYSICAL CULTURE (JZFK) 9 March 1956 – 12 March 1963 12 March 1963 – 27 November 1969 Social and ideological changes were reflected on the In- stitute as well. The new regulation of the Federal Executive Council from 2 March 1963 changed the status and name of the Institute. It continues to operate as an independent insti- tution under the name Yugoslav Institute of Physical Culture. These changes prevented the fulfillment of legal rights and obligations of the founders toward the Institute. Upon agree- ment between the Federation, the Republic and the City, the founding rights and obligations in the Institute were trans- ferred to Belgrade. The In- stitute is not only the user of material assets, but it also has the right to man- age them. In the period from 1967 to 1972, the complex of outdoor swim- ming pools “Košutnjak” was built, for the World Championships in swim- ming, water polo and div- ing, and Belgrade in 1973. CHRONOLOGY 13 YUGOSLAV INSTITUTE OF PHYSICAL CULTURE AND YUGOSLAV INSTITUTE OF PHYSICAL SPORT MEDICINE (JZFKMS) CULTURE AND SPORT MEDICINE (JZFKMS) 5 December 1969 – May 1971 28 May 1971 – 17 December 1996 Self-management took root at the Institute as well, and on 28 May 1971 the Agreement on Self-Management was signed. Three independent organizations At the end of 1969, new Yugoslav Institute of Phys- of associated labor were estab- ical Education was founded. The activity was extend- lished: the Institute of Physical ed to health care of athletes. The change was a re- Culture, Institute of Sport Medi- sult of the merger of the Institute and the City Sports cine and Sports, and Sports Cen- Dispensary. Both institutions were dissolved, and a new, unique one was established, responsible also for health aspects of sports. 14 INTRODUCTION YUGOSLAV INSTITUTE OF PHYSICAL THE REPUBLIC INSTITUTE OF SPORTS CULTURE AND SPORT MEDICINE (JZFKMS) 17 December 1996 – 31 March 2011 28 May 1971 – 17 December 1996 Pursuant to the Law on Sports from December 1996, the Republic Institute of Sport was established, which took over all employees and property of JZFKMS. On this occasion, the Institute of Physical Culture of Vo- jvodina and the Institute of Physical Culture of Kosovo and Metohija merged with the Institute. Founder of the Republic Institute of Sport was the Republic of Serbia. ter “Košutnjak”. Funding regu- lar activities of the Institute was decreased, and consolidation of work started only in 1974. The financing problems, and later po- litical changes, led to collapse of the work of the Institute, which tried to stabilize the situation from 1981 on. Revitalization of the work was gradual.