Tadija Kačar
Name: Tadija Kacar
Hometown: Novi Sad, Serbia
Birthplace: Jajce, Bosnia And Herzegovina
Amateur Boxer: Record
Tadija Kačar (born January 16, 1956 in Perućica, Jajce) is a retired boxer from the former Yugoslavia, who represented his native country at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montréal, Canada. There he won the silver medal in the light middleweight division (– 71 kg), after being defeated in the final by Poland's Jerzy Rybicki.
Two years later Kačar captured the silver medal at the second World Championships in Belgrade. He is the older brother of boxer Slobodan Kačar, who won a gold medal at the 1980 Summer Olympics. His nephew Gojko Kačar is a footballer who plays midfield, and competed in the 2008 Olympic games for Serbia, and played on the Serbian national team from 2007 to 2012.
Amateur Highlights
- Won the silver medal as a Light middleweight at the 1976 Olympic Games. Results were:
- Defeated Poul Frandsen (Denmark), 5:0
- Defeated Mohamed Azarhazin (Iran), 5:0
- Defeated Vasile Didea (Romania), 5:0
- Defeated Rolando Garbey (Cuba), 4:1
- Lost to Jerzy Rybicki (Poland), 5:0
- Kačar captured the silver medal at the 1978 World Championships in Belgrade. His results were:
- Defeated Dimitar Lubenov (Bulgaria) 5-0
- Defeated Herbert Bauch (East Germany) 0-5
- Lost to Sixto Soria (Cuba) 1-4