Miro Steržaj is a Slovene

Slovenia

Slovenia , officially the Republic of Slovenia , is a country in Central and Southeastern Europe touching the Alps and bordering the Mediterranean. Slovenia borders Italy to the west, Croatia to the south and east, Hungary to the northeast, and Austria to the north, and also has a small portion of...

 9 pin bowling player and businessman.

He moved to Ljutomer

Ljutomer

Ljutomer is a municipality in northeastern Slovenia, some 40 km east of Maribor. Traditionally it was part of the region of Styria. It is now included in the Pomurska statistical region....

 when he was 17 years old. From 1950 to 1962 he played in KK Ljutomer. Then he went to a bowling club in Maribor

Maribor

Maribor is the second largest city in Slovenia with 157,947 inhabitants . Maribor is also the largest and the capital city of Slovenian region Lower Styria and the seat of the Municipality of Maribor....

 named KK Branik. In 1974 he came to Radenci

Radenci

Radenci is a town and a municipality on the right bank of the Mura River in the Mura statistical region of northeastern Slovenia. It is a well-known spa town and was first mentioned in written documents dating to 1436. After 1833, when a new source of mineral water was discovered, it developed...

 where he stayed to the present. In 1964 he became the absolute European champion, which means that he won individually, in pairs and in the team (Yugoslavian national team). In 1968 he became World champion in the individual category. With Nikola Dragaš

Nikola Dragaš

Nikola Dragaš is a Croatian 9 pin bowling player. He competed for the KK Medveščak from Zagreb. In 1972, 1974 and 1976 he was World Champion in the individual class. With Miro Steržaj he competed in pairs three times and they were always second. In 1988 he came first with Boris Urbanc in a pairs...

 he competed on the World championship three times in pairs and they were always second.

In 1955 he began to work at a creamery in Ljutomer named Mlekopromet. He was commercial director for 12 years, then he became director. In 1993 he retired. Then he become secretary of the Economic association of milk production (GIZ mlekarstva). In 2003 he retired from work totally.

From 1988 to 1992 he was mayor of Ljutomer.

He is honorary citizen of Ljutomer. He received the Bloudkova nagrada for his sport results, and the Kraigherjeva nagrada for his business efforts.

Sources

http://www.ljnovice.com/default.asp?podrocje=7&menu=7&novica=74876
http://www.kapodol.com/Turnirji_ostali/2004/fullnews0010.html
http://evropa.gov.si/publikacije/evrobilten/evrobilten-20-02/