Snežana Pantić (née Perić) (Serbian Cyrillic: Снежана Пантић; born 18 June 1978 in Zrenjanin

Zrenjanin

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, SFR Yugoslavia

Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

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) is a Serbian

Serbs

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 professional karate

Karate

is a martial art developed in the Ryukyu Islands in what is now Okinawa, Japan. It was developed from indigenous fighting methods called and Chinese kenpō. Karate is a striking art using punching, kicking, knee and elbow strikes, and open-handed techniques such as knife-hands. Grappling, locks,...

 competitor. She resides in Belgrade

Belgrade

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. At 172cm and 57kg, Pantić was one of the best world karate competitor.

She has attracted much attention in Serbian media for her appealing looks and her marriage with former FK Partizan

FK Partizan

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 goalkeeper Đorđe Pantić. They got married 2006. after the end of her sports career and have daughter, named Manja. Currently, Snezana Pantic is the member of Athlete Commission in World Karate Federation.

2006 results

• 1st place European Championships (Stavanger, Norway), open category
• 3rd place World Championships (Tampere, Finland), open category

2005 results

• 1st place Mediterranean Games (Almería, Spain),-60 kg category
• 2nd place European championships (Tenerife, Spain) open category
• 1st place World Games (Duisburg, Germany) -60kg category

2004 results

• 2nd place European Championships (Moscow, Russia) -60kg category
• 3rd place European Championships (Moscow, Russia) open category
• 2nd place University World Championships (Belgrade, Serbia)

2003 results

• 2nd place European Championships, team, (Bremen, Germany)
• 1st place Yugoslavian Championships, open category
• 1st place European Club Championships with karate club "Dijamant" (Oviedo, Spain)

2002 results

• 1st place World Championships (Madrid, Spain), open category

• 3rd place Mediterranean Championships (Rijeka, Croatia) -60 kg category
• 3rd place University World Championships (Puebla, Mexico) -60kg category
• 2nd place University World Championships (Puebla, Mexico), team
• 1st place European Club Championships,with karate club "Dijamant" (Giör, Hungary)

2001 results

• 2nd place European Club Championships,with karate club "Dijamant" (Istanbul, Turkey)
• 3rd place Mediterranean Games, (Tunis, Tunis), -60kg category

2000 results

• 1st place Yugoslavian Championship, -60kg category
• 2nd place University World Championship, Kyoto, [Japan],team
• 2nd place European Championships (Istanbul, Turkey) team

1999 results

• 1st place Yugoslavian Championships, -60kg and open category
• 3rd place European Championships (Chalkida, Greece), -60 kg category

External links

• Snežana Pantić's website
• Profile in Ilustrovana Politika