Miroslav Cerar - Wikipedia

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This article is about the Olympic gymnast. For the Slovenian politician that is his son, see Miro Cerar.

Miroslav Cerar
Miroslav Cerar at the 1964 Olympics
Personal information
Born	28 October 1939 (age 85) Ljubljana, Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Residence	Ljubljana, Slovenia
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	73 kg (161 lb)
Gymnastics career
Discipline	Men's artistic gymnastics
Country represented	Yugoslavia
Medal record Representing  Yugoslavia Olympic Games 1964 Tokyo Pommel horse 1968 Mexico City Pommel horse 1964 Tokyo Horizontal bar World Championships 1962 Prague Pommel horse 1962 Prague Parallel bars 1966 Dortmund Pommel horse 1970 Ljubljana Pommel horse 1958 Moscow Pommel horse 1966 Dortmund Parallel bars European Championships 1961 Luxembourg All-around 1961 Luxembourg Pommel horse 1961 Luxembourg Still rings 1961 Luxembourg Parallel bars 1963 Belgrade All-around 1963 Belgrade Pommel horse 1963 Belgrade Still rings 1963 Belgrade Parallel bars 1965 Anvers Parallel bars 1963 Belgrade Vault 1965 Anvers Floor exercise 1965 Anvers Pommel horse 1961 Luxembourg Vault 1963 Belgrade Floor exercise 1965 Anvers Still rings

Miroslav Cerar (Slovene pronunciation: [ˈmíːrɔslaw ˈtsɛ̀ːrar];^[1] born 28 October 1939) is a Yugoslav former gymnast and lawyer of Slovene ethnicity who won the pommel horse event at the 1964 and 1968 Summer Olympics. He also won three world and nine European championships.^[2]

Domestically, Cerar won 13 national titles and was chosen eight times as Yugoslavia's Athlete of the Year. He was awarded the Olympic Order in Silver by the International Olympic Committee. He was member of the Slovenian Olympic Academy, the Fair Play Commission of the Slovenian Olympic Committee, and the executive committee of the European Fair Play Movement.^[2]

Cerar was married to Zdenka Cerar (née Prusnik), who was the first female State Prosecutor General of the Republic of Slovenia (1999–2004), Minister of Justice (2004) and vice-president of the LDS. In her youth she was twice Youth Champion in gymnastics in Yugoslavia and a member of the Yugoslav team. After she ended her active career, she became a coach and referee.^[3]

Cerar was a student of law and a lawyer for many years. His son Miro Cerar is also a lawyer, and a politician. He was Slovenia's prime minister and head of the SMC party.^[4]

In 1999 Cerar was inducted into the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame,^[5] and in 2011 into the Slovenian Athletes Hall of Fame^[6]

Awards
Preceded by Radivoj Korać Milan Galić	The Best Athlete of Yugoslavia 1961 1963, 1964	Succeeded by Milan Galić Branislav Lončar
Preceded by Radivoj Korać Branislav Lončar Ivo Daneu	Yugoslav Sportsman of the Year 1961–64 1966 1968–70	Succeeded by Branislav Lončar Ivo Daneu Mate Parlov
Olympic Games
Preceded by Radovan Radović	Flagbearer for  Yugoslavia Tokyo 1964	Succeeded by Branislav Simić