| Personal information | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Born | 17 April 1955 Zhazha, Mitrovica, SFR Yugoslavia (present-day Zhazha, Zveçan, Kosovo) | |||||||||||
| Died | 9 May 2022 (aged 67) United States | |||||||||||
| Weight | 91 kg (201 lb) | |||||||||||
| Sport | ||||||||||||
| Sport | Boxing | |||||||||||
| Club | Akumulatori (1971–1973) Prishtina (1973–1986) | |||||||||||
| Coached by | Lah Nimani | |||||||||||
| Retired | 1986 | |||||||||||
Medal record
| ||||||||||||
Xhevdet Peci (17 April 1955 - 9 May 2022) was a Yugoslav former heavyweight boxer and coach. With KB Prishtina he was declared champion many times. [1]
Xhevdet Peci was born on 17 April 1955 in the village Zhazhë (back then part of the Mitrovica municipality now Zveçan municipality). He finished the primary school in Mitrovica. He started boxing at the age of 16 for KB Akumulatori from Mitrovica. He then moved to KB Prishtina in 1973–1974. He won five titles there. He won four times the Yugoslavian championship in heavyweight and two times the Balkan championship. Xhevdet Peci ended his career in 1986 after a fight in Podgorica where he beat the Serbian referee after a questionable decision. [1] [2]
He died in 2022 in the United States. [3]
Mitrovica, also referred to as South Mitrovica, is a city in northern Kosovo and administrative center of the District of Mitrovica. In 2013, the city was split into two municipalities, South Mitrovica and North Mitrovica. Settled 10 km (6.2 mi) from Ujmani/Gazivoda Lake, on the confluence of the rivers Ibër, Sitnicë, Lushta, and Trepça, the city is surrounded by the mountains of Kopaonik, Rogozna, Mokna, and Çyçavica. According to the 2011 Census, the two municipalities had 97,686 inhabitants of which 85,360 reside in south and 12,326 in north.
Peja or Peć is the fourth most populous city in Kosovo and serves as the seat of the Peja Municipality and the District of Peja. It is located in the Rugova region on the eastern section of the Accursed Mountains along the Lumbardhi i Pejës River in the western part of Kosovo.
Fadil Avdullah Vokrri was a Kosovan football administrator and formerly Yugoslav player.
Klubi Futbollistik Trepça, commonly known as KF Trepça, is a professional football club based in the southern part of Mitrovica, Kosovo. The club currently plays in the First Football League of Kosovo in Group A. KF Trepça was founded in 1932.
The Football Superleague of Kosovo, also known as the ALBI MALL Superleague of Kosovo for sponsorship reasons with Albi Mall, is the top level of the Kosovar football league system. The Superleague is organized by the Football Federation of Kosovo and the division currently has a 10-team format. The clubs play each other four times during the season for a 36-match schedule. At the end of the season, the bottom two teams in the division are relegated to the second tier, First Football League of Kosovo.
Pristina is the capital and largest city of Kosovo. It is the administrative center of the eponymous municipality and district.
Sport in Kosovo is a tradition and plays a prominent role. Popular sports in Kosovo include football, basketball, volleyball, handball, and rugby, whereas major individual sports include wrestling, judo, swimming, boxing, karate and skiing.
Agim Ramadani also known with nickname "KATANA", was an Albanian commander of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA), an ethnic Albanian paramilitary organization that sought the independence of Kosovo from Serbia. He was killed in action during the Battle of Košare. After the war, he was declared Hero of Kosovo.
Liridon Ilaz Leci is a Kosovan professional football manager and former player who is the manager of Kosovo First League club Flamurtari.
Klubi i Basketbollit Trepça is a professional basketball club based in Mitrovicë, Kosovo. The club competes domestically in the Kosovo Basketball Superleague and Kosovo Cup and internationally in the Fiba Europe Cup. Trepça is one of the most successful clubs in Kosovo, Trepça has won 5 National Championships, 7 Kosovo Basketball Cups, 3 Kosovo Supercups, 1 Liga Unike and 1 Liga Unike Supercup.
Prishtina is the epicenter of sport in Kosovo, where activity is organized across amateur and professional levels, sport organizations and clubs, regulated by the Kosovo Olympic Committee and the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport. Prishtina is known for their success in Sports such as Football, Boxing, Basketball and Futsal. They compete for five seasons in the Yugoslav First League between 1983 and 1988 in which their best finish came in their first ever season in 1983-84 finishing in 8th place. In the same season they reached the Mitropa Cup finals of 1983–84, were FC Prishtina finished Runners up to Eisenstadt from Austria. as well as reaching the semifinals in the Yugoslav Cup in 1987-88.
Xhevdet Shabani is a Kosovar former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He is nicknamed as "Rrapa".
Sabit Uka was a Kosovar Albanian author and noted historian.
Drilon Hajrizi is a Kosovan professional basketball player and he is currently playing with the Trepça of the Kosovo Basketball Superleague.
The 2018–19 FC Drita season was the 19th consecutive edition of Football Club Drita in the topflight of Kosovar football, and contested in Football Superleague of Kosovo and Kosovar Cup.
The Bujan Conference was a political assembly held between December 31st, 1943 and January 2nd, 1944 in Bujan, a village in the Highlands of Gjakova. It was attended by 49 delegates from the Communist Party of Albania and the Communist Party of Yugoslavia. The organization of the conference was fueled by the main political goal among Kosovo Albanians in that era which was self-determination and reunification of Kosovo with Albania. The main resolution voted in Bujan called for the unification of the Socialist Republic of Albania and Kosovo after the end of WWII. The resolution of Bujan was abandoned after German retreat from the Balkans. Kosovo remained part of Yugoslavia, as an autonomous region of SR Serbia. The first uprising against the new Yugoslav regime began in late 1944, a few weeks after Yugoslav leadership made it clear that the unification of Kosovo with Albania would not occur after the war.
KH Trepça is a handball team based Mitrovica. KH Trepça competes in the Kosovar Superliga and Cup.
The 2010–11 Techno Market Superliga was the 17th season of the Kosovo Basketball Superleague, also called Market Techno Superleague in its sponsored identity it's the highest professional basketball league in Kosovo.
Ferit Zekolli is a Kosovan former professional basketball player who played as a center. He is considered to be one of the best Albanian basketball players. Since 2021, he is the vice-president of Prishtina.
Ukshin Nuhë Peci, known as Ukshin Kovaçica, was an Albanian nationalist and Balli Kombëtar commander in Kosovo during World War II. He was one of the most notable fighters in the region Shala e Bajgorës.
