WAKO Presidenten er død

Det er med stor sorg å måtte meddele at WAKO President Borislav Pelevic igår døde av hjerteinfarkt. 

Pelevic var en meget god venn og jeg var med i hans innerste team. Det er vanskelig å sette ord på dette foruten at det er tragisk og mine tanker går til hans familie. 

Nedenfor presemeldingen som var sendt ut igår kveld. 

Dette får ingen praktiske konsekvenser for meg da jeg har klare arbeidsoppgaver og vi er et sterkt team av arbeidende mennesker i WAKO. 

Espen Lund

WAKO Vice-President

 

25th October, 2018

 

Dear Members, Dear Friends, Dear WAKO Family.

 

It is with great sadness and pain, I inform you that in the early hours today Thursday 25th October our president Prof. Borislav Pelevic, died, suddenly at home, in Belgrade Serbia.  Firstly and most importantly my thoughts and prayers are with his family as are yours.  

 

A true leader in our sport, he was born on 22nd November 1956, a professor of Sport Administration and an active professor in Belgrade University.  He was former president of the nationalist Party of Serbian Unity and a member of the Serbian Parliament.

 

The President as most of us know, had triple bypass surgery in April and was recovering well, but on significant medication and his health was growing. Yet less than three weeks after that he was at the SportAccord Convention in Bangkok, his commitment to the ongoing development in our sport was inspirational. He ALWAYS put the sport first.

 

He was founder and president of the Serbian Kickboxing federation and brought the sport to this country.  He was a WAKO IF board member and elected to the presidency of WAKO in 2015.

 

I, We on the board and you our members, have lost a very close and dear friend, somebody that had a passion and drive for life.  He will be missed.  Funeral arrangements will be forwarded at a later date.

 

Respectfully Yours,

 

Roy Baker WAKO VP WAKO EUROPE President