| Petronije Zimonjić | |
| Position: | Strength and conditioning coach |
| Nationality: | Serbian |
| Birth Date: | 31 December 1942 |
| Birth Place: | Čačak, German-occupied Serbia |
| Death Place: | Belgrade, Serbia |
| Cyears1: | 1978–1979 |
| Cteam1: | Crvena zvezda Women (conditioning) |
| Cteam2: | OKK Beograd (conditioning) |
| Cyears3: | 1992–1994 |
| Cteam3: | Crvena zvezda (conditioning) |
| Cyears4: | 1997–2000 |
| Cteam4: | Beobanka (conditioning) |
| Cyears5: | 2000–2006 |
| Cteam5: | Partizan (conditioning) |
| Cyears6: | 2010–2011 |
| Cteam6: | Crvena zvezda (conditioning) |
Petronije "Pera" Zimonjić (Serbian: Петроније "Пера" Зимоњић; 31 December 1942 – 9 January 2021) was a Serbian professional basketball strength and conditioning coach.
In the 1978–79 season, Zimonjić was a strength and conditioning coach for the Crvena zvezda women's team under head coach Strahinja Alagić that won the FIBA Women's European Champions Cup (now EuroLeague Women).[1] [2]
Between 1992 and 1994, Zimonjić was a strength and conditioning coach for the Crvena zvezda men's team under head coach Vladislav Lučić that won two National titles, 1992–93 and 1993–94. Later, in the 2010–11 season, he was a strength and conditioning coach for the Zvezda under head coach Mihailo Uvalin.[1] [2] [3]
Zimonjić worked as a strength and conditioning coach for OKK Beograd, Beobanka, and Partizan.[4] [5] He joined Partizan in November 2000.[6] Also, he was a member of the Duško Vujošević coaching staff in Partizan.[7]
In 1995, Zimonjić was a strength and conditioning coach for the Yugoslavia national team under head coach Dušan Ivković that won a gold medal at EuroBasket 1995 in Greece.[1] [2] [8]
He was a father of Predrag "Bata" Zimonjić, a basketball strength and conditioning coach, a long-time assistant to Željko Obradović.[9] [10] [11] He was a grandfather of Bogdan Zimonjić, a basketball player who played for Dynamic BG and currently playing college basketball for the Florida Atlantic Owls.[12] [13]