Novica Čanović (Serbian Cyrillic: Новица Чановић; 29 November 1961 – 3 July 1993) was a Serbian high jumper[1] who represented SFR Yugoslavia during his active career.
[2] He finished fifteenth at the 1983 European Indoor Championships[3] and won the gold medal at the 1987 Mediterranean Games.
[2] Čanović became Yugoslavian high jump champion in 1982, 1983, 1984, 1986 and 1987, rivalling with Danial Temim, Hrvoje Fižuleto and Sašo Apostolovski.
[6] He still holds the high jump record in Croatia (senior 228, junior 218 cm and indoor senior 228 cm) as he competed for Croatian AC Slavonija Osijek.
[1] He died in July 1993 in Knin as a soldier of the Army of the Republic of Serbian Krajina.