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List Of Serbian Sportspeople
This is a partial list of Serbian sportspeople. For the full plain list of Serbian sportspeople on Wikipedia, see :Serbian sportspeople. Alpine skiing * Jelena Lolović - Universiade Champion * Nevena Ignjatović - Universiade Champion * Marko Đorđević * Marija Trmčić * Strahinja Stanišić * Želimir Vuković Athletics * Franjo Mihalić - Olympic medalist * Ivan Gubijan - Olympic medalist * Ivana Španović - Olympic medalist * Vera Nikolić - 2 times European Champion, former world record holder in 800m * Emir Bekrić * Dragutin Topić * Dragan Perić * Snežana Pajkić * Miloš Srejović * Nenad Stekić * Olivera Jevtić * Olga Gere * Biljana Petrović * Asmir Kolašinac * Slobodan Branković * Dragan Zdravković * Vladimir Milić * Mihail Dudaš * Jovan Lazarević * Biljana Topić * Amela Terzić * Tatjana Jelača Auto racing * Bill Vukovich * Bill Vukovich II * Billy Vukovich III * Pete Romcevich * Dušan Borković * Miloš Pavlović Ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Serbia
Serbia (, ; Serbian language, Serbian: , , ), officially the Republic of Serbia (Serbian language, Serbian: , , ), is a landlocked country in Southeast Europe, Southeastern and Central Europe, situated at the crossroads of the Pannonian Basin and the Balkans. It shares land borders with Hungary to the north, Romania to the northeast, Bulgaria to the southeast, North Macedonia to the south, Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina to the west, and Montenegro to the southwest, and claims a border with Albania through the Political status of Kosovo, disputed territory of Kosovo. Serbia without Kosovo has about 6.7 million inhabitants, about 8.4 million if Kosvo is included. Its capital Belgrade is also the List of cities in Serbia, largest city. Continuously inhabited since the Paleolithic Age, the territory of modern-day Serbia faced Slavs#Migrations, Slavic migrations in the 6th century, establishing several regional Principality of Serbia (early medieval), states in the early Mid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dragutin Topić
Dragutin Topić ( sr-cyr, Драгутин Топић, born 12 March 1971 in Belgrade, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia) is a Serbian former high jumper. Biography Topić is a world junior record holder with 2.37 m, which he set while winning the 1990 World Junior Championships, three weeks before his win at the senior European Championships. In the same year, Topić received the Golden Badge award for best athlete of Yugoslavia. Topić set five national records and claimed four Yugoslav national championships in the men's high jump event. He is a former member of AK Crvena zvezda, where he spent the majority of his career. Topić competed until 2012, and had one of the longest careers in high-level high jump, since he holds not only world junior record with 2.37 m, but also world masters record for the ages over 35 (2.31 m, set in 2009), and over 40 years of age (2.28 m, set in 2012). He competed at eight World Championships, and at six Olympic Games (between 1992 and 2012), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jovan Lazarević
Jovan Lazarević ( sr, Јован Лазаревић, born 3 May 1952) is a retired shot putter who represented SFR Yugoslavia. He won the bronze medal at the 1982 European Indoor Championships, the gold medal at the 1983 Mediterranean Games and the silver medal at the 1987 Mediterranean Games. and finished sixth at the 1984 European Indoor Championships. He became Balkan champion in 1981. He became Yugoslav shot put champion in 1982, 1983, 1987 and 1988. His personal best throw was 20.54 metres, achieved in July 1990 in Minsk Minsk ( be, Мінск ; russian: Минск) is the capital and the largest city of Belarus, located on the Svislach and the now subterranean Niamiha rivers. As the capital, Minsk has a special administrative status in Belarus and is the admi .... (last updated 2001) [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mihail Dudaš
Mihail Dudaš ( sr-cyr, Михаил Дудаш, born 1 November 1989) is a Serbian decathlete and heptathlete. He holds national records in both events. Career He won a bronze medal at the 2008 World Junior Championship and bronze medals at the U23 European Championship in 2009 and 2011. His first senior success was achieved at the 2011 World Championship when he finished 6th with a new national record of 8256 points. Next year he competed at the European Outdoor Championship where he came 4th. Dudaš qualified for the 2012 Olympics but couldn't finish decathlon due to migraine. At the 2013 European Indoor Championship he won his first senior medal, bronze in heptathlon and achieved new national record of 6099 points. He improved national record in decathlon at the 2013 World Championship which now stands 8275 points and it brought him 14th place. He missed entire 2014 season due to surgery of Achilles tendon. He won the bronze medal at the 2016 European Championships. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vladimir Milić
Vladimir Milić ( sr, Владимир Милић; born 23 October 1955) is a retired Serbian shot putter who represented SFR Yugoslavia. He was born in Žegar, SR Croatia, but represented the club AK Crvena Zvezda in Belgrade. He won the gold medal at the 1982 European Indoor Championships, the gold medal at the 1979 Mediterranean Games and the bronze medal at the 1983 Mediterranean Games. He finished eighth at the 1980 Olympic Games, fourth at the 1982 European Championships, fifth at the 1983 European Indoor Championships, ninth at the 1983 World Championships, seventh at the 1986 European Championships, and seventh at the 1987 European Indoor Championships. He became Balkan champion in 1986. He became Yugoslav shot put champion in 1976, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1985 and 1986, and also discus champion in 1976, 1977 and 1978. His personal best throw was 21.19 metres, achieved in August 1982 in Belgrade. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dragan Zdravković
Dragan Zdravković (born 16 December 1959, in Senjski Rudnik) is a Serbian former middle-distance runner. He represented Yugoslavia in international competition from the late 1970s to 1980s, and was a finalist at the 1980 Summer Olympics. Zdravković holds multiple outdoor and indoor Serbian records in athletics. Running career Zdravković initially practiced football as a youngster in Ćuprija, until a school teacher, Aleksandar "Aca" Petrović, suggested that he begin training athletics. Zdravković's youth coaches emphasized gymnastics as a complement to his running workouts. At the age of 21 he made his Olympic debut at the 1980 Summer Olympics. In the men's 1500 meters, he progressed through the qualifying heat and semi-final rounds, but finished last in the finals. In spite of this, he was particularly happy to race with Steve Ovett: On 6 March 1983 Zdravković won the men's men's 3000 meters at the European Indoor Championships. On 15 July 1983 he won the men's 150 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slobodan Branković (athletics)
Slobodan Branković may refer to: * Slobodan Branković (footballer) (born 1963), Serbian former footballer * Slobodan Branković (sprinter) (born 1967), Serbian former Yugoslavian sprinter and athletics administrator {{Hndis, name=Brankovic, Slobodan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asmir Kolašinac
Asmir Kolašinac ( sr-cyr, Асмир Колашинац; born 15 October 1984) is a Serbian shot putter who competed at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, 2012 London Olympics, 2016 Rio Olympics and 2020 Tokyo Olympics. In 2013, Kolašinac was European Indoor Champion in shot put. He is coached by Mišo Đurić and Nikola Tomasović. Career Kolašinac was a finalist at the 2010 European Athletics Championships, where he placed ninth overall. He has competed for Serbia in indoor track and field events, including the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships and the 2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships. Outside of major competitions, he won gold and silver medal at the 2010 and 2012 European Cup Winter Throwing, respectively. He achieved a personal best throw of 20.50 m in Novi Sad in June 2011, becoming the first Serbian track and field athlete to achieve the "A" Standard for the 2012 London Olympic Games. He primarily uses the spin technique. He improved his best to 20. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Biljana Petrović
Biljana Petrović (née Bojović; born 28 February 1961) is a retired Serbian high jumper. She set her personal best on 22 June 1990, jumping 2.00 metres at a meet in Saint-Denis, near . She competed for Yugoslavia at the in |
Olga Gere
Olga Gere-Pulić (Serbian Cyrillic: Олга Гере-Пулић; born September 27, 1942, in Novi Sad, Yugoslavia) is a former Yugoslav high jumper. She won first medal for Yugoslavia at the European Athletics Championships, silver in 1962. Gere represented Yugoslavia at the 1960 and 1964 Summer Olympics The , officially the and commonly known as Tokyo 1964 ( ja, 東京1964), were an international multi-sport event held from 10 to 24 October 1964 in Tokyo, Japan. Tokyo had been awarded the organization of the 1940 Summer Olympics, but this ho ... where she was placed 7th. References Olga Gere-Pulic, Profile on sports-reference 1942 births Living people Sportspeople from Novi Sad Serbian female high jumpers Yugoslav female high jumpers Olympic female high jumpers Olympic athletes for Yugoslavia Athletes (track and field) at the 1960 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1964 Summer Olympics European Athletics Championships medalists Japan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olivera Jevtić
Olivera Jevtić ( sr-Cyrl, Оливера Јевтић, born 24 July 1977) is a Serbian long-distance runner. She has represented her country five times at the Olympics in 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012 and 2016. Running career Jevtić was born in Titovo Užice, Yugoslavia, otherwise known presently as Užice, Serbia. Her parents are father Milorad and mother Draginja. She is based in her native city, coached by Slavoljub "Slavko" Kuzmanović, and she competes for the running club AK Mladost Užice. Jevtić holds the Serbian marathon record of 2:25:23, which she established at the Rotterdam Marathon in 2003. She won the silver medal in the marathon at the 2006 European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden. In December 2007, coach Kuzmanović and Jevtić went on an altitude training trip to Eldoret, Kenya, when violent conflict erupted from the 2007 Kenyan election crisis. Although they wanted to continue working out in spite of the violence, her training partner, Sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nenad Stekić
Nenad Stekić ( sr-Cyrl, Ненад Стекић; 7 March 1951 – 18 July 2021 18. 7. 2021.) was a Serbian and Yugoslav er, best known for his European record of 8.45 metres, second only to Bob Beamon's world record at the time. Career Performances in Europe Nenad Stekić failed on many occasions to determine himself as a major force, but during his 20-year career he won many international medals and setting several national records and one European record. He finished third at the 1970 European Junior Championships in ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
