Sport in Serbia
Sport in Serbia includes football, basketball, handball, tennis, volleyball, and water polo.
Among the first events on the territory of Serbia was the race held in 1906 on the route Valjevo-Jovanje, and in 1908 the Gymnastics Association "Dusan Silni" founded the first athletic section.
From the athletic competitions, the Belgrade Marathon and the memorial rally in honor of Artur Takač are held every year.
At the Chess Olympics in 1950, the Yugoslavia national team won a gold medal, and among the Serbian chess players in the national team were Petar Trifunović and Svetozar Gligorić, who won medals at other Olympics, as well as at European championships.
The greatest success of a Serbian competitor at the international level is the silver medal of Selena Trajković, under the flag of Yugoslavia, from the Mediterranean Games in 1979 in Split in the platform discipline.
The most successful Serbian swordswoman is Tamara Savić-Šotra, a triple participant in the Olympic Games under the flag of FR Yugoslavia.
The greatest success of the Serbian leadership since the independence of Serbia in 2006 is the bronze medal at the Mediterranean Games in Mersin in 2013, which was won by Smiljka Rodić.
The director of the Serbian Great Orthodox Gymnasium in Novi Sad, Djordje Natosevic, introduced classes and descriptive assessment.
At the same championship, Mirjana Bilić became the European champion in all-around and on the floor, and she also won bronze on the beam.
As for rhythmic gymnastics, Milena Reljin took 5th place at the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles, and Danijela Simić 10.
The best results in kayaking and canoeing were achieved at the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles, when Mirko Nišović won a gold medal in the double canoe at 500 (S-2) and a silver at 1000, and Milan Janić won silver in the single kayak.
Later, they changed their citizenship, Mićo and Stjepan joined the Croatian national team, and Nataša competes under the Hungarian flag, for which she won medals.
Ognjen Filipović, Dragan Zorić, Bora Sibinkić and Milan Đenandić were trophy four-seater in a kayak.
Dušan Borković won the title of champion in the European Mountain Racing Championship in 2012, winning eight of the eleven races.A year earlier, he took third place.
Besides them, Goran Nedeljković, Miloš Tomić, Nenad Babović, Dušan Bogićević and Veselin Savić won medals at competitions.
She continued her success in Barcelona in 1992, Sydney in 2000, and Athens in 2004, winning three silver medals in the air pistol disciplines.
Damir Mikec and Zorana Arunović won the gold medal in 2024 Olympic Games in the mixed 10 metre air pistol team In addition to them, the shooters who won Olympic medals from Serbia are: World records in the triple jump were broken by Vladimir Grozdanović and Mirjana Mašić (European Championship and double championship in air rifles), and in air rifles Srećko Pejović (silver with European Championship) and Ten Sasen-on foot, gold with European Championship.
1, member of the International Tennis Hall of Fame, won eight Grand Slam singles titles (while representing FR Yugoslavia).
Aleksandar Nikolić and Ranko Žeravica were received from the coaches, and Obrad Belošević from the basketball referees.
[5] Dragan Džajić was officially recognized as "the best Serbian player of all times" by the Football Association of Serbia,[when?]
Serbia national youth football teams have won 2013 U-19 European Championship and 2015 U-20 World Cup.
In addition, the Serbian football players who won the Champions League with their clubs are Velibor Vasović, Boriša Đorđević, Vladimir Jugović, Perica Ognjenović, Nemanja Vidić, Dejan Stanković, Branislav Ivanović and Luka Jović and in women's football Jovana Damnjanović.
Serbia hosted the 2012 European Championship in men's competition where the Serbian national team won second place and a silver medal.
Students who have studied in Hungary, Austria and Germany, where this sport has already been developed, are most responsible for the arrival of water polo.
Serbian sports athletes are regular participants in the Winter Olympics, but as of 2022 Serbia has not yet won a single medal.
The largest ski centers in Serbia are located on Kopaonik, Zlatibor and Stara Planina.
She won silver at the 2007 European Youth Olympic Festival in Haki, which is also the only international medal in winter sports under the Serbian flag, participates in the World Cup and regularly wins points.The first snowboarding park in Serbia was opened on Kopaonik in 2012.The Serbian bobsled team competed in the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympics, where it finished 25th.
Zeljko Dimitrijevic broke the world record in shot put in 2012 and won the Paralympic gold.
Miroslav Jančić was a member of the team, but he also competed in athletics and won gold in pentathlon, as well as silver in javelin throw and bronze in fast walking.
The greatest successes in swimming were achieved by Nenad Krišanović, who won gold and two silver medals, and Jovo Cvetanovski was the world champion.
