Milan Ercegan (April 18, 1916 – January 11, 2011) was a Yugoslav sports manager, president of International wrestling federation (FILA) for 30 years (from 1972 to 2002) and Honorary President for life of FILA.
Further ; he opened the door to Russian Sambo Wrestling in 1968 and managed a book written by Shozo SASAHARA (1972).
He more particularly started the "FILA Golden Plan" whose goal was to provide technical assistance for developing countries.
At the end of his term in 2002, about a hundred wrestling mats and a considerable number of books, magazines, videos and other pedagogic tools were distributed for free to National Federations.
He also introduced new competitions to the FILA calendar (notably the junior World Championships and cadet Continental Championships) and revolutionized the world of wrestling by admitting female wrestling as a full-fledged discipline within FILA and its National Federations.