Milica Mandić
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| Nationality | Serbian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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6 December 1991 Belgrade, Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Residence | Belgrade, Serbia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 159 lb (72 kg) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Serbia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Taekwondo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Middleweight (−73 kg) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | TK Galeb | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Dragan Jović | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Milica Mandić (Serbian Cyrillic: Милица Мандић, born December 6, 1991 in Belgrade, Serbia, Yugoslavia) is a Serbian taekwondo athlete and was the Olympic champion in the +67 kg category.
Career
She won a bronze medal in the middleweight category (under 73 kg) at the 2011 World Taekwondo Championships and a silver medal at the 2012 European Taekwondo Championships.[1][2] At the 2012 Summer Olympics she beat Anne-Caroline Graffe of France in a 9-7 win, becoming the first gold medalist for independent Serbia.[3][4] At 2017 World Taekwondo Championships she won Gold medal, beating South Korean Oh Hye-ri.[5]
Hall of Fame
Milica Mandić and her trainer Dragan Jović were included in the Taekwondo Hall of Fame at the 2013 Ceremony in Las Vegas.[6] She was selected because of her great contribution to the sport in Serbia. Her results, including the gold medal in the 2012 Summer Olympics in London was the highest result in the region.
References
- ↑ "Competition Results". wtf.org. Retrieved 15 August 2012.
- ↑ "Results". gbtaekwondo.co.uk. Archived from the original on 12 July 2012. Retrieved 15 August 2012.
- ↑ "Serbia woman wins taekwondo gold". August 11, 2012.
- ↑ "Olympics taekwondo: Serb Milica Mandic wins country's first gold". BBC Sport. Retrieved 15 August 2012.
- ↑ "2017 WTF World Taekwondo Championships Day 6: Golds Won by Germany, Serbia and Niger". www.worldtaekwondo.org.
- ↑ "Milica Mandic at Hall of Fame in Las Vegas". sport.blic.rs. Archived from the original on 17 October 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2013.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Milica Mandić. |
- Milica Mandić at TaekwondoData.com
- Milica won medal at World Championship-article in Serbian language
- Milica won medal at European championship-article in Serbian language
- London Olympics 2012
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| Preceded by Novak Djokovic |
 2012 |
Succeeded by Emir Bekrić |
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