Milica Mandić

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Milica Mandić
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Personal information
Nationality Serbian
Born (1991-12-06) 6 December 1991 (age 24)
Belgrade, Serbia, Yugoslavia
Residence Belgrade, Serbia
Height 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight 159 lb (72 kg)
Sport
Country  Serbia
Sport Taekwondo
Event(s) Middleweight (−73 kg)
Club TK Galeb
Coached by Dragan Jović

Milica Mandić (Serbian Cyrillic: Милица Мандић, born December 6, 1991 in Belgrade, Serbia, Yugoslavia) is a Serbian taekwondo athlete and the reigning Olympic champion in the +67 kg category.

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]

Taekwondo Hall of Fame[edit]

Milica Mandić and her trainer Dragan Jović were included in the Taekwondo Hall of Fame at the 2013 Ceremony in Las Vegas.[5] She was selected because of her great contribution to the sport in Serbia. Her results, among all the gold medal in Women's +67 kg category at 2012 Summer Olympics in London which is the highest result in the whole region, got her there.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Competition Results". wtf.org. Retrieved 15 August 2012. 
  2. ^ "Results". gbtaekwondo.co.uk. Retrieved 15 August 2012. 
  3. ^ "Serbia woman wins taekwondo gold". August 11, 2012. 
  4. ^ "Olympics taekwondo: Serb Milica Mandic wins country's first gold". BBC Sport. Retrieved 15 August 2012. 
  5. ^ "Milica Mandic at Hall of Fame in Las Vegas". sport.blic.rs. Retrieved 17 October 2013. 

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Awards and achievements
Preceded by
Novak Djokovic
Serbia The Best Athlete of Serbia
2012
Succeeded by
Emir Bekrić