Milica Mandić
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| Nationality | Serbian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 6 December 1991 Belgrade, Serbia, Yugoslavia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 159 lb (72 kg) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Serbia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Taekwondo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | 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 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
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
- ^ "Competition Results". wtf.org. Retrieved 15 August 2012.
- ^ "Results". gbtaekwondo.co.uk. 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.
- ^ "Milica Mandic at Hall of Fame in Las Vegas". sport.blic.rs. Retrieved 17 October 2013.
External links
- at Taekwondo Data
- Milica won medal at World Championship-article in Serbian language
- Milica won medal at European championship-article in Serbian language
- London Olympics 2012
- 1991 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Belgrade
- Serbian sportswomen
- Serbian taekwondo practitioners
- Olympic taekwondo practitioners of Serbia
- Taekwondo practitioners at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Olympic medalists in taekwondo
- Olympic gold medalists for Serbia
- Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Female taekwondo practitioners