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Milica Mandić

Milica Mandić (Serbian Cyrillic: Милица Мандић, born 6 December 1991) is a Serbian taekwondo athlete. She is a two-time Olympic champion in the +67 kg category, as well as World champion in the same category.

Milica Mandić
Mandić in 2016 during press conference
Personal information
NationalitySerbian
Born (1991-12-06) 6 December 1991 (age 32)
Belgrade, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
Height6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight175 lb (79 kg)
Sport
CountrySerbia
SportTaekwondo
EventMiddleweight
ClubTK Galeb
Coached byDragan Jović
Medal record

Career edit

Mandić 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 the 2016 Summer Olympics she was eliminated in quarterfinals by British Bianca Walkden. At 2017 World Taekwondo Championships she won gold medal, beating South Korean Oh Hye-ri.[5] In April 2020, she announced that she will retire after the 2020 Summer Olympics.[6] At the 2020 Summer Olympics, which were held one year later due to COVID-19 pandemic, she won her second gold medal (first for Serbia in Tokyo 2020) against South Korean Lee Da-bin.[7][8]

Hall of Fame edit

Mandić and her trainer Dragan Jović were included in the Taekwondo Hall of Fame at the 2013 Ceremony in Las Vegas.[9] 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.

Personal life edit

She is a big fan of KK Partizan.

References edit

  1. ^ "Competition Results". wtf.org. Retrieved 15 August 2012.
  2. ^ . gbtaekwondo.co.uk. Archived from the original on 12 July 2012. Retrieved 15 August 2012.
  3. ^ "Serbia woman wins taekwondo gold". August 11, 2012.
  4. ^ "Milica Mandić has an eternal place in Serbia's history books". Inside the Games. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
  5. ^ "2017 WTF World Taekwondo Championships Day 6: Golds Won by Germany, Serbia and Niger". www.worldtaekwondo.org.
  6. ^ Ž., V. (13 April 2020). "Milica Mandić: Kraj karijere posle Tokija". danas.rs (in Serbian). Retrieved 27 July 2021.
  7. ^ "Olympics-Taekwondo-Serbia's Mandic wins women's +67kg gold medal". reuters.com. 27 July 2021. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
  8. ^ "Milica Mandić je olimpijska šampionka!". b92.net (in Serbian). 27 July 2021. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
  9. ^ . sport.blic.rs. Archived from the original on 17 October 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2013.

External links edit

  • Milica Mandić at TaekwondoData.com
  • Milica won medal at World Championship-article in Serbian
  • Milica won medal at European championship-article in Serbian
  • Milica Mandić at Olympedia  
  • Milica Mandić at Olympics.com
  • Milica Mandić at the Olimpijski Komitet Srbije () (in Serbian)
  • Milica Mandić on Facebook  
Awards and achievements
Preceded by   The Best Athlete of Serbia
2012
Succeeded by

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