Milenko Zorić
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| Nationality | Serbian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 2 April 1989 Sanski Most, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 73 kg (161 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Serbia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Canoe sprint | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Milenko Zorić (Serbian Cyrillic: Миленко Зорић, born 2 April 1989) is a Serbian sprint canoer.
Biography
[edit]At the 2016 Summer Olympics, he won with Marko Tomićević a silver team medal in the men's K-2 1000 m event.[1] He also competed in the K-4 1000 m in Rio. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he competed in the K-4 1000 m only.[1]
He won a bronze medal in the K-2 1000 m event at the 2015 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Milan with Tomićević.[2]
He and Tomićević won silver 2017 European Sprint Canoe Championships and bronze at the 2016 European Sprint Canoe Championships.[3] He won a bronze medal in the K-4 1000 m event at the 2012 Canoe Sprint European Championships in Zagreb.[4]
He took up canoeing in 1999.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Milenko Zoric Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
- ^ "2015 ICF Sprint Canoeing World Championships" (PDF). canoe2015.microplustiming.com. 1 October 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 October 2016. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
- ^ "Moscow 2016 European Sprint Canoe Championships" (PDF). canoeicf.com. 25 June 2016. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
- ^ a b "Milenko Zoric". ICF - Planet Canoe. 4 August 2016. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
External links
[edit]- Milenko Zorić at the International Canoe Federation
- Milenko Zorić at Olympedia
- Milenko Zorić at Olympics.com
- Milenko Zorić at the Olimpijski Komitet Srbije (former profile) (in Serbian)
Categories:
- 1989 births
- Living people
- People from Sanski Most
- Sportspeople from Una-Sana Canton
- Serbian male canoeists
- Olympic canoeists for Serbia
- Canoeists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Canoeists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Olympic silver medalists for Serbia
- Olympic medalists in canoeing
- Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- European Games competitors for Serbia
- ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in kayak
- Canoeists at the 2015 European Games
- Canoeists at the 2019 European Games
- Competitors at the 2013 Mediterranean Games
- Mediterranean Games competitors for Serbia
- European champions for Serbia