SPORT IN SERBIA

Ana Jovanovic II4

Filološka gimnazija Beograd, 2012/2013.

Olimpism Olimpic Games in London Sports results in general

OLYMPISM IN SERBIA

Officially, Olympism in Serbia was established on 23rd February 1910, when the Serbian Olympic Club was founded in Belgrade and that is the first official Olympic organization. Serbia’s first appearance on the Olympic Games was in 1912.

OLIMPIC GAMES IN LONDON

Serbia attended the Olympics in London. This was the nation's third appearance at the Summer Olympics. The Olympic Committee of Serbia sent 115 athletes to the Games. Novak Djokovic was the one to carry the flag of our nation. Serbia left London with a total of four Olympic medals. Taekwondo jin Milica Mandic won Serbia's first gold medal in Serbia’s Olympic history as an independent nation.

OLIMPIC GAMES IN LONDON

-4 MEDALS FROM LONDON: MILICA MANDIC, IVANA MAKSIMOVIC, ANDRIJA ZLATIC, AND OUR WATER POLO TEAM

BASKETBALL TEAM

The greatest successes are the silver medal on the European Championship in 2009 and the fourth place in the World Championship in 2010.

ZVEZDA AND PARTIZAN

The most successful clubs in our league are Crvena Zvezda and Partizan.

VOLLEYBALL TEAMS

WATER POLO TEAM

In 2012 we won European championship. We have won this championship 14 times so far.

Filip Filipovic and Vanja Udovicic have been acknowledged as the best sports players in Europe.

TENNIS

In the first decade of the 21st century tennis has become a popular sport in Serbia.

The most successful tennis players are Novak Djokovic, Janko Tpsarevic, Ana Ivanovic, Jelena Jankovic…

Ana Ivanovic is the first Serbian woman to have gotten the first place on WTA list.

Novak, one of the greatest sports players in the world, has been on the top of the ATP list for 2 years now. In Beijing he won a bronze medal. He is considered to be one of the greatest sports players in the history of Serbian sport.

TENNIS PLAYERS

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