Milena Rašić (Serbian Cyrillic: Милена Рашић; born 25 October 1990) is a Serbian former professional volleyball player. She played for the Serbia women's national volleyball team. She won a silver medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics and also competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics.[1][2] She won a bronze medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics. She is 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) tall.
Milena Rašić | |||||
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Nationality | Serbian | ||||
Born | Pristina, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia | 25 October 1990||||
Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||||
Weight | 75 kg (165 lb) | ||||
Spike | 315 cm (124 in) | ||||
Block | 310 cm (122 in) | ||||
Volleyball information | |||||
Position | Middle blocker | ||||
Current club | Vakifbank Istanbul | ||||
Number | 16 | ||||
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Career
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Having been part of the Serbian team that finished in last place at the London Olympics, Rašić was part of the Serbian team that won the silver medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[2]
Rašić won the 2016–17 CEV Champions League gold medal with VakıfBank Istanbul when her team defeated the Italian Imoco Volley Conegliano 3-0[3] and she was also awarded Best Middle Blocker.[4] She won the bronze medal of the 2017 FIVB World Grand Prix and the Best Middle Blocker individual award.[5]
Awards
editIndividual awards
edit- 2011 World Grand Prix "Best Spiker"
- 2013 World Grand Prix "Best Middle Blocker"
- 2014–15 CEV Champions League "Best Middle Blocker"
- 2015–16 Turkish Women's Volleyball League "Best Middle Blockers"
- 2016 Olympic Games "Best Middle Blocker"
- 2016 FIVB Club World Championship "Best Middle Blocker"
- 2016–17 CEV Champions League "Best Middle Blocker"
- 2017 World Grand Prix "Best Middle Blocker"
- 2017–18 CEV Champions League "Best Middle Blocker"
- 2018 FIVB World Championship "Best Middle Blocker"
- 2018 FIVB Women's Club World Championship "Best Middle Blocker"
Clubs
edit- 2016–17 CEV Champions League - Champion, with VakıfBank Istanbul
- 2017–18 CEV Champions League - Champion, with VakıfBank
- 2017 Club World Championship - Champion, with VakıfBank
- 2018 Club World Championship - Champion, with VakıfBank
- 2017 Turkish Super Cup - Champion, with VakıfBank
- 2017–18 Turkish League - Champion, with VakıfBank
- 2018–19 Turkish League - Champion, with VakıfBank
- 2019 FIVB Club World Championship – Bronze medal, with VakıfBank
- 2021 Turkish Cup - Champion, with VakıfBank S.K.
- 2020–21 Turkish League - Champion, with VakıfBank
- 2020-21 CEV Champions League - Runner-Up, with Vakıfbank S.K.
Gallery
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Milena Rašić at serve
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Triple block by Milena Rašić, Tijana Bošković and Tijana Malešević
References
edit- ^ "Women's Volleyball". London2012.com. Archived from the original on July 25, 2012. Retrieved July 30, 2012.
- ^ a b "Milena Rasic Bio, Stats, and Results | Olympics at Sports-Reference.com". Archived from the original on 14 January 2020. Retrieved 24 May 2020.
- ^ "VakifBank take 3rd Champions League title after 3-0 win against Imoco". Treviso, Italy: CEV. 2017-04-23. Retrieved 2017-04-23.
- ^ "Champions League: Le migliori della Final Four. Zhu MVP" (in Italian). Volleyball.it. 2017-04-23. Retrieved 2017-04-23.
- ^ "Brazil set all-time record in World Grand Prix wins". Nanjing, China: FIVB. 2017-08-06. Retrieved 2017-08-07.
External links
edit- Milena Rašić at the European Volleyball Confederation
- Milena Rašić at Olympedia
- Milena Rašić at Olympics.com
- Milena Rašić at the Olimpijski Komitet Srbije (former profile) (in Serbian)
- Milena Rašić on Instagram