Milenko Zorić (Serbian Cyrillic: Миленко Зорић, born 2 April 1989) is a Serbian sprint canoer.

Milenko Zorić
Personal information
NationalitySerbian
Born (1989-04-02) 2 April 1989 (age 35)
Sanski Most, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia
Height1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight73 kg (161 lb)
Sport
CountrySerbia
SportCanoe sprint
Medal record
Men's canoe sprint
Representing  Serbia
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2016 Rio de Janeiro K-2 1000 m
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2017 Račice K-2 1000 m
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Milan K-2 1000 m
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Montemor-o-Velho K-2 1000 m
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2018 Belgrade K-2 1000 m
Silver medal – second place 2016 Moscow K-2 1000 m
Silver medal – second place 2017 Plovdiv K-2 1000 m
Bronze medal – third place 2012 Zagreb K-4 1000 m

Biography

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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

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ "Moscow 2016 European Sprint Canoe Championships" (PDF). canoeicf.com. 25 June 2016. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
  4. ^ a b "Milenko Zoric". ICF - Planet Canoe. 4 August 2016. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
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