Tijana Milojević (Serbian Cyrillic: Тијана Милојевић; born 10 September 1998) is a Belgian-born Serbian volleyball player. She plays for the Radnički Beograd. She was a member of Serbia U18 national volleyball team who earned silver medal in both Girls' Youth European Volleyball Championship and European Youth Olympic Festival in 2015.
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 Milojević in action during the 2015 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival final. | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Tijana Milojević | ||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Serbian | ||||||||||||||||
| Born | September 10, 1998 Asse, Belgium[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 53 kg (117 lb) | ||||||||||||||||
| Spike | 270 cm (110 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Block | 265 cm (104 in) | ||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Libero | ||||||||||||||||
| Current club | Radnički Beograd | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 17 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Last updated: 9 September 2016 | |||||||||||||||||
Career
editTijana grew up in Crvena zvezda, where she passed all the younger categories. After five years spent studying in the USA and playing for Seattle University, Tijana returned to her home club, Crvena zvezda.[2]
National Team
editYouth U18
editIn 2015, Milojević represented Serbia U18 national volleyball team completing the 2015 Girls' Youth European Volleyball Championship which held from 28 March to 5 April. The team reached final beating the likes of Italy and Germany, but lost to Russia in five sets. Despite the lost, she was awarded the best libero in the competition. Three months later, Serbia U18 entered the final again in 2015 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival, but once more fell short in five sets. The match took place on 1 August. Their opponent Turkey led the game by 2-0. Milojević's team won the next two sets, but eventually lost the last set by 8-15.[3]
After qualified through Girls' Youth European Volleyball Championship, Milojević participated with the team in the 2015 FIVB Volleyball Girls' U18 World Championship from 7 August to 16 August. Unfortunately, they lost to eventual winner Italy in the quarterfinals and gained a 5th place overall.[4]
Junior U19
editIn 2016, Milojević was selected in Serbia U19 squad at the 2016 Women's U19 Volleyball European Championship. Serbia earned Silver medal after lost to Russia 0-3 in the final.[5]
Awards
editIndividual
edit- 2015 Girls' Youth European Volleyball Championship Best Libero
- 2016 Junior Women Balkan Volleyball Championship Best Libero
National team
editYouth U18
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2015 Youth Girls Balkan Volleyball Championship [6]
2015 Girls' Youth European Volleyball Championship- 2015 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival
Junior U19
edit- 2016 Junior Women Balkan Volleyball Championship [7]
- 2016 Women's U19 Volleyball European Championship
References
edit- ^ ""AMERIKA JE SJAJNO ISKUSTVO": Tijana Milojević gošća "Novosti"". NOVOSTI (in Serbian).
- ^ "Добро дошла кући: Повратак Тијане Милојевић у Црвену звезду!". 18 June 2021.
- ^ "19:06 Girls' 1 - 2 (Final) Match 20 Match Results SRB - TUR" (PDF). Tbilisi2015. 1 August 2015. Retrieved 20 September 2015.
- ^ "Serbia Takes Fifth Place". Tbilisi2015. 16 August 2015. Retrieved 20 September 2015.
- ^ "Russia crown a fabulous #EuroVolleyU19W with gold, Serbia and Turkey complete podium". cev.lu. 4 September 2016. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
- ^ "Serbia is the champion of the 2015 Youth Girls Balkan Volleyball Championship". 5 July 2015. Retrieved 21 September 2015.
- ^ "Completed Balkan Championship - Fifth Place for Juniors Bosnia and Herzegovina". 6 August 2016. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
External links
edit- Player profile in Girls' U18 World Championship 2015
- Scoresway player passport
- Worldofvolley player profile
