Damir Mikec

Damir Mikec (Serbian Cyrillic: Дамир Микец; born 31 March 1984) is a Serbian sport shooter.

Damir Mikec
Mikec in 2019
Personal information
NationalitySerbian
Born (1984-03-31) 31 March 1984
Split, SFR Yugoslavia
Height1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight81 kg (179 lb)
Sport
Country Serbia and Montenegro and  Serbia
SportShooting
Event(s)10m Air Pistol, 10m Air Pistol Mix, 50m Free Pistol
ClubKSS "Policajac", Belgrade
Medal record
Men's shooting
Representing  Serbia
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games - 1 -
World Championships 1 4 -
World Cup Final 3 - 1
World Cup 11 11 3
European Games 2 1 -
European Championships 5 11 10
Mediterranean Games 3 1 2
ISSF Grand Prix 2 2 -
Universiade - 1 -
Total 27 32 16
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place2020 Tokyo 10m Air Pistol
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2022 Cairo50m Pistol
Silver medal – second place2023 Baku10m Air Pistol
Silver medal – second place2018 Changwon50m Pistol
Silver medal – second place2018 Changwon50m Pistol Team
Silver medal – second place2010 Munich10m Air Pistol Team
World Cup Final
Gold medal – first place2022 Cairo10m Air Pistol
Gold medal – first place2017 New Delhi50m Pistol
Gold medal – first place2016 Bologna10m Air Pistol
Bronze medal – third place2021 Wrocław10m Air Pistol Mix
World Cup
Gold medal – first place2023 Rio de Janeiro10m Air Pistol Mix
Gold medal – first place2023 Lima10m Air Pistol Mix
Gold medal – first place2023 Lima10m Air Pistol
Gold medal – first place2022 Changwon10m Air Pistol Mix
Gold medal – first place2022 Changwon10m Air Pistol
Gold medal – first place2022 Baku10m Air Pistol
Gold medal – first place2022 Cairo10m Air Pistol Mix
Gold medal – first place2015 Fort Benning50m Pistol
Gold medal – first place2014 Maribor50m Pistol
Gold medal – first place2012 Milan50m Pistol
Gold medal – first place2010 Fort Benning10m Air Pistol
Silver medal – second place2023 Baku10m Air Pistol Mix
Silver medal – second place2023 Cairo10m Air Pistol Mix
Silver medal – second place2021 Osijek10m Air Pistol
Silver medal – second place2021 Osijek10m Air Pistol Team
Silver medal – second place2019 New Delhi10m Air Pistol
Silver medal – second place2018 Munich10m Air Pistol Mix
Silver medal – second place2018 Fort Benning10m Air Pistol Mix
Silver medal – second place2016 Rio de Janeiro10m Air Pistol
Silver medal – second place2012 Munich50m Pistol
Silver medal – second place2010 Beijing10m Air Pistol
Silver medal – second place2009 Munich50m Pistol
Bronze medal – third place2022 Baku10m Air Pistol Mix
Bronze medal – third place2018 Changwon10m Air Pistol Mix
Bronze medal – third place2017 Gabala50m Pistol
European Games
Gold medal – first place2015 Baku10m Air Pistol
Gold medal – first place2015 Baku50m Pistol
Silver medal – second place2019 Minsk10m Air Pistol Mix
European Championships
Gold medal – first place2023 Tallinn10m Air Pistol Mix
Gold medal – first place2023 Tallinn10m Air Pistol
Gold medal – first place2017 Baku50m Pistol Team
Gold medal – first place2017 Maribor10m Air Pistol Mix
Gold medal – first place2016 Győr10m Air Pistol Mix
Silver medal – second place2021 Osijek50m Pistol
Silver medal – second place2021 Osijek10m Air Pistol Mix
Silver medal – second place2020 Wrocław10m Air Pistol Mix
Silver medal – second place2019 Osijek10m Air Pistol
Silver medal – second place2018 Győr10m Air Pistol Mix
Silver medal – second place2018 Győr10m Air Pistol Team
Silver medal – second place2017 Baku50m Pistol
Silver medal – second place2017 Maribor10m Air Pistol
Silver medal – second place2015 Arnhem10m Air Pistol
Silver medal – second place2013 Odense10m Air Pistol Team
Silver medal – second place2009 Prague10m Air Pistol Team
Bronze medal – third place2023 Tallinn10m Air Pistol Team
Bronze medal – third place2022 Wrocław50m Pistol
Bronze medal – third place2022 Hamar10m Air Pistol Mix
Bronze medal – third place2020 Wrocław10m Air Pistol Team
Bronze medal – third place2019 Osijek10m Air Pistol Mix
Bronze medal – third place2017 Maribor10m Air Pistol Team
Bronze medal – third place2016 Győr10m Air Pistol Team
Bronze medal – third place2015 Arnhem10m Air Pistol Team
Bronze medal – third place2011 Brescia10m Air Pistol Team
Bronze medal – third place2005 Belgrade50m Pistol Team
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place2022 Oran10m Air Pistol
Gold medal – first place2022 Oran10m Air Pistol Mix
Gold medal – first place2018 Tarragona10m Air Pistol
Silver medal – second place2009 Pescara50m Pistol
Bronze medal – third place2013 Mersin10m Air Pistol
Bronze medal – third place2005 Almería10m Air Pistol
ISSF Grand Prix
Gold medal – first place2022 Granada10m Air Pistol Mix
Gold medal – first place2022 Osijek10m Air Pistol Team
Silver medal – second place2022 Granada10m Air Pistol
Silver medal – second place2022 Ruse10m Air Pistol Team
Universiade
Silver medal – second place2011 Shenzhen50m Pistol

Biography

Mikec represented Serbia at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, People's Republic of China. He earned his qualification by finishing 6th at the 2007 World Cup #1 Rifle, Pistol in Fort Benning, United States of America. In Beijing, Mikec reached the final in 50 metre pistol and finished 7th. In 10 metre air pistol he missed the final by a one-point margin and finished 13th.

Mikec won a silver medal in 50 metre pistol at the 2009 ISSF World Cup in Munich.

At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he came as world's number one at the world rank list, again competed in the 10 metre air pistol and the 50 metre pistol, finishing in 17th and 16th positions respectively.[1]

At the 2020 Summer Olympics, he competed in the 10 metre air pistol finishing second, granting Serbia its first medal at the Games.

Personal life

Mikec is of paternal Slovene descent. His paternal grandparents hail from Novo Mesto, but due to his grandfather's engagement in the Yugoslav People's Army, his father was born in Bitola. His father was in the Army as well, and met his mother, a discus thrower, in Senta while located there at the time. Because of his older brothers Igor and Goran's respiratory problems, his family moved to Split–where he was born–due to the benefits of sea air and climate. After the outbreak of the Croatian War of Independence, his family moved to Herceg Novi. Finally, in 1997, his family moved to Petlovo Brdo, Belgrade, where he finished the last grade of primary school and started secondary school. After the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia, he started training shooting at the urging of his mother and Srećko Pejović.[2]

He is married to Salvadoran sports shooter Melissa Pérez, whom he met in 2005. They married in 2011 in the Ružica Church. Despite plans for another wedding in El Salvador, the Catholic Church there would not agree on a compromise due to Mikec's Eastern Orthodox faith, unlike the Serbian Orthodox Church who did agree on a compromise due to Pérez's Roman Catholic faith. The couple have two children, a son Milan Ricardo (b. 2015) and Mia Vanessa (b. 2020).[2]

References
  1. "Damir Mikec Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
  2. Mikec, Damir (8 August 2021). "ŽIVOTNA PRIČA DAMIRA MIKECA: Na venčanju u Salvadoru od mene su tražili da menjam veru, na šta, naravno, nisam pristao". Kurir (in Serbian). Archived from the original on 2021-08-08. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
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