Milanko Petrović

Milanko Petrović (Serbian Cyrillic: Миланко Петровић; born 21 September 1988 in Sjenica) is a Serbian biathlete who participated at the 2010 Winter Olympics, becoming the first olympic biathlete for independent Serbia.[1] At the 2014 Winter Olympics he carried Serbian flag at the opening ceremony and competed in biathlon and cross-country skiing. He represents Serbia at the Biathlon World Championships and he is a regular participant of the Biathlon World Cup and the first ever Serb to win World Cup points.[2] Occasionally, he competes in cross-country skiing. At the 2013 Winter Universiade he made a remarkable success by winning first ever international medals for Serbia in biathlon and cross-country skiing.[3]

Milanko Petrović
Full nameMilanko Petrović
Born (1988-09-21) 21 September 1988
Sjenica, SFR Yugoslavia
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Ski clubBK Lavina
Personal best2014 European Championship – 8th place in sprint
2013 Summer Biathlon World Championship – 5th place in pursuit
World Cup career
Seasons2007–
Individual wins0
Indiv. podiums0
Medal record
Representing  Serbia
Men's biathlon
Universiade
Gold medal – first place 2013 Trentino 10 km sprint
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Trentino 20 km individual
Men's cross-country skiing
Universiade
Gold medal – first place 2013 Trentino 10 km freestyle

Biathlon

Petrović competed 5 times at the Biathlon World Championships. His best achievements were 47th place in Pursuit and 49th place in Sprint achieved in 2013.[4][5] The best finish in Individual was 87th place in 2011.[6]

Milanko Petrović competed at the 2013 Summer Biathlon World Championship. He came 5th in pursuit and 9th in Sprint.[7]

At the 2012 European Biathlon Championship, he finished 9th in sprint and 20th in Individual.[8] [9] In 2014 he won 8th place in sprint, 14th place in individual race and 15th in pursuit.

The biggest successes in his career so far, Petrović achieved in 2012/13 season of World Cup. At the 4th stage of World Cup in German, Oberhof, he finished 39th in 10 km Sprint and 40th in 12.5 km Pursuit. Those were his The best world cup results which brought him first world cup points.[10][11] Petrović finished 35th in Pursuit in Oslo, during the 7th stage of World Cup and won new points.[12] He finished 47th in Sochi in the 20 km Individual and 35th in 10 km Sprint, achieved the highest Individual and Sprint World Cup placements and also won new sprint points. Petrović finished 2012/13 season on 86th place overall scoring 15 points, in sprint he came 80th with 8 points and in pursuit he was ranked 72nd with 7 points.

Olympic Games
Year Place Individual Sprint Pursuit Mass start Relay
2010 Canada Vancouver 87 81 - - -
2014 Russia Sochi 69 69 - - -

World Championships
Year Place Individual Sprint Pursuit Mass start Relay Mixed relay
2008 Sweden Östersund 102 112 – – 24 –
2009 South Korea Pyeongchang 105 111 – – 26 –
2011 Russia Khanty-Mansiysk 87 81 – – LPD –
2012 Germany Ruhpolding 112 65 – – LPD –
2013 Czech Republic Nové Město 88 49 47 – LPD –

World Cup
Season Individual Sprint Pursuit Mass Start Overall
Points Position Points Position Points Position Points Position Points Position
2012–13——880th772nd——1586th
2013–14652nd108th----1686th

Cross-country skiing

Petrović competes for Serbian in cross-country skiing in Balkan Cup. He brought Serbia first ever wins in Balkan Cup in 10 km and 15 km Freestyle during the 2013 stage, held in Pale, Bosnia and Herzegovina.[13][14] In 2013 he finished 8th in 10 km freestyle during the Austria Cup in Seefeld.[15] At the 2013 Winter Universiade held in Trentino, Italy, Petrović won first ever international Serbian cross-country medal, gold in 10 km freestyle and achieved the best ever Serbian points 18.48 therefore Serbia managed to qualify for the first time two male athletes for the Olympic Games in cross-country skiing.[16]

References
  1. http://www.vancouver2010.com/olympic-biathlon/athletes/milanko-petrovic_ath1007756Dh.html Archived 2010-04-09 at the Wayback Machine Vancouver 2010
  2. http://www.b92.net/sport/zimski/bijatlon.php?yyyy=2013&mm=01&dd=06&nav_id=675216 SK: Petrović osvojio prve bodove B92 – Serbian language
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  15. "FIS Seefeld (AUT)".
  16. "Universiade Lago di Tesero (ITA)".
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