Miloš Milošević

Miloš ("Mićo") Milošević (born 10 May 1972) is a swimmer from Croatia. His best swimming discipline was butterfly stroke, but he also competed in freestyle and backstroke.

This article is about the sportsperson. For the actor, see Milos Milos.

Miloš Milošević
Personal information
Nationality Croatia
Born (1972-05-10) 10 May 1972
Split, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesButterfly
Medal record
Men's swimming
Representing  Croatia
World Championships (SC)
Gold medal – first place 1993 Palma 100 m butterfly
European Championships (LC)
Silver medal – second place 1999 Istanbul 50 m butterfly
Bronze medal – third place 1993 Sheffield 100 m butterfly
European Championships (SC)
Gold medal – first place 1998 Sheffield 50 m butterfly
Gold medal – first place 1999 Lisbon 50 m butterfly
Silver medal – second place 1996 Rostock 4×50 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2002 Riesa 50 m butterfly
Bronze medal – third place 1992 Espoo 50 m butterfly
Bronze medal – third place 1993 Gateshead 4×50 m freestyle
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place 1993 Narbonne 100 m butterfly
Silver medal – second place 2001 Tunis 4×100 m medley

Miloš Milošević was born in Split to an ethnic Serb family. He enrolled in the swimming school of the swimming club "Mornar" in 1980, which lasted four years. At the age of 14, he started competing in youth swimming competitions of SFR Yugoslavia. He won a total of eight gold medals as a junior.

He later moved to Rijeka, to the swimming club "Primorje". As a person of Serb descent, during the Croatian War of Independence he had considerable difficulty trying to compete for Croatia. He missed the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, but his talent eventually secured him a place in the national swimming team. He competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics and the 2000 Summer Olympics.[1]

Milošević won his first major award at the 1992 European Championship when he took the bronze in the 50 meter butterfly event. At the 1993 World Championship he proceeded to take the gold in the 100 meters butterfly race. The same year he won the bronze at the 1993 European Championship. In the 1994 World Championships he was fifth in that event.

His best result happened at the 1998 European Championship where he won the gold medal in the 50 meters butterfly, as well as broke the world record, with the time 23.30 seconds. At the European Short Course Swimming Championships 1999 he also won the gold medal in the same event, and silver at the European LC Championships 1999.

At the European Short Course Swimming Championships 2002 he won the silver medal in 50 meter butterfly. He retired from professional swimming in 2004. His personal best in the 50 meter butterfly event was 23.30 (1998), and in the 100 meter butterfly event 52.24 (1998).

He currently is full-time head coach at the swim club in Regensburg.[2]

References
  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Miloš Milošević". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
  2. "Leistungssport – SCR". Homepage of the swim club in Regensburg (in German). Retrieved 25 May 2023.
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