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Milica Mandić
	Mandić in 2016 during press conference
Personal information
Nationality	Serbian
Born	6 December 1991 (age 32); Belgrade, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
Height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight	175 lb (79 kg)
Sport
Country	Serbia
Sport	Taekwondo
Event	Middleweight
Club	TK Galeb
Coached by	Dragan Jović
Medal record
Women's taekwondo
Representing Serbia
Olympic Games
World Championships
Grand Prix
European Championships
European Games
Mediterranean Games
World Junior Championships

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Milica Mandić (Serbian Cyrillic: Милица Мандић, born 6 December 1991) is a Serbian taekwondo athlete. She is a two-time Olympic champion in the +67 kg category, as well as World champion in the same category.

Career

Mandić won a bronze medal in the middleweight category (under 73 kg) at the 2011 World Taekwondo Championships and a silver medal at the 2012 European Taekwondo Championships.^[1]^[2] At the 2012 Summer Olympics she beat Anne-Caroline Graffe of France in a 9–7 win, becoming the first gold medalist for independent Serbia.^[3]^[4]

At the 2016 Summer Olympics she was eliminated in quarterfinals by British Bianca Walkden. At 2017 World Taekwondo Championships she won gold medal, beating South Korean Oh Hye-ri.^[5] In April 2020, she announced that she would retire after the 2020 Summer Olympics.^[6] At the 2020 Summer Olympics, which were held one year later due to COVID-19 pandemic, she won her second gold medal (first for Serbia in Tokyo 2020) against South Korean Lee Da-bin.^[7]^[8]

Hall of Fame

Mandić and her trainer Dragan Jović were inducted in the Taekwondo Hall of Fame at the 2013 Ceremony in Las Vegas.^[9] She was selected because of her great contribution to the sport in Serbia. Her results, including the gold medal in the 2012 Summer Olympics in London was the highest result in the region.

Personal life

She is a big fan of KK Partizan.

References

^ "Competition Results". wtf.org. Retrieved 15 August 2012.
^ "Results". gbtaekwondo.co.uk. Archived from the original on 12 July 2012. Retrieved 15 August 2012.
^ "Serbia woman wins taekwondo gold". August 11, 2012.
^ "Milica Mandić has an eternal place in Serbia's history books". Inside the Games. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
^ "2017 WTF World Taekwondo Championships Day 6: Golds Won by Germany, Serbia and Niger". www.worldtaekwondo.org.
^ Ž., V. (13 April 2020). "Milica Mandić: Kraj karijere posle Tokija". danas.rs (in Serbian). Retrieved 27 July 2021.
^ "Olympics-Taekwondo-Serbia's Mandic wins women's +67kg gold medal". reuters.com. 27 July 2021. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
^ "Milica Mandić je olimpijska šampionka!". b92.net (in Serbian). 27 July 2021. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
^ "Milica Mandic at Hall of Fame in Las Vegas". sport.blic.rs. Archived from the original on 17 October 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2013.

External links

Milica Mandić at TaekwondoData.com
Milica won medal at World Championship-article in Serbian
Milica won medal at European championship-article in Serbian
London Olympics 2012
Milica Mandić at Olympedia
Milica Mandić at Olympics.com
Milica Mandić at the Olimpijski Komitet Srbije (former profile) (in Serbian)
Milica Mandić on Facebook

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Novak Djokovic	The Best Athlete of Serbia 2012	Succeeded by Emir Bekrić

[1] "Competition Results". wtf.org. Retrieved 15 August 2012.

[2] "Results". gbtaekwondo.co.uk. Archived from the original on 12 July 2012. Retrieved 15 August 2012.

[3] "Serbia woman wins taekwondo gold". August 11, 2012.

[4] "Milica Mandić has an eternal place in Serbia's history books". Inside the Games. Retrieved 17 August 2021.

[5] "2017 WTF World Taekwondo Championships Day 6: Golds Won by Germany, Serbia and Niger". www.worldtaekwondo.org.

[6] Ž., V. (13 April 2020). "Milica Mandić: Kraj karijere posle Tokija". danas.rs (in Serbian). Retrieved 27 July 2021.

[7] "Olympics-Taekwondo-Serbia's Mandic wins women's +67kg gold medal". reuters.com. 27 July 2021. Retrieved 27 July 2021.

[8] "Milica Mandić je olimpijska šampionka!". b92.net (in Serbian). 27 July 2021. Retrieved 27 July 2021.

[9] "Milica Mandic at Hall of Fame in Las Vegas". sport.blic.rs. Archived from the original on 17 October 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2013.

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+{{MedalSilver|[[2021 European Taekwondo Championships|2021 Sofia]]|73 kg}}
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-'''Milica Mandić''' ({{lang-sr-cyr|Милица Мандић}}, born December 6, 1991) is a [[Serbia]]n [[taekwondo]] athlete and was the Olympic champion in the [[Taekwondo at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's +67 kg|+67 kg]] category.
+'''Milica Mandić''' ({{lang-sr-cyr|Милица Мандић}}, born 6 December 1991) is a Serbian [[taekwondo]] athlete. She is a two-time Olympic champion in the [[Taekwondo at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's +67 kg|+67 kg]] category, as well as World champion in the same category.
 == Career ==
-Mandić won a bronze medal in the middleweight category (under 73&nbsp;kg) at the [[2011 World Taekwondo Championships]] and a silver medal at the [[2012 European Taekwondo Championships]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Competition Results|url=http://www.wtf.org/bbs/bbs.php?bbs_no=5504&bbs_code=10008&bbs_cate=&bbs_num=498&page=11&search=&keyword=&symode=view&PHPSESSID=b1ef95e792226b14115ff8bce2ae1f52|work=wtf.org|accessdate=15 August 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Results |url=http://www.gbtaekwondo.co.uk/2012euroresults.html |work=gbtaekwondo.co.uk |accessdate=15 August 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120712211122/http://www.gbtaekwondo.co.uk/2012euroresults.html |archivedate=12 July 2012 }}</ref>
+Mandić won a bronze medal in the middleweight category (under 73&nbsp;kg) at the [[2011 World Taekwondo Championships]] and a silver medal at the [[2012 European Taekwondo Championships]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Competition Results|url=http://www.wtf.org/bbs/bbs.php?bbs_no=5504&bbs_code=10008&bbs_cate=&bbs_num=498&page=11&search=&keyword=&symode=view&PHPSESSID=b1ef95e792226b14115ff8bce2ae1f52|work=wtf.org|access-date=15 August 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Results |url=http://www.gbtaekwondo.co.uk/2012euroresults.html |work=gbtaekwondo.co.uk |access-date=15 August 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120712211122/http://www.gbtaekwondo.co.uk/2012euroresults.html |archive-date=12 July 2012 }}</ref>
-At the [[2012 Summer Olympics]] she beat [[Anne-Caroline Graffe]] of [[France]] in a 9-7 win, becoming the first gold medalist for independent [[Serbia at the Olympics|Serbia]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/london-2012-olympics/wp/2012/08/11/live-blog-usain-bolt-brazil-mexico-soccer/#liveblog-entry-12186|title=Serbia woman wins taekwondo gold|date=August 11, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Olympics taekwondo: Serb Milica Mandic wins country's first gold|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/olympics/18913076|work=BBC Sport|accessdate=15 August 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120814031440/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/olympics/18913076|archive-date=14 August 2012|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> At [[2017 World Taekwondo Championships]] she won Gold medal, beating South Korean [[Oh Hye-ri]].<ref>{{cite web|title=2017 WTF World Taekwondo Championships Day 6: Golds Won by Germany, Serbia and Niger|url=http://www.worldtaekwondo.org/29942-2/
+At the [[2012 Summer Olympics]] she beat [[Anne-Caroline Graffe]] of [[France]] in a 9–7 win, becoming the first gold medalist for independent [[Serbia at the Olympics|Serbia]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/london-2012-olympics/wp/2012/08/11/live-blog-usain-bolt-brazil-mexico-soccer/#liveblog-entry-12186|title=Serbia woman wins taekwondo gold|date=August 11, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Milica Mandić has an eternal place in Serbia's history books |url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1102303/taekwondo-athlete-spotlight-mandic |website=Inside the Games |access-date=17 August 2021}}</ref>
-|work=www.worldtaekwondo.org|accessdate=}}</ref>
+At the [[2016 Summer Olympics]] she was eliminated in quarterfinals by British [[Bianca Walkden]]. At [[2017 World Taekwondo Championships]] she won gold medal, beating South Korean [[Oh Hye-ri]].<ref>{{cite web|title=2017 WTF World Taekwondo Championships Day 6: Golds Won by Germany, Serbia and Niger|url=http://www.worldtaekwondo.org/29942-2/|work=www.worldtaekwondo.org}}</ref> In April 2020, she announced that she would retire after the [[2020 Summer Olympics]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ž. |first1=V. |title=Milica Mandić: Kraj karijere posle Tokija |url=https://www.danas.rs/sport/milica-mandic-kraj-karijere-posle-tokija/ |access-date=27 July 2021 |work=danas.rs |date=13 April 2020 |language=Serbian}}</ref> At the 2020 Summer Olympics, which were held one year later due to [[COVID-19 pandemic]], she won her second gold medal (first for Serbia in Tokyo 2020) against South Korean [[Lee Da-bin]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Olympics-Taekwondo-Serbia's Mandic wins women's +67kg gold medal |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/olympics-2020-tkw/olympics-taekwondo-serbias-mandic-wins-womens-67kg-gold-medal-idUSL4N2P30EE |access-date=27 July 2021 |work=reuters.com |date=27 July 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Milica Mandić je olimpijska šampionka! |url=https://www.b92.net/sport/tokyo2020/tekvondo/vesti.php?nav_id=1897270 |access-date=27 July 2021 |work=b92.net |date=27 July 2021 |language=Serbian}}</ref>
 == Hall of Fame ==
-Mandić and her trainer Dragan Jović were included in the Taekwondo Hall of Fame at the 2013 Ceremony in Las Vegas.<ref>{{cite web|title=Milica Mandic at Hall of Fame in Las Vegas|url=http://sport.blic.rs/Ostali-sportovi/Borilacki-sportovi/241525/Veliko-priznanje-za-Milicu-Mandiceva-u-Kuci-slavnih-u-Las-Vegasu|work=sport.blic.rs|accessdate=17 October 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131017163723/http://sport.blic.rs/Ostali-sportovi/Borilacki-sportovi/241525/Veliko-priznanje-za-Milicu-Mandiceva-u-Kuci-slavnih-u-Las-Vegasu|archivedate=17 October 2013}}</ref> She was selected because of her great contribution to the sport in Serbia. Her results, including the gold medal in the 2012 Summer Olympics in [[London]] was the highest result in the region.
+Mandić and her trainer Dragan Jović were inducted in the Taekwondo Hall of Fame at the 2013 Ceremony in Las Vegas.<ref>{{cite web|title=Milica Mandic at Hall of Fame in Las Vegas|url=http://sport.blic.rs/Ostali-sportovi/Borilacki-sportovi/241525/Veliko-priznanje-za-Milicu-Mandiceva-u-Kuci-slavnih-u-Las-Vegasu|work=sport.blic.rs|access-date=17 October 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131017163723/http://sport.blic.rs/Ostali-sportovi/Borilacki-sportovi/241525/Veliko-priznanje-za-Milicu-Mandiceva-u-Kuci-slavnih-u-Las-Vegasu|archive-date=17 October 2013}}</ref> She was selected because of her great contribution to the sport in Serbia. Her results, including the gold medal in the 2012 Summer Olympics in [[London]] was the highest result in the region.
+==Personal life==
+She is a big fan of [[KK Partizan]].
 ==References==
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-*[http://www.kbs-naisus.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=91:bronza-za-milicu-mandi-na-svetskom-prvenstvu-koreja Milica won medal at World Championship-article in Serbian language]
+* [https://archive.today/20130127003123/http://www.kbs-naisus.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=91:bronza-za-milicu-mandi-na-svetskom-prvenstvu-koreja Milica won medal at World Championship-article in Serbian]
-*[http://www.vesti-online.com/Sport/Ostali-sportovi/222770/Milica-Mandic-osvojila-srebro-na-EP Milica won medal at European championship-article in Serbian language]
+* [http://www.vesti-online.com/Sport/Ostali-sportovi/222770/Milica-Mandic-osvojila-srebro-na-EP Milica won medal at European championship-article in Serbian]
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+* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120824000944/http://www.london2012.com/taekwondo/event/women-more-than-67kg/index.html London Olympics 2012]
+* {{Olympedia}}
+* {{Olympics.com|milica-mandic}}
+* {{OKS profile|milica-mandic|old_id=373}}
+* {{Facebook}}
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   | before = [[Novak Djokovic]]
   | after = [[Emir Bekrić]]
   | title = {{flagicon|SRB}} [[DSL Sport#Golden Badge - Zlatna značka|The Best Athlete of Serbia]]
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+[[Category:World Taekwondo Championships medalists]]
+[[Category:Taekwondo practitioners at the 2020 Summer Olympics]]
+[[Category:Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics]]
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v t e Awards of Olympic Committee of Serbia
Sportsman of The Year	1994: Stevan Pletikosić 1995: Aleksandar Đorđević 1996: Vladimir Grbić 1997: Nikola Grbić 1998: Dejan Bodiroga 1999: Nedeljko Jovanović 2000: Vladimir Grbić 2001: Aleksandar Šoštar 2002: Dejan Bodiroga 2003: Milorad Čavić 2004: Aleksandar Šapić 2005: Vladimir Vujasinović 2006: Nikola Stojić 2007: Novak Djokovic 2008: Milorad Čavić 2009: Milorad Čavić 2010: Novak Djokovic 2011: Novak Djokovic 2012: Andrija Prlainović 2013: Novak Djokovic 2014: Novak Djokovic 2015: Novak Djokovic 2016: Filip Filipović 2017: Milenko Zorić & Marko Tomićević 2018: Novak Djokovic 2019: Novak Djokovic 2020: Novak Djokovic 2021: Filip Filipović 2022: Zurabi Datunashvili 2023: Novak Djokovic
Sportswoman of The Year	1994: Jasna Šekarić 1995: Jasna Šekarić 1996: Aleksandra Ivošev 1997: Jasna Šekarić 1998: Olivera Jevtić 1999: Olivera Jevtić 2000: Jasna Šekarić 2001: Jelena Dokić 2002: Mara Kovačević 2003: Silvija Erdelji 2004: Jasna Šekarić 2005: Jasna Šekarić 2006: Olivera Jevtić 2007: Jelena Janković 2008: Jelena Janković 2009: Nađa Higl 2010: Zorana Arunović 2011: Jovana Brakočević 2012: Milica Mandić 2013: Ivana Španović 2014: Nikolina Moldovan 2015: Ivana Španović 2016: Tijana Bogdanović 2017: Milica Mandić 2018: Tijana Bošković 2019: Tijana Bošković 2020: Bobana Veličković 2021: Jovana Preković 2022: Ivana Vuleta 2023: Ivana Španović
Men's Team of The Year	1995: Basketball team 1996: Basketball team 1997: Basketball team 1998: Basketball team 1999: Handball team 2000: Voleyball team 2001: Water polo team 2002: Basketball team 2003: Water polo team 2004: Water polo team 2005: Water polo team 2006: Water polo team 2007: Water polo team 2008: Water polo team 2009: Water polo team 2010: Voleyball team 2011: Water polo team 2012: Water polo team 2013: Voleyball team 2014: Basketball team 2015: Water polo team 2016: Water polo team 2017: Water polo team 2018: 3x3 basketball team 2019: Voleyball team 2021: Water polo team 2022: 3x3 basketball team 2023: 3x3 basketball team
Women's Team of The Year	1995: Shooting team 1996: Karate club "Soko Štark" 1997: Karate club "Knjaz Miloš" 1998: Handball club "Budućnost" 1999: Chess team 2001: Handball team 2005: Junior basketball team 2006: Volleyball team 2007: Volleyball team 2008: Volleyball team 2009: Volleyball team 2010: Volleyball team 2011: Volleyball team 2012: Fed Cup team 2013: Handball team 2015: Basketball team 2016: Volleyball team 2017: Volleyball team 2018: Volleyball team 2019: Volleyball team 2021: Volleyball team 2022: Volleyball team 2023: Volleyball team
Team Sport Athlete of The Year	2022: Tijana Bošković 2023: Strahinja Stojačić
Young Athlete of The Year	2010: Velimir Stjepanović 2011: Uroš Kovačević 2012: Dušan Mandić 2013: Andrija Šljukić 2014: Nemanja Majdov 2015: Tijana Bogdanović 2016: Nikola Jakšić 2017: Tijana Bošković 2018: Nadica Božanić 2019: Ivana Perović 2020: Matija Dinić 2021: Adriana Vilagoš 2022: Adriana Vilagoš 2023: Angelina Topić
Coach of The Year	2009: Dejan Udovičić 2010: Marián Vajda 2011: Marián Vajda 2012: Dragan Jović 2013: Saša Bošković 2014: Dragan Plavšić 2015: Dejan Savić 2016: Dejan Savić 2017: Dragan Jović 2018: Zoran Terzić 2019: Slobodan Kovač 2020: Jasna Šekarić 2021: Dragan Jović 2022: Dragan Jović 2023 Goran Obradović