Milan Trajkovic
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Born | Surdulica, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia | 17 March 1992|||||||
Education | Cyprus University of Technology[1] | |||||||
Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)[2] | |||||||
Weight | 82 kg (181 lb) | |||||||
Sport | ||||||||
Sport | Track and field | |||||||
Event(s) | 110 metres hurdles | |||||||
Medal record
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Milan Trajkovic (Serbian: Милан Трајковић, Greek: Μίλαν Τραΐκοβιτς,born 17 March 1992 in Surdulica) is a Serbian-born Cypriot athlete specialising in the sprint hurdles.[3] He has won two gold medals at the Games of the Small States of Europe.
Biography[]
He was raised in the Serbian town of Surdulica but emigrated with his family to Cyprus at the age of nine as a result of the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia.[4]
At the 2016 Rio Olympics, Trajković qualified for the Men's 110 metres hurdles with times of 13.41 seconds and 13.31 in the semi-finals.[5] With this qualification, Trajkovic became the first Cypriot athlete to qualify for this event at the Olympic Games.
His personal bests are 13.25 seconds in the 110 metres hurdles (0.0 m/s, London 2017) and 7.51 seconds in the 60 metres hurdles (Birmingham, 2018). Both are current national records.
Competition record[]
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing Cyprus | |||||
2011 | European Junior Championships | Tallinn, Estonia | 19th (sf) | 110 m hurdles (99 cm) | 14.49 |
2013 | European Indoor Championships | Gothenburg, Sweden | 25th (h) | 60 m hurdles | 7.95 |
Games of the Small States of Europe | Luxembourg, Luxembourg | 1st | 110 m hurdles | 14.03 | |
European U23 Championships | Tampere, Finland | 8th | 110 m hurdles | 14.22 | |
2014 | Commonwealth Games | Glasgow, United Kingdom | 14th (h) | 110 m hurdles | 13.95 |
European Championships | Zürich, Switzerland | 24th (h) | 110 m hurdles | 13.78 | |
2015 | European Indoor Championships | Prague, Czech Republic | 19th (h) | 60 m hurdles | 7.83 |
Games of the Small States of Europe | Reykjavík, Iceland | 1st | 110 m hurdles | 13.86 | |
Universiade | Gwangju, South Korea | 6th | 110 m hurdles | 13.78 | |
2016 | European Championships | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 5th | 110 m hurdles | 13.44 |
Olympic Games | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 7th | 110 m hurdles | 13.41 | |
2017 | European Indoor Championships | Belgrade, Serbia | 6th | 60 m hurdles | 7.60 |
World Championships | London, United Kingdom | 11th (sf) | 110 m hurdles | 13.32 | |
2018 | World Indoor Championships | Birmingham, United Kingdom | 2nd (sf) | 60 m hurdles | 7.511 |
Commonwealth Games | Gold Coast, Australia | 4th | 110 m hurdles | 13.42 | |
European Championships | Berlin, Germany | 15th (sf) | 110 m hurdles | 13.57 | |
2019 | European Indoor Championships | Glasgow, United Kingdom | 1st | 60 m hurdles | 7.60 |
World Championships | Doha, Qatar | 8th | 110 m hurdles | 13.87 | |
2021 | European Indoor Championships | Toruń, Poland | 17th (sf) | 60 m hurdles | 7.78 |
Olympic Games | Tokyo, Japan | 23rd (sf) | 110 m hurdles | 14.01 |
1Disqualified in the final
References[]
- ^ 2015 WSG profile Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ 2014 CWG profile
- ^ Milan Trajkovic at World Athletics
- ^ Μίλαν Τραΐκοβιτς: H ιστορία του Κύπριου δρομέα που μας έκανε περήφανους στο Ρίο (in Greek). Philenews (2016-08-23). Retrieved on 2017-08-06.
- ^ Olympic Games Rio 2016
- 1992 births
- Living people
- People from Surdulica
- Cypriot people of Serbian descent
- Cypriot male hurdlers
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games competitors for Cyprus
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes of Cyprus
- Serb diaspora sportspeople
- Yugoslav Wars refugees
- World Athletics Championships athletes for Cyprus
- European Athletics Indoor Championships winners
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- European athletics biography stubs
- Cypriot sportspeople stubs