Stevan Mićić
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| Full name | Stevan Andrija Mićić | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | American Serbian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 4 April 1996 (age 25) Mesa, Arizona, United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 57 kg (126 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  United States Serbia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Wrestling | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Freestyle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Stevan Andrija Mićić (Serbian Cyrillic: Стеван Андрија Мићић, born April 4, 1996) is a Serbian-American freestyle and folkstyle wrestler who competes at 57 kilograms (125 pounds). Internationally, he has claimed two bronze medals at the European Championships (2018 and 2020), a silver medal at the 2019 European Games, and a bronze medal at the 2018 Mediterranean Games while representing Serbia.[1] In college, he is a three-time NCAA Division I All-American and the '18 Big Ten Conference champion for the Michigan Wolverines.[2]
Biography[]
Background[]
Stevan Mićić was born on April 4, 1996, in Mesa, Arizona, United States, to parents Stevan and Lori Mićić.[2] In his early years, Stevan grew up in Northwest Indiana within the Serbian culture, an area within the Chicago metropolitan area, which has one of the largest Serbian populations outside of Serbia.[3]
College career[]
He is a student of the University of Michigan and runner-up at the NCAA national championships in 2018.
At the end of 2018, he had a collegiate wrestling record 74 wins and 13 defeats. At the 2019 NCAA national championships in the quarterfinal he beat Iowa Wrestler, Austin DeSanto, in a close match by score (3-2).
For the 2019–20 season, Mićić did not compete after qualifying for the Olympics through his finish at the 2019 World Championships, utilizing an Olympic redshirt.[2] He planned to return in 2021 with one year of eligibility remaining, despite not competing during regular season, but pulled out of the 2021 NCAA Championships due to an injury.[4]
International career[]
Mićić wrestled for the United States at junior levels, winning a bronze medal at 55 kg at the 2015 Junior World Championships in Salvador, Brazil.[5] From 2018, he started to represent Serbia at senior levels. Mićić holds dual citizenship and chose to compete for the birth country of his father. He participated in the 2018 European Wrestling Championships, held in Kaspiysk, Dagestan, Russia where he lost to Zaur Uguev of Russia, but went on to wrestle back and win a bronze medal after defeating Levan Vartanov of Spain. The bronze medal was also Serbia's first ever European medal in freestyle wrestling.[6] Later at the 2018 Mediterranean Games in Tarragona, Spain, Mićić took another bronze medal at 65 kg. At the 2019 European Games, he won a silver medal, defeating world No.1 Süleyman Atlı of Turkey and U23 world bronze medallist of Ukraine en route.[7]
Mićić qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics by finishing in fifth place at the 2019 World Wrestling Championships in Kazakhstan, where he lost 5–4 in a tight quarterfinal match against Süleyman Atlı and later lost 4–3 in a bronze medal match against host country's Nurislam Sanayev.[1] However, winning the 2021 Poland Open Ranking Series event helped Mićić to be the top seed at the Tokyo Olympics.[8]
References[]
- ^ a b "Amine, Micic qualify weight for Olympics, the top efforts of U.S. collegians wrestling for other nations". Team USA. 22 September 2019.
- ^ a b c "Stevan Micic - Wrestling". University of Michigan Athletics. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
- ^ UWW LIVE: Serbia's First-Ever FS Olympian Stevan MICIC (SRB), retrieved 28 July 2021
- ^ "Micic will not compete this NCAA wrestling season". InterMat. Retrieved 25 February 2021.
- ^ "Iran Takes Junior World Freestyle Title Despite Azerbaijan's Triple Gold". United World Wrestling. 17 August 2015. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
- ^ "Russia Bounces Back To Win Trio of Golds After Azerbaijan Snags Pair". United World Wrestling. 5 May 2018. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
- ^ "Russia Advances 3 to European Games Finals, World Champ Uguev Falls". United World Wrestling. 25 June 2019. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
- ^ "Wrestler Vinesh Phogat named top seed for Tokyo Olympics". Olympics.com. 21 June 2021. Retrieved 22 July 2021.
External links[]
- Stevan Mićić at United World Wrestling
- Stevan Mićić at Olympedia
- 1996 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Mesa, Arizona
- American people of Serbian descent
- Serbian male sport wrestlers
- Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Serbia
- Mediterranean Games medalists in wrestling
- Competitors at the 2018 Mediterranean Games
- Wrestlers at the 2019 European Games
- European Games medalists in wrestling
- European Games silver medalists for Serbia
- Michigan Wolverines wrestlers
- European Wrestling Championships medalists
- Wrestlers at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic wrestlers of Serbia