List of Serbian sportspeople explained

This is a partial list of Serbian sportspeople. For the full plainlist of Serbian sportspeople on Wikipedia, see .

Alpine skiing

• Jelena Lolović - Universiade Champion
• Nevena Ignjatović - Universiade Champion
• Marko Đorđević
• Marija Trmčić
• Strahinja Stanišić
• Želimir Vuković

Athletics

• Franjo Mihalić - Olympic medalist
• Ivan Gubijan - Olympic medalist
• Ivana Španović - Olympic medalist
• Vera Nikolić - 2 times European Champion, former world record holder in 800m
• Emir Bekrić
• Dragutin Topić
  • • • • Dragan Perić Snežana Pajkić Miloš Srejović Nenad Stekić Olivera Jevtić
• Olga Gere
• Biljana Petrović
• Asmir Kolašinac
• Slobodan Branković
• Dragan Zdravković
• Vladimir Milić
• Mihail Dudaš
• Jovan Lazarević
• Biljana Topić
• Amela Terzić
• Tatjana Jelača
• Armin Sinančević
• Adriana Vilagoš
• Angelina Topić

Auto racing

• Bill Vukovich
• Bill Vukovich II
• Billy Vukovich III
• Pete Romcevich
• Dušan Borković
• Miloš Pavlović

Basketball

Players

Male

• Radivoj Korać - Olympic medalist
• Dražen Dalipagić - Olympic, and medalist
• Dragan Kićanović - Olympic and medalist
• Zoran Slavnić - Olympic and medalist
• Ratko Radovanović - Olympic and medalist
• Vlade Divac - 2 x Olympic medalist
• Žarko Paspalj - 2 x Olympic medalist
• Dragutin Čermak - Olympic medalist
• Vladimir Cvetković - Olympic medalist
• Zoran Marojević - Olympic medalist
• Trajko Rajković - Olympic medalist
• Dragoslav Ražnatović - Olympic medalist
• Željko Obradović - Olympic medalist
• Dejan Bodiroga - Olympic medalist
• Aleksandar Đorđević - Olympic medalist
• Dejan Tomašević - Olympic medalist
• Miroslav Berić - Olympic medalist
• Željko Rebrača - Olympic medalist
• Predrag Danilović - Olympic medalist
• Saša Obradović - Olympic medalist
• Zoran Savić - Olympic medalist
• Nikola Lončar - Olympic medalist
• Milenko Topić - Olympic medalist
• Nebojša Zorkić - Olympic medalist
• Borislav Stanković
• Dragan Kapičić
• Ljubodrag Simonović
• Zoran Radović
• Radisav Ćurčić - Serbian-Israeli basketball player, 1999 Israeli Basketball Premier League MVP
• Zoran Sretenović
• Dragan Lukovski
• Peja Stojaković
• Vladimir Radmanović
• Dejan Koturović
• Sasha Pavlović
• Dragan Tarlać
• Marko Jarić
• Miloš Vujanić
• Milan Gurović
• Igor Rakočević
• Darko Miličić
• Nenad Krstić
• Miloš Teodosić
• Duško Savanović
• Novica Veličković
• Nemanja Bjelica
• Nikola Pekovic
• Bogdan Bogdanovic
• Nikola Jokić - Olympic medalist, 2021 NBA Most Valuable Player Award

Female

• Anđelija Arbutina - Olympic medalist
• Slađana Golić - Olympic medalist
• Bojana Milošević - Olympic medalist
• Eleonora Wild - Olympic medalist
• Vera Đurašković - Olympic medalist
• Jelica Komnenović - Olympic medalist
• Vukica Mitić - Olympic medalist
• Sofija Pekić - Olympic medalist
• Marija Tonković - Olympic medalist
• Zorica Đurković - Olympic medalist
• Vesna Despotović - Olympic medalist
• Biljana Majstorović - Olympic medalist
• Jasmina Perazić - Olympic medalist
• Gordana Grubin - former WNBA player
• Sonja Petrović - former WNBA player
• Miljana Bojović
• Ivana Matović
• Milica Dabović
• Ivanka Matić
• Jelena Milovanović
• Ana Dabović
• Tamara Radočaj

Coaches

• Dušan Ivković
• Željko Obradović
• Ranko Žeravica
• Aleksandar Nikolić
• Svetislav Pešić
• Božidar Maljković
• Milan Opačić
• Igor Kokoškov
• Rajko Toroman

Referees

• Obrad Belošević

Boxing

• Slobodan Kačar - Olympic medalist
• Tadija Kačar - Olympic medalist
• Mirko Puzović - Olympic medalist
• Zvonimir Vujin - 2 x Olympic medalist
• Svetomir Belić
• Sreten Mirković
• Ljubiša Simić
• Nenad Borovčanin

Canoeing

• Mirko Nišović - Olympic and medalist
• Milan Janić - Olympic medalist
• Ognjen Filipović
• Dragan Zorić
• Milan Đenadić
• Bora Sibinkić
• Marko Novaković
• Dejan Pajić
• Dusko Stanojević
• Antonija Nađ
• Antonija Panda
• Marta Tibor
• Renata Kubik
• Miljana Knežević

Curling

• Đorđe Nešković

Cycling

• Veselin Petrović
• Ivan Stević
• Nebojša Jovanović
• Gabor Kasa
• Jovana Crnogorac

Fencing

• Vera Jeftimijades
• Tamara Savić-Šotra

Figure skating

• Trifun Živanović

Football

Players

Male

• Alex Smith
• Aleksandar Tirnanić
• Blagoje Marjanović
• Milovan Jakšić
• Rajko Mitić - 2 x Olympic medalist
• Branko Stanković - 2 x Olympic medalist
• Kosta Tomašević - 2 x Olympic medalist
• Aleksandar Atanacković - Olympic medalist
• Prvoslav Mihajlović - Olympic medalist
• Ljubomir Lovrić - Olympic medalist
• Bela Palfi - Olympic medalist
• Aleksandar Petrović - Olympic medalist
• Vladimir Beara - Olympic medalist
• Tihomir Ognjanov - Olympic medalist
• Vujadin Boškov - Olympic medalist
• Ratko Čolić - Olympic medalist
• Zdravko Rajkov - Olympic medalist
• Miloš Milutinović - 1955–56 UEFA Champions League Top Scorer
• Ljubiša Spajić - Olympic medalist
• Dobrosav Krstić - Olympic medalist
• Sava Antić - Olympic medalist
• Petar Radenković - Olympic medalist
• Vladica Popović - Olympic medalist
• Dragoslav Šekularac - Olympic medalist
• Todor Veselinović - Olympic medalist
• Blagoje Vidinić - Olympic and medalist
• Milutin Šoškić - Olympic medalist
• Vladimir Durković - Olympic medalist
• Žarko Nikolić - Olympic medalist
• Bora Kostić - Olympic medalist
• Novak Roganović - Olympic medalist
• Velimir Sombolac - Olympic medalist
• Silvester Takač - Olympic medalist, 1971–72 UEFA Champions League Top Scorer
• Dušan Maravić - Olympic medalist
• Milan Galić - Olympic medalist
• Jovan Miladinović
• Vladica Kovačević - 1963–64 UEFA Champions League Top Scorer
• Dragan Džajić - 1968. Ballon d'Or 3rd place
• Ilija Pantelić
• Milan Damjanović
• Borivoje Đorđević
• Blagoje Paunović
• Ilija Petković
• Rajko Aleksić
• Miroslav Pavlović
• Dušan Savić
• Jovan Aćimović
• Dobrivoje Trivić
• Ljubomir Mihajlović
• Velibor Vasović
• Dušan Bajević
• Vladimir Petrović
• Dragan Mance
• Borislav Cvetković - Olympic medalist, 1986–87 UEFA Champions League Top Scorer
• Jovica Nikolić - Olympic medalist
• Mitar Mrkela - Olympic medalist
• Dragan Stojković - Olympic medalist
• Stevan Stojanović
• Milinko Pantić - 1996–97 UEFA Champions League Top Scorer
• Vladimir Jugović
• Siniša Mihajlović
• Zoran Mirković
• Slaviša Jokanović
• Savo Milošević
• Darko Kovačević
• Dejan Stanković
• Dejan Petković
• Mateja Kežman
• Ivica Dragutinović
• Marko Pantelić
• Nikola Žigić
• Nemanja Vidić
• Branislav Ivanović
• Aleksandar Kolarov
• Miloš Krasić
• Zdravko Kuzmanović
• Neven Subotić
• Nemanja Matić
• Dušan Tadić

Female

• Jelena Čanković
• Jovana Damnjanović
• Marija Radojičić
• Susanne Nilsson
• Danka Podovac
• Vesna Smiljković

Coaches

• Ljupko Petrović - UEFA European Cup/Champions League winning manager
• Bora Milutinović
• Miljan Miljanić
• Vujadin Boškov
• Radomir Antić
• Milovan Rajevac
• Slobodan Santrač
• Branko Stanković
• Dragoslav Stepanović
• Ivan Jovanović
• Miroslav Đukić

Golf

• Zoran Zorkic

Gymnastics

• Tereza Kočiš
• Mirjana Bilić
• Milena Reljin
• Danijela Simić

Handball

Male

• Momir Rnić - Olympic and medalist
• Slobodan Kuzmanovski - Olympic and medalist
• Zoran Živković - Olympic medalist
• Đorđe Lavrnić - Olympic medalist
• Slobodan Mišković - Olympic medalist
• Branislav Pokrajac - Olympic medalist
• Nebojša Popović - Olympic medalist
• Milan Lazarević - Olympic medalist
• Petar Fajfrić - Olympic medalist
• Milorad Karalić - Olympic medalist
• Zlatan Arnautović - Olympic medalist
• Jovica Elezović - Olympic medalist
• Mile Isaković - Olympic medalist
• Milan Kalina - Olympic medalist
• Dragan Mladenović - Olympic medalist
• Zdravko Rađenović - Olympic medalist
• Veselin Vuković - Olympic medalist
• Jožef Holpert - Olympic medalist
• Zlatko Portner - Olympic medalist
• Dragan Škrbić
• Nedeljko Jovanović
• Arpad Šterbik
• Ratko Nikolić
• Nenad Maksić
• Vladan Matić
• Mladen Bojinović
• Momir Ilić
• Darko Stanić
• Ivan Nikčević
• Rajko Prodanović
• Marko Vujin
• Petar Nenadić
• Nenad Vučković
• Alem Toskić
• Rastko Stojković

Female

• Svetlana Dašić-Kitić - Olympic and medalist, The best female handball player ever by the IHF, World Player of the Year 1988
• Svetlana Anastasovska - Olympic and medalist
• Mirjana Đurica - Olympic and medalist
• Slavica Đukić - Olympic medalist
• Dragica Đurić - Olympic medalist
• Emilija Erčić - Olympic medalist
• Ljubinka Janković - Olympic medalist
• Zorica Vojinović - Olympic medalist
• Radmila Savić - Olympic medalist
• Vesna Radović - Olympic medalist
• Vesna Milošević - Olympic medalist
• Radmila Drljača - Olympic medalist
• Slavica Jeremić - Olympic medalist
• Tatjana Medved
• Tanja Milanović
• Andrea Lekić
• Sanja Damnjanović
• Svetlana Ognjenović
• Katarina Tomašević
• Dragana Cvijić

Ice hockey

• Alex Andjelic
• Ivan Boldirev

Judo

• Radomir Kovačević - Olympic medalist
• Slavko Obadov - Olympic medalist
• Mara Kovačević
• Miloš Mijalković

Karate

• Snežana Pantić

Kickboxing

• Nenad Pagonis

Rowing

• Milorad Stanulov - Olympic and medalist
• Zoran Pančić - Olympic and medalist
• Nikola Stojić
• Jovan Popović
• Iva Obradović
• Nenad Babović
• Goran Jagar
• Marko Marjanović
• Goran Nedeljković
• Miloš Tomić
• Đorđe Višacki

Shooting sport

• Jasna Šekarić - - 1 x Olympic, 3 x and 1 x medalist
• Aleksandra Ivošev - Olympic and medalist
• Goran Maksimović - Olympic medalist
• Ivana Maksimović - Olympic medalist
• Andrija Zlatić - Olympic medalist
• Stevan Pletikosić - Olympic medalist
• Aranka Binder - Olympic medalist
• Zorana Arunović - World Champion
• Nemanja Mirosavljev - World championship bronze medalist
• Bobana Veličković - 2 times European Champion
• Andrea Arsović - European Champion, Mediterranean Champion
• Damir Mikec

Swimming

• Milorad Čavić - Olympic medalist
• Nađa Higl
• Velimir Stjepanović
• Ivan Lenđer
• Čaba Silađi
• Nenad Miloš
• Predrag Miloš
• Miroslava Najdanovski
• Vladan Marković

Table tennis

• Ilija Lupulesku - Olympic medalist
• Gordana Perkučin - Olympic medalist
• Jasna Fazlić - Olympic medalist
• Zoran Kalinić
• Aleksandar Karakašević
• Silvija Erdelji
• Slobodan Grujić

Taekwondo

• Milica Mandić - Olympic medalist
• Vanja Babić

Tennis

Players

• Novak Djokovic - World #1 player, 24 x Grand Slam winner, Olympic medalist
• Monica Seles - Former World #1 player, 9 x Grand Slam winner, Olympic medalist
• Ana Ivanovic - former World #1 player, Grand Slam winner
• Jelena Janković - former World #1 player, Wimbledon mixed doubles winner
• Nenad Zimonjić - former World #1 doubles player, 3 x Grand Slam winner in doubles, 4 x in mixed doubles
• Slobodan Živojinović - former World #1 doubles player, US open doubles winner
• Momčilo Tapavica - Olympic medalist, 1st ethnic Serb Olympic medalist
• Jelena Dokic
• Janko Tipsarević
• Viktor Troicki
• Bojana Jovanovski
• Miomir Kecmanović
• Olga Danilović

Coaches

• Jelena Genčić

Triathlon

• Ognjen Stojanović
• Nenad Sudarov

Volleyball

Players

Male

• Vladimir Grbić - Olympic and medalist
• Nikola Grbić - Olympic and medalist
• Goran Vujević - Olympic and medalist
• Andrija Gerić - Olympic and medalist
• Vladimir Batez - Olympic and medalist
• Slobodan Kovač - Olympic and medalist
• Đula Mešter - Olympic and medalist
• Ivan Miljković - Olympic medalist
• Slobodan Boškan - Olympic medalist
• Vasa Mijić - Olympic medalist
• Veljko Petković - Olympic medalist
• Rajko Jokanović - Olympic medalist
• Dejan Brđović - Olympic medalist
• Đorđe Đurić - Olympic medalist
• Žarko Petrović - Olympic medalist
• Željko Tanasković - Olympic medalist
• Goran Marić
• Vlado Petković
• Bojan Janić
• Nikola Kovačević
• Miloš Nikić
• Marko Podraščanin
• Dragan Stanković
• Saša Starović
• Nikola Rosić
• Mihajlo Mitić
• Aleksandar Atanasijević
• Uroš Kovačević

Female

• Jovana Brakočević
• Jelena Nikolić
• Maja Ognjenović
• Anja Spasojević
• Brižitka Molnar
• Nataša Krsmanović
• Suzana Ćebić
• Milena Rašić
• Sanja Malagurski
• Vesna Čitaković
• Stefana Veljković
• Ana Antonijević
• Ivana Đerisilo
• Tijana Malešević

Coaches

• Zoran Gajić
• Ljubomir Travica

Water polo

Players

• Igor Milanović - 2x Olympic medalist
• Dragan Andrić - 2x Olympic medalist
• Mirko Sandić - Olympic and medalist
• Uroš Marović - Olympic medalist
• Aleksandar Šoštar - Olympic medalist
• Goran Rađenović - Olympic medalist
• Zoran Petrović - Olympic medalist
• Aleksandar Šapić - Olympic and 2 x medalist
• Vladimir Vujasinović - Olympic and 2 x medalist
• Dejan Savić - Olympic and 2 x medalist
• Aleksandar Ćirić- Olympic and 2 x medalist
• Vanja Udovičić - Olympic and 2 x medalist
• Danilo Ikodinović - Olympic and medalist
• Denis Šefik - Olympic and medalist
• Viktor Jelenić - Olympic and medalist
• Nikola Kuljača - Olympic and medalist
• Slobodan Nikić - Olympic and medalist
• Petar Trbojević - Olympic and medalist
• Filip Filipović - 2x Olympic medalist
• Andrija Prlainović - 2x Olympic medalist
• Slobodan Soro - 2x Olympic medalist
• Živko Gocić - 2x Olympic medalist
• Duško Pijetlović - 2x Olympic medalist
• Nikola Rađen - 2x Olympic medalist
• Milan Aleksić - Olympic medalist
• Stefan Mitrović - Olympic medalist
• Jugoslav Vasović - Olympic medalist
• Predrag Zimonjić - Olympic medalist
• Gojko Pijetlović - Olympic medalist
• Aleksa Šaponjić - Olympic medalist
• Dušan Mandić - Olympic medalist
• Branko Peković - Olympic medalist
• Marko Avramović
• Dušan Popović
• Miloš Ćuk
• Dragan Jovanović
• Branislav Mitrović

Coaches

• Dejan Udovičić
• Nenad Manojlović

Wrestling

• Branislav Simić - Olympic and medalist
• Momir Petković - Olympic medalist
• Branislav Martinović - Olympic and medalist
• Ivan Frgić - Olympic medalist
• Refik Memišević - Olympic medalist
• Stevan Horvat - Olympic medalist
• Jožef Tertei - Olympic medalist
• Borivoje Vukov
• Kristijan Fris
• Davor Štefanek
• Aleksandar Maksimović
• Radomir Petković

Paralympic athletes

• Tanja Dragić - Paralympic medalist in athletics
• Željko Dimitrijević - Paralympic medalist in athletics
• Draženko Mitrović - Double paralympic medalist in athletics
• Miloš Grlica - Paralympic medalist in athletics
• Zlatko Kesler - 1x, 2x and 2x paralympic medalist in table tennis
• Borislava Perić - Double paralympic medalist in table tennis

Foreign athletes of Serbian origin

• Pete Maravich - basketball, Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
• Dražen Petrović - basketball, Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
• Natasa Dusev-Janics - canoeing, 3 x Olympic, 2 x, 1 x medalist
• Lavinia Miloșovici - gymnastics, 2 x Olympic, 1 x, 3 x medalist
• Nikola Karabatić - handball, 2 x Olympic medalist
• Daniel Nestor - tennis, Olympic medalist
• Paola Vukojicic - field hockey, Olympic 1 x, 2 x medalist
• Danijela Rundqvist - ice hockey, Olympic and medalist
• Adrien Plavsic - ice hockey, Olympic medalist
• Sara Isaković - swimming, Olympic medalist
• Bojana Radulović - handball, Olympic medalist
• Bojana Popović - handball, Olympic medalist
• Katarina Bulatović - handball, Olympic medalist
• Ana Đokić - handball, Olympic medalist
• Ljubomir Vranjes - handball, Olympic medalist
• Dalibor Doder - handball, Olympic medalist
• Dan Majerle - basketball, Olympic medalist
• Dragan Travica - volleyball, Olympic medalist
• James Trifunov - wrestling, Olympic medalist
• Alex Smith - American football
• Marija Šestak - athletics
• Christina Vukicevic - athletics
• Jeff Samardzija - baseball
• Brian Bogusevic - baseball
• Goran Dragić - basketball
• Sasha Vujačić - basketball
• Aleks Marić - basketball
• Gregg Popovich - basketball
• Press Maravich - basketball
• Tanja Kostic - basketball
• Milan Lucic - ice hockey
• Peter Zezel - ice hockey
• Branko Radivojevič - ice hockey
• Sasha Lakovic - ice hockey
• Dan Kesa - ice hockey
• Stan Smrke - ice hockey
• Mick Vukota - ice hockey
• Milan Marcetta - ice hockey
• Alex Petrovic - ice hockey
• Peter Popovic - ice hockey
• Milos Raonic - tennis
• Andrea Petkovic - tennis
• Kristina Mladenovic - tennis
• Igor Sijsling - tennis
• Frank Dancevic - tennis
• Rhonda Rajsich - racquetball
• Miloš Milošević - swimming
• Dejan Stankovic - beach soccer
• Miodrag Belodedici - football
• Steve Ogrizovic - football
• Zvjezdan Misimović - football
• Daniel Majstorović - football
• Bojan - football
• Marko Marin - football
• Marko Arnautović - football
• Milenko Ačimovič - football
• Milivoje Novaković - football
• Alex Smith - American football

See also

• List of Serbs
• Sport in Serbia