Milka Milinković Explained

Milka Milinković
Sport:Paralympic athletics
Disability:Paraplegia
Disability Class:F55
Event:Javelin throw
Shot put
Birth Date:7 April 1955
Birth Place:Sanski Most, PR Bosnia and Herzegovina, FPR Yugoslavia
Death Place:Rijeka, Croatia
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Milka Milinković (7 April 1955 – 11 June 2017)[1] was a Croatian Paralympic athlete who mainly competed in javelin throw and shot put events. She was regarded as one of Croatia's most successful Paralympic athlete and her country's first ever medal at the 1992 Summer Paralympics after the independence of Croatia. She participated at nine Paralympic Games where she represented Yugoslavia from 1972 to 1988 and Croatia from 1992 to 2016.[2]

In 1968, when Milinković was thirteen, she became paralysed after falling off a tree and received medical treatment and attended a rehabilitation centre in Kraljevica. Milinković died of a long illness at a hospital in Rijeka aged 62.[3] [4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Preminula Milka Milinković (1955. - 2017.) - Novosti .: HPO . 2023-10-08 . hpo.hr . hr.
  2. Web site: 16 September 2020. Milka Milinkovic - IPC Athlete Bio. 3 September 2021. ipc.infostradasports.com. https://web.archive.org/web/20210903152558/http://ipc.infostradasports.com/asp/lib/theasp.asp?pageid=8937&sportid=513&personid=687330&wintergames=-1&refreshauto=1. dead.
  3. Web site: 13 June 2017. The most successful Croatian Paralympian Milka Milinkovic passed away (in Croatian). fiuman.hr.
  4. Web site: 9 September 2017. Croatian Post Pays Tribute to Paralympic Athlete Milka Milinkovic. Total Croatia News.