Team Serbia - Profile

@ PYEONGCHANG 2018
Serbia fielded a team of four athletes (three men, one woman) in two sports, Alpine skiing and cross-country skiing. Its best finish was 14th by Alpine skier Nevena Ignjatovic in women's super combined.

This was Serbia's third appearance at the Olympic Winter Games, after 2010 and 2014.

PYEONGCHANG 2018 FLAGBEARERS
Opening Ceremony: Nevena Ignjatovic (ALP)
Closing Ceremony: Nevena Ignjatovic (ALP)

OLYMPIC GAMES HISTORY
Serbia has had 17 Winter competitors (11 men, six women) who have appeared in Alpine skiing, biathlon, bobsleigh, cross-country skiing and snowboarding. Its best finishes have been Nevena Ignjatovic's 14th in women's Alpine combined (2018) and 18th by its 4-man bobsleigh team in 2010.

Ninety-six years separate Serbia's first and second Olympic appearances. It first competed at the Stockholm 1912 Olympic Games, when it fielded a marathon runner and a 100m sprinter.

After the break-up of Yugoslavia, and later the secession of Montenegro in 2006 from Serbia and Montenegro, Serbia competed independently for the second time at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, where it won three medals. Its most notable performance in Beijing was achieved by swimmer Milorad Cavic, who was beaten by Michael Phelps by one one-hundredth of a second in the 100m butterfly. In 2012 Milica Mandic won Serbia's first gold medal in the women's taekwondo heavyweight class.

Serbia has won 24 Olympic medals (six golds), including three medals in men's water polo, highlighted by a gold medal in 2016.

MILESTONES

First Competitor, Female: Belma Smrkovic (15 February 2010) - 2010 - Cross-Country Skiing (10km Freestyle) - 77th
First Competitor, Male: Milanko Petrovic (14 February 2010) - 2010 - Biathlon (10km Sprint) - 81st

Youngest Competitor, Female: Ivana Kovacevic (19y-047d) - 2014 - Cross-Country Skiing (10km Classical) - 72nd
Youngest Competitor, Male: Amar Garibovic (18y-161d) - 2010 - Cross-Country Skiing (15km Mass Start) - 80th

Oldest Competitor, Female: Jelena Lolovic (28y-226d) - 2010 - Alpine Skiing (Slalom) - DNF
Oldest Competitor, Male: Vuk Radenovic (30y-255d) - 2014 - Bobsleigh (2-man) - DNF

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