Ivan Smiljanić (born 16 April 1981) is a

rower Rowing, sometimes called crew in the United States, is the sport of racing boats using oars. It differs from paddling sports in that rowing oars are attached to the boat using oarlocks, while paddles are not connected to the boat. Rowing is di ...

who represented the combined team of

Serbia and Montenegro Serbia and Montenegro ( sr, Cрбија и Црна Гора, translit=Srbija i Crna Gora) was a country in Southeast Europe located in the Balkans that existed from 1992 to 2006, following the breakup of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yu ...

at the

2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 (Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from 1 ...

in Sydney.

Career

Smiljanić was born in 1981 in

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, Yugoslavia. He crewed for the California Golden Bears, Berkeley (USA) and served as their team captain before graduating with a degree in

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and

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. While at Cal he won two gold medals as well as a bronze at national championships on top of the two gold and silver medals he won at Pac-10s. Smiljanić also crewed in the

2000 Olympic Games The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 (Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from 1 ...

as a member of the Serbian National Team in the

coxless four A coxless four is a rowing boat used in the sport of competitive rowing. It is designed for four persons who propel the boat with sweep oars, without a coxswain. The crew consists of four rowers, each having one oar. There are two rowers on th ...

. He won two gold, two silver and a bronze at

World Rowing Junior Championships The World Rowing Junior Championships is an international rowing regatta organized by FISA (the International Rowing Federation). A rower or coxswain shall be classified as a Junior until 31 December of the year in which he reaches the age of 1 ...

.
/ref> Smiljanić coached the Oakland Strokes, a high school

rowing Rowing is the act of propelling a human-powered watercraft using the sweeping motions of oars to displace water and generate reactional propulsion. Rowing is functionally similar to paddling, but rowing requires oars to be mechanically atta ...

club, from 2006 to 2010.

References

Living people 1981 births Serbian male rowers Olympic rowers for Serbia and Montenegro Rowers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Belgrade Serbia and Montenegro sportsmen California Golden Bears rowers Serbian sports coaches Rowing coaches Serbia and Montenegro expatriate sportspeople in the United States Serbian expatriate sportspeople in the United States {{Serbia-rowing-bio-stub