Milena Reljin ( sr-cyrl, Милена Рељин, born 25 May 1967 in

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, SR Serbia,

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) is a

Serbia Serbia (, ; Serbian language, Serbian: , , ), officially the Republic of Serbia (Serbian language, Serbian: , , ), is a landlocked country in Southeast Europe, Southeastern and Central Europe, situated at the crossroads of the Pannonian Bas ...

rhythmic gymnast Rhythmic gymnastics is a sport in which gymnasts perform on a floor with an apparatus: hoop, ball, clubs, ribbon. The sport combines elements of gymnastics, dance and calisthenics; gymnasts must be strong, flexible, agile, dexterous and coordi ...

. She is the child of Mita Reljin, a basketball player and coach, and Vukosava Milanović-Reljin, a basketball player for Radnički and later,

Partizan Partizan may refer to: Sport * JSD Partizan, a sports society from Belgrade, Serbia, which includes the following clubs: **AK Partizan, athletics ** Biciklistički Klub Partizan, cycling ** Džudo Klub Partizan, judo **FK Partizan, association fo ...

. During her career Reljin won a record 9 consecutive Yugoslav Senior National Titles, from 1981 to 1989. She began with rhythmic gymnastics in 1977 at age 9, after a primary school friend, named Mira, did the same. At the time Milena was doing folk dancing but, she became enchanted with rhythmic gymnastics after watching one of her friend's training sessions. Milena's first coach was Olivera Radosavljević at the Senjak Gymnastics Club. Olivera's daughter Jasna Tomin later took over younger gymnasts, including Milena. Her next coach was Nada Vučković-Pisić at the Gymnastics Club

. In 1980, Reljin won the Yugoslav Junior National Championships, followed by a string of Senior championships that would last until 1989. In 1981, she took the all-around gold at the Balkan championships and tied

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Anelia Ralenkova Anelia Ralenkova ( bg, Анелия Раленкова; born December 25, 1963) became one of Bulgaria's most distinctive rhythmic gymnasts. She is one of the "Golden Girls" of Bulgaria that dominated rhythmic gymnastics in the 1980s. Biogra ...

for silver on

clubs Club may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media * ''Club'' (magazine) * Club, a ''Yie Ar Kung-Fu'' character * Clubs (suit), a suit of playing cards * Club music * "Club", by Kelsea Ballerini from the album ''kelsea'' Brands and enterprises ...

. She competed twice at

Olympic Games The modern Olympic Games or Olympics (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques) are the leading international sporting events featuring summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a var ...

Los Angeles 1984 The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United States. It marked the secon ...

where she came 5th All-Around, and

Seoul 1988 The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서울 1988, Seoul Cheon gubaek palsip-pal), was an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October ...

where she placed 9th All-Around. Milena retired from the sport in 1989. After her retirement she took up coaching at her old club ''Partizan'', where she coached from 1990 until 2002. In 2002, she started her own Rhythmic Gymnastics Club, ''Ritam'', which she is now the head coach for around 400 girls aged 4 to 20. Reljin has also been an international judge at five World, seven European Championships and Olympic Games 2016, as well as other international tournaments. From 2005 to 2012 she was President of Women and sport Commission in

Olympic Committee of Serbia The Olympic Committee of Serbia ( sr, / ) is the National Olympic Committee representing Serbia. It organizes the country's representatives at the Olympic Games and other multisport events. Members of the committee are 47 sports federations, wh ...

. From 2005 to 2009 she was Vice President o
Serbian Anti-Doping Agency
In 2006 for successful work and achievements in sport she was awarded by Ministry for education and sports of Republic of Serbia with "Award of Saint Sava". She was representative of

IOC The International Olympic Committee (IOC; french: link=no, Comité international olympique, ''CIO'') is a non-governmental sports organisation based in Lausanne, Switzerland. It is constituted in the form of an association under the Swiss ...

Women and sport Congress in 2011. Since 2009 she is National RG Team Head Coach, President of Technical Committee for Rhythmic Gymnastic and board member o
Gymnastics Federation of Serbia
Since 2014 she is member of Sport Commission in

. She is married to Nenad Tatić and has 3 children.

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Reljin, Milena 1967 births Living people Serbian rhythmic gymnasts Yugoslav rhythmic gymnasts Olympic gymnasts for Yugoslavia Gymnasts at the 1984 Summer Olympics Gymnasts at the 1988 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Belgrade