Vladan Marković (

Serbian Cyrillic The Serbian Cyrillic alphabet ( sr, / , ) is a variation of the Cyrillic script used to write the Serbian language, updated in 1818 by Serbian linguist Vuk Karadžić. It is one of the two alphabets used to write standard modern Serbian, t ...

: Владан Марковић; born 20 March 1977 in Belgrade,

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with height 1.87 cm and weight 90 kg) is a

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n swimmer also considered to be one of the country's all-time best. He is the current president of PK Zlatni Delfin, a swimming club from Belgrade and is a

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alumni since 2001. Marković represented his country at three different Summer Olympics. He made his first appearance at the

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which were held in the city of

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. Marković finished 28th overall at the men's 100 m butterfly with a time of 54.90. He also finished 28th overall at the men's 200 metre butterfly with a time of 2:01.80. At the

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in Sydney, Australia, his results were very similar. Markovic could only establish a time of 2:00.02 and was eliminated after the preliminary heat in the men's 200 metre butterfly. Finally, at the 2004 Summer Olympics in

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, his time of 2:04.77 at the men's 200 metre butterfly was only good enough for a 31st overall place. Marković represented

Serbia at the 2008 Summer Olympics Serbia competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, People's Republic of China. The country returned under the name ''Serbia'' after 96 years, previously competing under the names ''Yugoslavia'' (1920–1988), ''Independent Olympic Participant ...

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, which was his fourth Olympics. He gained his qualification in Cadiz,

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in 2007 with a time of 2:00.36 at the 200 metre butterfly. Marković won three bronze medals at the Mediterranean Games from 1997 to 2001. Among his best results remain the 7th-place finish at the

1995 FINA Short Course World Championships The 2nd FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) was an international swimming meet held on Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 30 November until 3 December 1995. The meet featured 32 events swum in a short course (25m) pool. The United S ...

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, and his 9th-place finish at the

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. He has reached the semifinals six times at various European LC Championships. On top of everything, he has been crowned

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champion four times during his career (1996-1998-2000-2002). He has been

's butterfly national champion for the past 15 years and retains the title still to this day. Marković was selected for the best young athlete in

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External links

Profile at Olympic Committee of Serbia
* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Markovic, Vladan Serbian male swimmers Olympic swimmers of Yugoslavia Swimmers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Male butterfly swimmers Sportspeople from Belgrade Living people Olympic swimmers of Serbia and Montenegro Olympic swimmers of Serbia Yugoslav male swimmers Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Yugoslavia Swimmers at the 1997 Mediterranean Games Swimmers at the 2001 Mediterranean Games Year of birth missing (living people) Mediterranean Games medalists in swimming

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