Milanko Petrović ( sr-cyrl, Миланко Петровић; born 21 September 1988 in

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) is a

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n biathlete who participated at the

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, becoming the first olympic biathlete for independent Serbia. At the

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he carried Serbian flag at the opening ceremony and competed in biathlon and cross-country skiing. He represents Serbia at the

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and he is a regular participant of the

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and the first ever Serb to win World Cup points. Occasionally, he competes in

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. At the

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he made a remarkable success by winning first ever international medals for Serbia in biathlon and cross-country skiing.

Biathlon

Petrović competed 5 times at the

. His best achievements were 47th place in Pursuit and 49th place in Sprint achieved in

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. The best finish in Individual was 87th place in

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. Milanko Petrović competed at the 2013 Summer Biathlon World Championship. He came 5th in pursuit and 9th in Sprint. At the 2012 European Biathlon Championship, he finished 9th in sprint and 20th in Individual. In 2014 he won 8th place in sprint, 14th place in individual race and 15th in pursuit. The biggest successes in his career so far, Petrović achieved in 2012/13 season of World Cup. At the 4th stage of World Cup in German, Oberhof, he finished 39th in 10 km Sprint and 40th in 12.5 km Pursuit. Those were his The best world cup results which brought him first world cup points. Petrović finished 35th in Pursuit in

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, during the 7th stage of World Cup and won new points. He finished 47th in

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in the 20 km Individual and 35th in 10 km Sprint, achieved the highest Individual and Sprint World Cup placements and also won new sprint points. Petrović finished 2012/13 season on 86th place overall scoring 15 points, in sprint he came 80th with 8 points and in pursuit he was ranked 72nd with 7 points.

Olympic Games

World Championships

World Cup

Cross-country skiing

Petrović competes for Serbian in cross-country skiing in Balkan Cup. He brought Serbia first ever wins in Balkan Cup in 10 km and 15 km Freestyle during the 2013 stage, held in

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. In 2013 he finished 8th in 10 km freestyle during the Austria Cup in Seefeld. At the

held in

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, Petrović won first ever international Serbian cross-country medal, gold in 10 km freestyle and achieved the best ever Serbian points 18.48 therefore Serbia managed to qualify for the first time two male athletes for the

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in cross-country skiing.

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* * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Petrovic, Milanko 1988 births Living people Sportspeople from Sjenica Serbian male biathletes Serbian male cross-country skiers Olympic biathletes for Serbia Olympic cross-country skiers for Serbia Biathletes at the 2010 Winter Olympics Biathletes at the 2014 Winter Olympics Cross-country skiers at the 2014 Winter Olympics Winter World University Games medalists in biathlon Winter World University Games medalists in cross-country skiing FISU World University Games gold medalists for Serbia FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Serbia Competitors at the 2013 Winter Universiade 21st-century Serbian sportsmen