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Nationality | Serbian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born |
Belgrade, Serbia, Yugoslavia |
6 December 1991 ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Residence | Belgrade, Serbia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 159 lb (72 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Serbia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Taekwondo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | Middleweight (−73 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | TK Galeb | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Dragan Jović | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Milica Mandić (Serbian Cyrillic: Милица Мандић, born December 6, 1991 in Belgrade, Serbia, Yugoslavia) is a Serbian taekwondo athlete and the reigning Olympic champion in the +67 kg category.
She won a bronze medal in the middleweight category (under 73 kg) at the 2011 World Taekwondo Championships and a silver medal at the 2012 European Taekwondo Championships. At the 2012 Summer Olympics she beat Anne-Caroline Graffe of France in a 9-7 win, becoming the first gold medalist for independent Serbia.
Milica Mandić and her trainer Dragan Jović were included in the Taekwondo Hall of Fame at the 2013 Ceremony in Las Vegas. She was selected because of her great contribution to the sport in Serbia. Her results, including the gold medal in the 2012 Summer Olympics in London was the highest result in the region.