Milan Trajkovic
Personal information | |
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Born |
Surdulica, FR Yugoslavia | 17 March 1992
Education | Cyprus University of Technology[1] |
Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)[2] |
Weight | 82 kg (181 lb) |
Sport | |
Sport | Track and field |
Event(s) | 110 metres hurdles |
Milan Trajkovic (Serbian: Милан Трајковић, Greek: Μίλαν Τραΐκοβιτς, born 17 March 1992 in Surdulica) is a Serbian-born Cypriot athlete specialising in the sprint hurdles.[3] He has won two gold medals at the Games of the Small States of Europe.
At the 2016 Rio Olympics, Trajkovic qualified for the Men's 110 metres hurdles with times of 13.41 seconds and 13.31 in the semi-finals.[4] With this qualification, Trajkovic became the first Cypriot athlete to qualify for this event at the Olympic Games.
His personal bests are 13.31 seconds in the 110 metres hurdles (+0.3 m/s, Rio 2016) and 7.67 seconds in the 60 metres hurdles (Piraeus 2015). Both are current national records.
Competition record
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing Cyprus | |||||
2011 | European Junior Championships | Tallinn, Estonia | 19th (h) | 110 m hurdles (99 cm) | 14.30 |
2013 | European Indoor Championships | Gothenburg, Sweden | 25th (h) | 60 m hurdles | 7.95 |
Games of the Small States of Europe | Luxembourg, Luxembourg | 1st | 110 m hurdles | 14.03 | |
European U23 Championships | Tampere, Finland | 8th | 110 m hurdles | 14.22 | |
2014 | Commonwealth Games | Glasgow, United Kingdom | 14th (h) | 110 m hurdles | 13.95 |
European Championships | Zürich, Switzerland | 24th (h) | 110 m hurdles | 13.78 | |
2015 | European Indoor Championships | Prague, Czech Republic | 19th (h) | 60 m hurdles | 7.83 |
Games of the Small States of Europe | Reykjavík, Iceland | 1st | 110 m hurdles | 13.86 | |
Universiade | Gwangju, South Korea | 6th | 110 m hurdles | 13.78 | |
2016 | European Championships | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 5th | 110 m hurdles | 13.44 |
Olympic Games | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 7th | 110 m hurdles | 13.41 |
References
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