Milan Trajkovic
Milan Trajkovic in 2023
Personal information
Born (1992-03-17) 17 March 1992 (age 31)
Surdulica, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
EducationCyprus University of Technology[1]
Height1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)[2]
Weight82 kg (181 lb)
Sport
SportTrack and field
Event110 metres hurdles
Medal record
European Indoor Championships
Gold medal – first place 2019 Glasgow 60 m hurdles
European Games
Silver medal – second place 2023 Kraków-Małopolska 110 m hurdles
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place 2022 Oran 110 m hurdles

Milan Trajković (Serbian: Милан Трајковић, Greek: Μίλαν Τράικοβιτς, 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.

Biography

Trajković was raised in the Serbian town of Surdulica but emigrated with his family to Cyprus at the age of nine with the end of SFR of Yugoslavia as a result of the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia.[4]

At the 2016 Rio Olympics, he qualified for the final of Men's 110 metres hurdles with times of 13.41 seconds and 13.31 in the semi-finals.[5] With this qualification, Trajkovic became the first Cypriot athlete to qualify for this event at the Olympic Games.

Milan Trajković representing Cyprus in the 110m hurdles finals at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.

His personal bests are 13.25 seconds in the 110 metres hurdles (0.0 m/s, London 2017) and 7.51 seconds in the 60 metres hurdles (Birmingham, 2018). Both are current national records.

Competition record

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  Cyprus
2011 European Junior Championships Tallinn, Estonia 19th (sf) 110 m hurdles (99 cm) 14.49
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
2017 European Indoor Championships Belgrade, Serbia 6th 60 m hurdles 7.60
World Championships London, United Kingdom 11th (sf) 110 m hurdles 13.32
2018 World Indoor Championships Birmingham, United Kingdom 2nd (sf) 60 m hurdles 7.511
Commonwealth Games Gold Coast, Australia 4th 110 m hurdles 13.42
European Championships Berlin, Germany 15th (sf) 110 m hurdles 13.57
2019 European Indoor Championships Glasgow, United Kingdom 1st 60 m hurdles 7.60
World Championships Doha, Qatar 8th 110 m hurdles 13.87
2021 European Indoor Championships Toruń, Poland 17th (sf) 60 m hurdles 7.78
Olympic Games Tokyo, Japan 23rd (sf) 110 m hurdles 14.01
2022 World Indoor Championships Belgrade, Serbia 7th 60 m hurdles 7.62
Mediterranean Games Oran, Algeria 1st 110 m hurdles 13.34
World Championships Eugene, United States 19th (sf) 110 m hurdles 13.49
European Championships Munich, Germany 9th (sf) 110 m hurdles 13.54
2023 European Indoor Championships Istanbul, Turkey 9th (sf) 60 m hurdles 7.73
World Championships Budapest, Hungary 12th (sf) 110 m hurdles 13.33

1Disqualified in the final

References

  1. ^ 2015 WSG profile Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ 2014 CWG profile
  3. ^ Milan Trajkovic at World Athletics Edit this at Wikidata
  4. ^ Μίλαν Τραΐκοβιτς: H ιστορία του Κύπριου δρομέα που μας έκανε περήφανους στο Ρίο (in Greek). Philenews (2016-08-23). Retrieved on 2017-08-06.
  5. ^ Olympic Games Rio 2016
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