Milan Trajkovic

Milan Trajković (, , born 17 March 1992 in Surdulica) is a Serbian-born Cypriot athlete specialising in the sprint hurdles. 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.

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. With this qualification, Trajkovic became the first Cypriot athlete to qualify for this event at the Olympic Games.

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

1Disqualified in the final

References

1992 births

Living people

People from Surdulica

Sportspeople from Pčinja District

Naturalized citizens of Cyprus

Cypriot people of Serbian descent

Cypriot male hurdlers

Serbian emigrants to Cyprus

Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Commonwealth Games

Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

Commonwealth Games competitors for Cyprus

Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Olympic athletes for Cyprus

Serb diaspora sportspeople

Yugoslav Wars refugees

World Athletics Championships athletes for Cyprus

European Athletics Indoor Championships winners

Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics

Mediterranean Games gold medalists in athletics

Athletes (track and field) at the 2022 Mediterranean Games

Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Cyprus

Athletes (track and field) at the 2023 European Games

European Games silver medalists for Cyprus

European Games medalists in athletics