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Damir Mikec

Damir Mikec (Serbian Cyrillic: Дамир Микец; born 31 March 1984) is a Serbian sport shooter.

Damir Mikec
Mikec in 2019
Personal information
NationalitySerbian
Born (1984-03-31) 31 March 1984 (age 40)
Split, SFR Yugoslavia
Height1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight81 kg (179 lb)
Sport
Country Serbia and Montenegro and  Serbia
SportShooting
Event10m Air Pistol, 10m Air Pistol Mix, 50m Free Pistol
ClubKSS "Policajac", Belgrade
Medal record
Men's shooting
Representing  Serbia
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 1 1 -
World Championships 1 4 -
World Cup Final 3 - 1
World Cup 11 11 3
European Games 2 1 -
European Championships 6 13 10
Mediterranean Games 3 1 2
ISSF Grand Prix 2 2 -
Universiade - 1 -
Total 29 34 16
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2024 Paris 10m Air Pistol Mix
Silver medal – second place 2020 Tokyo 10m Air Pistol
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2022 Cairo 50m Pistol
Silver medal – second place 2023 Baku 10m Air Pistol
Silver medal – second place 2018 Changwon 50m Pistol
Silver medal – second place 2018 Changwon 50m Pistol Team
Silver medal – second place 2010 Munich 10m Air Pistol Team
World Cup Final
Gold medal – first place 2022 Cairo 10m Air Pistol
Gold medal – first place 2017 New Delhi 50m Pistol
Gold medal – first place 2016 Bologna 10m Air Pistol
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Wrocław 10m Air Pistol Mix
World Cup
Gold medal – first place 2023 Rio de Janeiro 10m Air Pistol Mix
Gold medal – first place 2023 Lima 10m Air Pistol Mix
Gold medal – first place 2023 Lima 10m Air Pistol
Gold medal – first place 2022 Changwon 10m Air Pistol Mix
Gold medal – first place 2022 Changwon 10m Air Pistol
Gold medal – first place 2022 Baku 10m Air Pistol
Gold medal – first place 2022 Cairo 10m Air Pistol Mix
Gold medal – first place 2015 Fort Benning 50m Pistol
Gold medal – first place 2014 Maribor 50m Pistol
Gold medal – first place 2012 Milan 50m Pistol
Gold medal – first place 2010 Fort Benning 10m Air Pistol
Silver medal – second place 2023 Baku 10m Air Pistol Mix
Silver medal – second place 2023 Cairo 10m Air Pistol Mix
Silver medal – second place 2021 Osijek 10m Air Pistol
Silver medal – second place 2021 Osijek 10m Air Pistol Team
Silver medal – second place 2019 New Delhi 10m Air Pistol
Silver medal – second place 2018 Munich 10m Air Pistol Mix
Silver medal – second place 2018 Fort Benning 10m Air Pistol Mix
Silver medal – second place 2016 Rio de Janeiro 10m Air Pistol
Silver medal – second place 2012 Munich 50m Pistol
Silver medal – second place 2010 Beijing 10m Air Pistol
Silver medal – second place 2009 Munich 50m Pistol
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Baku 10m Air Pistol Mix
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Changwon 10m Air Pistol Mix
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Gabala 50m Pistol
European Games
Gold medal – first place 2015 Baku 10m Air Pistol
Gold medal – first place 2015 Baku 50m Pistol
Silver medal – second place 2019 Minsk 10m Air Pistol Mix
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2023 Tallinn 10m Air Pistol Mix
Gold medal – first place 2023 Tallinn 10m Air Pistol
Gold medal – first place 2017 Baku 50m Pistol Team
Gold medal – first place 2017 Maribor 10m Air Pistol Mix
Gold medal – first place 2016 Győr 10m Air Pistol Mix
Gold medal – first place 2003 Győr 10m Air Pistol Team Junior
Silver medal – second place 2021 Osijek 50m Pistol
Silver medal – second place 2021 Osijek 10m Air Pistol Mix
Silver medal – second place 2020 Wrocław 10m Air Pistol Mix
Silver medal – second place 2019 Osijek 10m Air Pistol
Silver medal – second place 2018 Győr 10m Air Pistol Mix
Silver medal – second place 2018 Győr 10m Air Pistol Team
Silver medal – second place 2017 Baku 50m Pistol
Silver medal – second place 2017 Maribor 10m Air Pistol
Silver medal – second place 2015 Arnhem 10m Air Pistol
Silver medal – second place 2013 Odense 10m Air Pistol Team
Silver medal – second place 2009 Prague 10m Air Pistol Team
Silver medal – second place 2004 Munich 50m Pistol Junior
Silver medal – second place 2004 Munich 50m Pistol Junior Team
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Tallinn 10m Air Pistol Team
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Wrocław 50m Pistol
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Hamar 10m Air Pistol Mix
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Wrocław 10m Air Pistol Team
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Osijek 10m Air Pistol Mix
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Maribor 10m Air Pistol Team
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Győr 10m Air Pistol Team
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Arnhem 10m Air Pistol Team
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Brescia 10m Air Pistol Team
Bronze medal – third place 2005 Belgrade 50m Pistol Team
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place 2022 Oran 10m Air Pistol
Gold medal – first place 2022 Oran 10m Air Pistol Mix
Gold medal – first place 2018 Tarragona 10m Air Pistol
Silver medal – second place 2009 Pescara 50m Pistol
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Mersin 10m Air Pistol
Bronze medal – third place 2005 Almería 10m Air Pistol
ISSF Grand Prix
Gold medal – first place 2022 Granada 10m Air Pistol Mix
Gold medal – first place 2022 Osijek 10m Air Pistol Team
Silver medal – second place 2022 Granada 10m Air Pistol
Silver medal – second place 2022 Ruse 10m Air Pistol Team
Universiade
Silver medal – second place 2011 Shenzhen 50m Pistol

Biography

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Mikec represented Serbia at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, People's Republic of China. He earned his qualification by finishing 6th at the 2007 World Cup #1 Rifle, Pistol in Fort Benning, United States of America. In Beijing, Mikec reached the final in 50 metre pistol and finished 7th. In 10 metre air pistol he missed the final by a one-point margin and finished 13th.

Mikec won a silver medal in 50 metre pistol at the 2009 ISSF World Cup in Munich.

At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he came as world's number one at the world rank list, again competed in the 10 metre air pistol and the 50 metre pistol, finishing in 17th and 16th positions respectively.[1]

At the 2020 Summer Olympics, he competed in the 10 metre air pistol finishing second, granting Serbia its first medal at the Games.

At the 2024 Summer Olympics, he competed in both the Men's 10 metre air pistol, where he placed seventh, and the Mixed 10 metre air pistol team, where he finished in first alongside Zorana Arunović.

Personal life

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Mikec is of paternal Slovene and maternal Serbian descent. His paternal grandparents hail from Novo Mesto, but due to his grandfather's engagement in the Yugoslav People's Army, his father was born in Bitola. His father was in the Army as well, and met his mother, a discus thrower, in Senta while located there at the time. Because of his older brothers Igor and Goran's respiratory problems, his family moved to Split–where he was born–due to the benefits of sea air and climate. After the outbreak of the Croatian War of Independence, his family moved to Herceg Novi. Finally, in 1997, his family moved to Petlovo Brdo, Belgrade, where he finished the last grade of primary school and started secondary school. After the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia, he started training shooting at the urging of his mother and Srećko Pejović.[2]

He was married to Salvadoran sports shooter Melissa Pérez, whom he met in 2005. They married in 2011 in the Ružica Church. Despite plans for another wedding in El Salvador, the Catholic Church there would not agree on a compromise due to Mikec's Eastern Orthodox faith, unlike the Serbian Orthodox Church who did agree on a compromise due to Pérez's Roman Catholic faith. The couple have two children, a son Milan Ricardo (b. 2015) and Mia Vanessa (b. 2020).[2] They divorced in 2024.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Damir Mikec Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
  2. ^ a b Mikec, Damir (8 August 2021). "ŽIVOTNA PRIČA DAMIRA MIKECA: Na venčanju u Salvadoru od mene su tražili da menjam veru, na šta, naravno, nisam pristao". Kurir (in Serbian). Archived from the original on 2021-08-08. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
  3. ^ "Damir Mikec prvi put progovorio o razvodu: "Deca ne smeju da trpe"".
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