Milica Nikolić

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Milica Nikolić (born November 7, 1994 ) is a Serbian judoka . She won bronze at the European Championships in 2018.

Athletic career

Milica Nikolić fights in the super lightweight, the weight class up to 48 kilograms. She was already successful in the various youth classes, so she was both Serbian U17 and U20 champions in 2010. In 2012 she won the U20 Balkan Championships and the following year she was the Balkan Champion in the adult class. In 2014 she won her first Serbian adult championship title, followed by further championship titles in 2015 and 2016. In 2014, she was also fifth in Fort Lauderdale's U21 World Championships. In 2015 she defeated Israeli Noa Minsker in the final of the U23 European Championships in Bratislava . In 2016 Milica Nikolić was able to defend this title in Tel Aviv against the Hungarian Reka Pupp . In 2017 she finished seventh at the European Championships in Warsaw. At the 2017 World Championships in Budapest, she lost to the Japanese Funa Tonaka in the quarterfinals . After beating Noa Minsker in the Hope Round, Nikolić lost the battle for bronze against the second Japanese Ami Kondo and finished in fifth place.

In 2018, Nikolić reached the semi-finals with a victory over the Ukrainian Maryna Tschernjak in the quarter-finals of the European Championships in Tel Aviv, where she was defeated by the Hungarian Éva Csernoviczki . The Serbian won the battle for bronze against the Belgian Anne-Sophie Jura . Two months later, Milica Nikolic reached the final at the Mediterranean Games in Tarragona. She received the silver medal behind the Spaniard Julia Figueroa . At the 2018 World Championships , Nikolić was eliminated in her first fight against Julia Figueroa.

Web links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ U23 European Championships 2015 at judoinside.com
  2. ↑ U23 European Championships 2016 at judoinside.com
  3. ↑ Match balance at judoinside.com
  4. ↑ According to the match record, Nikolić won the semi-finals, but then she would have fought in the final instead of the Hungarian.
  5. ↑ Mediterranean Games 2018 at judoinside.com
personal data
SURNAME Nikolić, Milica
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Serbian judoka
DATE OF BIRTH November 7, 1994