The European Athletics Indoor Championships is a biennial indoor track and field competition for European athletes that is organised by the European Athletic Association. It was held for the first time in 1970, replacing the European Indoor Games, its predecessor event first held in 1966.
The 7th European Athletics Championships were held from 12–16 September 1962 in the JNA Stadium in Belgrade, Yugoslavia. Contemporaneous reports on the event were given in the Glasgow Herald.
Olivera Jevtić is a Serbian long-distance runner. She has represented her country five times at the Olympics in 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012 and 2016.
Leif Robert Kronberg is a Swedish male hurdler of Serbian descent.
Sport in Serbia plays an important role, and the country has a strong sporting history. The most popular sports in Serbia are football, basketball, tennis, volleyball, water polo and handball.
Dragana Tomašević is a Serbian discus thrower.
Ivana Španović is a Serbian long jumper, reigning World indoor champion and reigning European indoor champion. In 2013, she became the first Serbian track and field athlete to win a medal at the IAAF Outdoor World Championships. In 2018, she became the first Serbian track and field athlete to win a world senior gold medal at the IAAF Indoor World Championships. She is the Serbian record holder in the long jump, indoors and outdoors, and also she is the national indoor record holder in the 60 metres and in the pentathlon. Her coach is Goran Obradović (coach) and she is a member of the Athletic Club Vojvodina in Novi Sad.
The Athletics Federation of Serbia is the governing body for the sport of athletics in Serbia.
Dragan Perić is a Serbian retired shot putter who occasionally competed in the discus throw. He holds the Serbian records in both events. He represented Yugoslavia/Serbia and Montenegro in four consecutive Summer Olympics from 1992 to 2004, in eight World Championships from 1991 to 2005 and three European Championships from 1990 to 1998.
The 2014 European Athletics Championships was held in Zürich, Switzerland, between 12–17 August 2014. It was the first time that Switzerland had hosted the European Athletics Championships since 1954.
The 32nd European Athletics Indoor Championships were held at Scandinavium and Svenska Mässan in Gothenburg, Sweden, on 1–3 March 2013.
Asmir Kolašinac is a Serbian shot putter who competed at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and 2012 London Olympics. In 2013 Kolašinac was European Indoor Champion in shot put. He is coached by Mišo Đurić and Nikola Tomasović.
Vladimir Milić is a retired Serbian shot putter who represented SFR Yugoslavia.
Amela Terzić is a Serbian middle-distance runner. She won two gold medals at 2011 European Athletics Junior Championships in Tallinn and was the junior champion at the 2012 European Cross Country Championships. She has also been a medallist in the 1500 metres at the World Junior and World Youth Championships and a gold medalist at the 2013 European U23 Championship.
Slovakia competed at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics from August 27 to September 4 in Daegu, South Korea. A team of 8 athletes was announced to represent the country in the event. The team is led by walker Matej Tóth competing in both 20 km and 50 km race walking events, and European Athletics Indoor Championships triple jump bronze medalist Dana Veldaková.
Serbia competed at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics from August 27 to September 4 in Daegu, South Korea. A team of seven athletes represented the country in the event. The team was led by 2011 European Athletics U23 Championships 400m hurdles bronze medallist Emir Bekrić, and 2011 European Athletics U23 Championships long jump silver medallist Ivana Španović. The final team on the entry list comprises the names of 9 athletes.
The 2018 European Athletics Championships were held in Berlin, Germany, from 6 to 12 August 2018. The championships were part of the first European Championships with other events happening in the United Kingdom.
Serbia competed at the 2014 European Athletics Championships in Zürich, Switzerland, from 12–17 August 2014. The following athletes has been selected to compete by the Serbian Athletics Federation.[1]
