Cavic, Jankovic elected as best Serbian athletes in 2008
Serbia's top swimmer
Milorad Cavic and best female tennis player Jelena Jankovic were
on Saturday elected best athletes of the year in the Balkan country.
Cavic and Jankovic received the honor in a ceremony organized
by the Serbian Olympic Committee in Belgrade.
Cavic, 24-year-old, won two gold and two silver medals this
year, including a second place finish at the Beijing Olympics.
Jankovic, 23-year-old, won four WTA titles and first took over
the No. 1 ranking on Aug. 11 and then again ascended to that height
on Oct. 6. She has held the top ranking for a total of 12 weeks.
The Serbian men's water polo team was declared the most
successful men's team for the sixth consecutive year. The team won
three medals: gold at the World League, silver at the European
championship, and bronze at the Olympic Games in Beijing.
As for women's teams, the national volleyball squad was
declared the best after they qualified for the Olympics for the first
time in history of Serbian volleyball for women.
The best disabled athletes are table tennis player Borislava
Peric-Rankovic and track-and-field competitor Drazenko Mitrovic,
who won silver and bronze respectively at the Paralympic Games in