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