Ivan Miljković

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Olympic medalist
Ivan Miljković
Medal record
Men's Volleyball
Competitor for  Yugoslavia
Gold	2000 Sydney	Team

Ivan Miljković (Serbian: Иван Миљковић; born September 13, 1979 in Niš) is a Serbian volleyball player, whose first club was Student Niš, but he started his professional career in Partizan Belgrade in 1997.

He played in the national team of FR Yugoslavia for the first time a year later (October 4, 1998, a game against Turkey). In 2000 in Sydney the Yugoslav national team (members of which were also Vladimir Grbić, Nikola Grbić, Andrija Gerić, Goran Vujević) won the Olympic gold medal. In the final match against Russia Ivan Miljković scored the last point and after that fell on his knees.

After this success he changed his club and started playing for Italian Lube Banca Macerata. In 2001 the Yugoslav team won the European Volleyball Championship in Ostrava, Czech Republic. With his club, Lube Banca Macerata, he also won the Champions League (2001), twice the Italian Cup (2001, 2003) and three times the CEV Cup (2001, 2005, 2006).

On July 18, 2007, he signed a contract with the M. Roma Volley.

Both in the club and in the national team he wears a T-shirt with number 14.

[edit] Personal life

He is in a long-lasting relationship with Željka Mićanović (since 1997) but despite rumours of their marriage appearing occasionally, they are not married.