Personal information | |
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Full name | Radovan Siljevski |
Nationality | Serbia |
Born | 17 July 1986 Belgrade, Serbia, Yugoslavia |
Height | 1.90 metres (6.2 ft) |
Weight | 80 kilograms (180 lb) |
Sport | |
Sport | Swimming |
Stroke(s) | Freestyle |
Club | Vojvodina Novi Sad |
Radovan Siljevski (born July 17, 1986 in Belgrade) is a Serbian swimmer who competed at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing for his native country. He has also competed at six consecutive SC European Championships (Trieste 2005, Helsinki 2006, Debrecen 2007, Rijeka 2008, Istanbul 2009 and Eindhoven 2010), as well as University Games in Bangkok in 2007 and Belgrade 2009.
He is swimming for Serbian Club P.K. Vojvodina, but he also competes for Swedish club S.K. Neptun. In 2008 he competed at the Swedish National championship in Stockholm, and won the 200m Freestyle, and all the relays, also finished third at 100m Freestyle. He led the team to an overall win. A year later the team tuck 3rd place overall and Radovan picked up two bronze medals and again five golds in the relays.
At the 2008 European Championships (SC) in Rijeka he made the final in the Men's 200m Freestyle, after witch he placed 8th, also adding semi-finale in 50 free. At the next two European's he made semi-finales in 100 and 50 free, Siljevski holds the National Record at 200 Freestyle for Serbia in Short Course pools. At the 2008 Olympic Games he placed 40th, winning a third place in his Qualification group.