Milanko Petrović

Milanko Petrović ( born September 21, 1988 in Sjenica ) is a Serbian biathlete.

Milanko Petrović starts for the SK jelenak. He joined since 2005 in the European Junior Cup race. In 2006 he started at the Junior European Championships in Langsdorf and became 75th in singles and 67th in the sprint. In the summer of the Serb was launched at the Junior World Championships in the summer biathlon in Ufa, reaching for the best results 15 ranks in the sprint and pursuit. Since the 2006/07 season Petrović runs in the Biathlon European Cup. He played his first race in 2006 was Obertillach and 108 of the sprint. In Martell, he was employed at the Junior World Championships in 2007 and became 63 in the sprint race. At the Junior Championship in Bansko his best result was a 40th place in the individual. To kick off the 2007/08 season debuted Petrović in Kontiolahti in the Biathlon World Cup. In the individual he was 118. 2008 followed each other three major events. First Petrović 77th in singles and 76th in the sprint at the Junior World Championships in Ruhpolding, was then 102 in singles, 112 in the sprint and 24th in the relay race at the Biathlon World Championships 2008 in Ostersund. After the World Cup he was still at the Biathlon World Championships 2008 in Nové Město na Moravě and became 65th Single Page. In Haute Maurienne Petrović finally ran in the summer at the World Championships in the summer biathlon 2008. In the competitions in cross-country running the Serb showed places 30 in the sprint and 25 in pursuit, in the better- occupied races on roller skis he reached the ranks 28 in the sprint and 23 in pursuit. A 67th place in the sprint from Presque Isle in the 2010/11 season so far was the best World Cup result of the Serbs. It was also Petrovic's first placing in the top 100 His best result so far in the European Cup he reached in a poorly occupied pursuit race in Bansko, which he finished in 17th 2007. Milanko Petrović took part in the 2010 Olympic Winter Games. His best result was the 81st in the Sprint. In the individual he was 87, the Biathlon World Championships 2011 in Khanty-Mansiysk brought exactly the same positions as the Olympic Games. In the season 2011/2012 Petrović reached with a # 51 in singles and 58th in a sprint in Nove Mesto na Moravě on his previously best World Cup results. This result could improve Milanko Petrović in the sprint in Oberhof in the 2012/2013 season. There, he finished 39th, winning for the first time World Cup points. It was also the first point of winning a Serbian biathlete ever in the World Cup. Other points he gained as 40th in the Ensuing prosecution and in the further course of the season as a 35 tracker at Holmenkollen in Oslo. He also started earlier at the World Championships 2012 in Ruhpolding and 2013 in Nové Město. In Bavaria, he was the 112th Single Page and 65th of persecution, the squadron was taken as outsell season out of the race as early as 2011 and again in 2013. In the Czech Republic, he was also 88 of the Single Page, qualified 49th of the sprint for the prosecution, in which he achieved his best result at a World Cup 47th. At the European Championships 2012 in Osrblie Petrović took ninth place in the Sprint its best international placement, was 23 and 20, the pursuit of the Single Page, 2013 in Bansko, he was 37 of 22 Single Page and the sprint. In the 2013/14 season Petrović improved his best performance in the first season sprint in Ostersund on the 31st place.

Besides Biathlon Petrović also runs cross-country skiing. In the sport it also increases since 2005 repeatedly in races. Here he starts especially in unterklassigen events, such as in FIS races, Alps, Balkans and Scandinavia Cup. However, its results are not yet significant, the best results are in the range of the top 20th In the Balkan Championships, he won the bronze medal in 2003 in a 10- kilometer race.

Biathlon World Cup rankings

The table shows all placements (depending on the year, including hosting the Olympic Games and World Championships ).