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Milka Milinković

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Milka Milinković
Personal information
Born(1955-04-07)7 April 1955
Sanski Most, PR Bosnia and Herzegovina, FPR Yugoslavia
Died11 June 2017(2017-06-11) (aged 62)
Rijeka, Croatia
Sport
Country Yugoslavia
 Croatia
SportParalympic athletics
DisabilityParaplegia
Disability classF55
Event(s)Javelin throw
Shot put

Milka Milinković (7 April 1955 – 11 June 2017)[1] was a Croatian Paralympic athlete who mainly competed in javelin throw and shot put events. She was regarded as one of Croatia's most successful Paralympic athlete and her country's first ever medal at the 1992 Summer Paralympics after the independence of Croatia. She participated at nine Paralympic Games where she represented Yugoslavia from 1972 to 1988 and Croatia from 1992 to 2016.[2]

In 1968, when Milinković was thirteen, she became paralysed after falling off a tree and received medical treatment and attended a rehabilitation centre in Kraljevica. Milinković died of a long illness at a hospital in Rijeka aged 62.[3][4]

References

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  1. ^ "Preminula Milka Milinković (1955. - 2017.) - Novosti .: HPO". hpo.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 2023-10-08.
  2. ^ "Milka Milinkovic - IPC Athlete Bio". ipc.infostradasports.com. 16 September 2020. Archived from the original on 3 September 2021.
  3. ^ "The most successful Croatian Paralympian Milka Milinkovic passed away (in Croatian)". fiuman.hr. 13 June 2017.
  4. ^ "Croatian Post Pays Tribute to Paralympic Athlete Milka Milinkovic". Total Croatia News. 9 September 2017.