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Famous Volleyball Players
Ivan
Miljkovic
Ivan
Miljkovic (Miljković)
One
of the most famous volleyball players, Ivan Miljković is a Serbian
male volleyball player, who won indoor volleyball Olympic gold medal
in the year 2000 with Yugoslavia (nowadays
Serbia).
Miljković is one of the most dominant and impressive
offensive players.
Miljković is
one of the best players in the world and the first player in the
history of World League to receive Most Valuable Player award four
times. Miljković became World League MVP in 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2005.
Famous
Volleyball Players - Volleyball Quotes
Spectacular Spiker - Ivan
Miljkovic
Miljković
is regularly on the top of the best spikers list in the
tournaments and has a great jump serve. He is very well built and
extremely strong opposite hitter who has variety of different shots; he
can swing the ball away with a power or using his good technique.
For
an extremely big player Miljković moves surprisingly well. He has a
good footwork and is quick from his feet; therefore he is able to
generate a good speed for his approach from any distance to the ball.
Scoring machine Miljković is probably the best volleyball player in the
world in his position.
It
is not a surprise that Miljković was the one to score
the last point for his team in the final match of 2000 Olympic Games,
when his team Yugoslavia won Olympic gold medal.
Miljković
has played most of his
professional career in Italian club teams. On July 18, 2007,
he signed a contract with the M. Roma Volley. He will be an exciting
player on watch in Beijing Olympic Games 2008 and many competitions
after.
Famous
Volleyball Players Quick Facts:
Name:
Ivan Miljković
Born: September 13, 1979 in Niš, Serbia
Position: Opposite
Spiking arm: right
Clubs: Roma Volley, Lube Banca Macerata, Student Niš, Partizan Belgrade
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Nickname: "Ivan the Terrible"
Personal awards in the World League, World Championships and Olympic
Games:
- Most Valuable Player and best server in the
World
League 2005
- The first player in the World
League
history to be crowned MVP four times (2001, 2002, 2003, 2005)
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