Marcos Milinkovic

Marcos Milinkovic
Personal information
Full nameMarcos Antonio Milinkovic
Born (1971-12-22) 22 December 1971 (age 52)
Villa Ballester, Argentina
HometownVilla Ballester, Argentina
Height2.05 m (6 ft 9 in)
Weight99 kg (218 lb)
Spike355 cm (140 in)
Block338 cm (133 in)
Volleyball information
PositionWing spiker
Number1
National team
1991–2007Argentina Argentina
Honours
Men's volleyball
Representing  Argentina
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 1995 Mar del Plata Team
Bronze medal – third place 1991 Havana Team
CSV South American Championship
Silver medal – second place 1991 Osasco
Silver medal – second place 1993 Córdoba
Silver medal – second place 1995 Porto Alegre
Silver medal – second place 1999 Córdoba
Bronze medal – third place 1997 Caracas

Marcos Antonio Milinkovic (born 22 December 1971) is an Argentine coach and former volleyball player. While playing for the Argentine men's national volleyball team, Milinkovic won a bronze medal at the 1991 Pan American Games in Havana and a gold medal at the 1995 Pan American Games in Mar del Plata.[1]

Milinkovic started playing the sport at age 17, a relatively late age. Milinkovic is of Croatian descent.[2][3][4][5]

Milinkovic received the Platinum Konex Award in 2010 as the best volleyball player of the last decade in Argentina.[1]

  1. ^ a b "Marcos Antonio Milinkovic". Konex Foundation (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 1 December 2023. Retrieved 9 April 2023.
  2. ^ Mariano Del Águila, Marcos Milinkovic: alto, rubio, y de ojos celestes Archived 2017-08-04 at the Wayback Machine: "Ella me gustó, charlé un poco, mi familia es de descendencia croata, así que nos entendimos.", 1 July 2004, Accessed 3 August 2017
  3. ^ "Marcos Milinkovic, la cara del Mundial". ESPN México (in Spanish). ESPN Deportes. EFE. 26 September 2002. Retrieved 5 October 2024.
  4. ^ Marcos Milinkovic, el indomable crack del voley Archived 2017-08-04 at the Wayback Machine: "Mi apellido es de origen croata, quizás de esas raíces procedan los altibajos de mi carácter", Terra, 26 September 2002, Accessed 3 August 2017
  5. ^ Julián Córdoba Toro, La inmigración croata a Sudamérica (I) – Inmigración iberoamericana nº2: "Además tenemos a varios deportistas argentinos descendientes de croatas, destacando principalmente los jugadores de voleibol Marcos Milinkovic y Alejandro Spajic.", Iberoamérica Social, 23 October 2013, Accessed 3 August 2017