List of Olympic athletes born in Balkans, listed alphabetically with photos when available. These famous Olympians from Balkans have achieved some of the highest honors in sports history just by qualifying for the Olympics, as most athletes will never be chosen to represent their countries. These are the most prominent people from Balkans who have competed in the Olympics, although not all of them have taken home an Olympic medal. While these popular Balkans Olympians were born in Balkans, they didn't necessarily compete for their originating country. List features athletes like Marin Čilić, Blanka Vlašić and more!
This list answers the questions, "Which Olympians are from Balkans?" and "Which Olympians were born in Balkans?"...more
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Admir Smajić
Age: 552
Aleksandar Đurić
Age: 483
Almir Velagić
Age: 374
Alois Podhajsky
Dec. at 75 (1898-1973)5
Andrija Anković
Dec. at 43 (1937-1980)6
Andrija Delibašić
Age: 377
Ante Miročević
Age: 668
Anton Josipović
Age: 569
Antonio Ristevski
Age: 2910
Billy Celeski
Age: 3311
Blagoje Vidinić
Dec. at 72 (1934-2006)12
Blanka Vlašić
Age: 3513
Bojan Kosić
Age: 2814
Boro Primorac
Age: 6415
Branko Lazarević
Age: 3416
Branko Stanković
Dec. at 81 (1921-2002)17
Cvijan Milošević
Age: 5518
Darko Damjanovski
Age: 3719
Davor Jozić
Age: 5820
Dragoljub Brnović
Age: 5621
Dragoslav Šekularac
Age: 8122
Dražen Dalipagić
Age: 6723
Dževad Šećerbegović
Age: 6324
Erjon Tola
Age: 3225
Fahrudin Jusufi
Age: 79