# Milan Trajkovic

Milan Trajković (Serbian: Милан Трајковић, Greek: Μίλαν Τράικοβιτς, born 17 March 1992) is a Serbian-born Cypriot athlete specialising in the sprint hurdles. He has won two gold medals at the Games of the Small States of Europe.

## Biography

Trajković was raised in the Serbian town of Surdulica but emigrated with his family to Cyprus at the age of nine as a result of the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia.
At the 2016 Rio Olympics, he qualified for the final of Men's 110 metres hurdles with times of 13.41 seconds and 13.31 in the semi-finals. With this qualification, Trajkovic became the first Cypriot athlete to qualify for this event at the Olympic Games.
His personal bests are 13.25 seconds in the 110 metres hurdles (0.0 m/s, London 2017) and 7.51 seconds in the 60 metres hurdles (Birmingham, 2018). Both are current national records.

## Competition record

| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
| Representing Cyprus ||||||
| 2011 | European Junior Championships | Tallinn, Estonia | 19th (sf) | 110 m hurdles (99 cm) | 14.49 |
| 2013 | European Indoor Championships | Gothenburg, Sweden | 25th (h) | 60 m hurdles | 7.95 |
| 2013 | Games of the Small States of Europe | Luxembourg, Luxembourg | 1st | 110 m hurdles | 14.03 |
| 2013 | European U23 Championships | Tampere, Finland | 8th | 110 m hurdles | 14.22 |
| 2014 | Commonwealth Games | Glasgow, United Kingdom | 14th (h) | 110 m hurdles | 13.95 |
| 2014 | European Championships | Zürich, Switzerland | 24th (h) | 110 m hurdles | 13.78 |
| 2015 | European Indoor Championships | Prague, Czech Republic | 19th (h) | 60 m hurdles | 7.83 |
| 2015 | Games of the Small States of Europe | Reykjavík, Iceland | 1st | 110 m hurdles | 13.86 |
| 2015 | Universiade | Gwangju, South Korea | 6th | 110 m hurdles | 13.78 |
| 2016 | European Championships | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 5th | 110 m hurdles | 13.44 |
| 2016 | Olympic Games | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 7th | 110 m hurdles | 13.41 |
| 2017 | European Indoor Championships | Belgrade, Serbia | 6th | 60 m hurdles | 7.60 |
| 2017 | World Championships | London, United Kingdom | 11th (sf) | 110 m hurdles | 13.32 |
| 2018 | World Indoor Championships | Birmingham, United Kingdom | 2nd (sf) | 60 m hurdles | 7.51$^1$ |
| 2018 | Commonwealth Games | Gold Coast, Australia | 4th | 110 m hurdles | 13.42 |
| 2018 | European Championships | Berlin, Germany | 15th (sf) | 110 m hurdles | 13.57 |
| 2019 | European Indoor Championships | Glasgow, United Kingdom | 1st | 60 m hurdles | 7.60 |
| 2019 | World Championships | Doha, Qatar | 8th | 110 m hurdles | 13.87 |
| 2021 | European Indoor Championships | Toruń, Poland | 17th (sf) | 60 m hurdles | 7.78 |
| 2021 | Olympic Games | Tokyo, Japan | 23rd (sf) | 110 m hurdles | 14.01 |
| 2022 | World Indoor Championships | Belgrade, Serbia | 7th | 60 m hurdles | 7.62 |
| 2022 | Mediterranean Games | Oran, Algeria | 1st | 110 m hurdles | 13.34 |
| 2022 | World Championships | Eugene, United States | 19th (sf) | 110 m hurdles | 13.49 |
| 2022 | European Championships | Munich, Germany | 9th (sf) | 110 m hurdles | 13.54 |
| 2023 | European Indoor Championships | Istanbul, Turkey | 9th (sf) | 60 m hurdles | 7.73 |
| 2023 | World Championships | Budapest, Hungary | 12th (sf) | 110 m hurdles | 13.33 |
| 2024 | World Indoor Championships | Glasgow, United Kingdom | 8th | 60 m hurdles | 7.59 |
| 2024 | Olympic Games | Paris, France | 9th (sf) | 110 m hurdles | 13.32 |
$^1$Disqualified in the final