15.05.2025.
Winners of “Aleksa Dragaš Memorial” announced
The Military Academy Pentathlon Championship - "Aleksa Dragaš Memorial" ended today with a medal ceremony for the most successful military athletes.
The winner of this year’s pentathlon is Đorđe Petrović, a Military Academy cadet (147th class), while cadets Mateja Đorđević and Dejan Petrović (148th class) took second and third places, respectively. The best female competitor is Cadet Tijana Pereski (149th class), while Cadet Jovana Ćirović (148th class) finished second, and the bronze went to Lana Jovanović, a student of the Military Grammar School (49th class). They will be selected as members of the Serbian military national team, which will compete at international competitions.
Cadets and military school students, as well as members of the Ministry of Defence and the Serbian Armed Forces – Aleksa Dragaš’s friends, competed in this two-day competition, which featured five events: 50 m freestyle swimming race, precision and rapid fire automatic rifle event (simulation), infantry obstacle course race, grenade throwing at a target and at distance, and a 4000 m cross country race.
The winners were presented with medals by the Head of the Delegation of the Republic of Serbia to the International Military Sports Council - CISM, Colonel Assoc. Prof. Negovan Ivanković, Ph.D., who, in his closing remarks, congratulated the winners and said that we should be proud of the athletes who achieved outstanding results over the past two days at the memorial championship dedicated to Aleksa Dragaš.- I want you to remember, a person's greatest achievement is being remembered by those who knew them. I would like to thank you all for participating and for coming together to show the power of a strong family and to show that we should respect a 175-year-old tradition, of which the memorial dedicated to Aleksa Dragaš is now, rightfully, a part - said Colonel Ivanković.
At the closing ceremony of the memorial dedicated to Aleksa Dragaš, a top military athlete who passed away in 2022, awards were also given to athletes who competed in "Aleksa Dragaš’s Friends" category at this sporting event.
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mp4 (131,93 MB)Aleksa Dragaš Memorial Closing Ceremony
