Inspire+Visitors

11040 Belgrade
 * Address || Generala Vasica 5

Serbia ||
 * Phone || +381 11 367 1574 ||
 * Fax || +381 11 367 1887 ||
 * Email || office@oks.org.rs ||
 * Website || http://www.oks.org.rs ||
 * Creation date || 1910 ||
 * Recognition date || 1912 ||
 * President || Mr Vlade DIVAC ||
 * Secretary General || Mr Djordje VISACKI ||

Serbia first participated at the Olympic Games in 1912. After 96 years, Serbia returned to the Olympics as an independent team at the 2008 Summer Olympics. From 1920 to the 1992 Winter Olympics Serbian athletes participated as part of the Yugoslavian team. At the 1992 Summer Olympics they participated as Independent Olympic Participants as their nation was under United Nations sanctions. The continuing sanctions meant that no Serbians competed at the 1994 Winter Olympics. Sanctions were mostly lifted in 1995. From the 1996 Summer Olympics to the 2006 Winter Olympics they participated as part of the Serbia and Montenegro team. To illustrate, consider the example of 1988 gold medalist and six-time Olympian shooter Jasna Šekarić, the only athlete to compete under both the flags of Yugoslavia in 1988 and Serbia in 2008. Her twenty year Olympic career meant that she also competed as an Independent Participant in 1992 and under the flag of Serbia and Montenegro from 1996 to 2004. She may be the only person to compete under four different banners at the Olympics without ever changing nationality.

media type="youtube" key="0wWsma-kCp4" width="338" height="280" BEIJING - AUGUST 16: Novak Djokovic of Serbia returns a forehand to James Blake of the United States during the men's singles bronze medal tennis match at the Olympic Green Tennis Center on Day 8 of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games on August 16, 2008 in Beijing, China.

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