Success of Serbian Armed Forces Members at Novi Sad Marathon
Sunday, 12.10.2025 | Sport
Members of the Serbian Armed Forces achieved notable results by winning several medals at the 33rd Novi Sad Marathon held today, in which more than 1,300 competitors from 26 countries participated.
Captain Marko Božić, a member of the 72nd Special Operations Brigade, won the second place in the main marathon race and at the same time the title of the best Serbian competitor in this discipline, who ran the 42 kilometer and 195 meter course in 2 hours 59 minutes and fourteen seconds.
In the relay marathon, the team of the 72nd Special Operations Brigade was the best, ahead of the teams of the 63rd Parachute Brigade and the Gendarmerie of the MOI of the Republic of Serbia. The teams of the Army, Training Command and Military Grammar School took fourth, fifth and sixth places.
In addition to the success of the relay teams and that of Captain Božić in the individual competition, Army Civilian Milivoje Jovović from the Technical Test Center and Army Civilian Tijana Kabić from the Training Command also achieved exceptional results by winning the 25-kilometer race, as well as Sergeant Ivan Dlačić from the 72nd Special Operations Brigade, who won second place in the 10.5-kilometer race, while on the same course Jovana Ćirović, a cadet of the Military Academy, and Jovana Pavlović, a Private 1st Class from the 72nd Special Operations Brigade, took second and third places in the women’s competition. An Army Civilian of the Regional Center of the Ministry of Defense from Novi Sad achieved a notable result by winning second place in the 5-kilometer race.
Almost 300 members of the Ministry of Defense and the Serbian Armed Forces participated in this year’s Novi Sad Marathon, competing in five athletic disciplines - marathon and 25, 10.5 and 5 kilometer races and a relay marathon. The excellent results achieved at this international competition are a confirmation of the quality of physical training and the importance attached to sports in the Serbian Armed Forces, since a high level of physical abilities is necessary for the successful implementation of military tasks.
