07.08.2023.
SAF members’ success at sporting events
Members of the Serbian Armed Forces ranked the highest in the individual and team target jumping competitions at the 69th Serbian Open Parachute Championship held this weekend in Niš.
A convincing victory in the team competition was achieved by the Serbian Armed Forces Parachute Team “Sky Otters”, ahead of the teams of the Parachute Club of veterans of the 63rd Parachute Brigade “Archistratig” and the Aero-club “Our Wings” from Paraćin.Competing against paratroopers from Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Hungary, Germany, North Macedonia, Serbia and Montenegro, Sergeant Stevan Miletić from the 63rd Parachute Brigade took first place, ahead of another competitor from the same unit, Sergeant Major 1st Class Milan Svetozarević. In the women's competition, Sergeant Major 1st Class Radmila Đurić, also from the 63rd Parachute Brigade, took first place.
The First CISM Balkan Mountain Running Championship was held this weekend, where Sergeant Đuro Borbelj from the First Army Brigade won the gold medal in the men's competition. He was the first to run the 8-km course competing against members of the armed forces of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Romania, North Macedonia, Slovenia, Serbia and Montenegro.
Excellent performances of Serbian military paratroopers and athletes at numerous domestic and international competitions are proof of a high level of physical fitness of members of the Serbian Armed Forces.