Milka Milinković

Milka Milinković (7 April 1955 – 11 June 2017)^[1] was a Croatian Paralympic athlete who mainly competed in javelin throw and shot put events. She was regarded as one of Croatia's most successful Paralympic athlete and her country's first ever medal at the 1992 Summer Paralympics after the independence of Croatia. She participated at nine Paralympic Games where she represented Yugoslavia from 1972 to 1988 and Croatia from 1992 to 2016.^[2]

Born(1955-04-07)7 April 1955

Sanski Most, PR Bosnia and Herzegovina, FPR Yugoslavia

Died11 June 2017(2017-06-11) (aged 62)

Rijeka, Croatia

Country Yugoslavia
 Croatia

SportParalympic athletics

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Milka Milinković

Personal information
Born	(1955-04-07)7 April 1955 Sanski Most, PR Bosnia and Herzegovina, FPR Yugoslavia
Died	11 June 2017(2017-06-11) (aged 62) Rijeka, Croatia
Sport
Country	Yugoslavia  Croatia
Sport	Paralympic athletics
Disability	Paraplegia
Disability class	F55
Events	Javelin throw Shot put
Medal record Paralympic athletics Representing  Yugoslavia Paralympic Games 1984 Stoke Mandeville /New York Women's javelin throw 3 1988 Seoul Women's shot put 4 1972 Heidelberg Women's 60m wheelchair 4 1984 Stoke Mandeville /New York Women's shot put 3 1972 Heidelberg Women's javelin throw 4 1980 Arnhem Women's javelin throw 4 1980 Arnhem Women's shot put 4 Representing  Croatia 1992 Barcelona Women's javelin throw THW5

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In 1968, when Milinković was thirteen, she became paralysed after falling off a tree and received medical treatment and attended a rehabilitation centre in Kraljevica. Milinković died of a long illness at a hospital in Rijeka aged 62.^[3][4]

Milinković posthumously received the International Paralympic Committee’s High Presidential Award in 2017.^[5]