Damir Mikec (Serbian Cyrillic: Дамир Микец; born 31 March 1984) is a Serbian sport shooter.

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Damir Mikec

Mikec in 2019
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Nationality	Serbian
Born	(1984-03-31) 31 March 1984 (age 40) Split, SFR Yugoslavia
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	81 kg (179 lb)
Sport
Country	Serbia and Montenegro and  Serbia
Sport	Shooting
Event	10m Air Pistol, 10m Air Pistol Mix, 50m Free Pistol
Club	KSS "Policajac", Belgrade
Medal record Men's shooting Representing  Serbia Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games - 1 - World Championships 1 4 - World Cup Final 3 - 1 World Cup 11 11 3 European Games 2 1 - European Championships 5 11 10 Mediterranean Games 3 1 2 ISSF Grand Prix 2 2 - Universiade - 1 - Total 27 32 16 Olympic Games 2020 Tokyo 10m Air Pistol World Championships 2022 Cairo 50m Pistol 2023 Baku 10m Air Pistol 2018 Changwon 50m Pistol 2018 Changwon 50m Pistol Team 2010 Munich 10m Air Pistol Team World Cup Final 2022 Cairo 10m Air Pistol 2017 New Delhi 50m Pistol 2016 Bologna 10m Air Pistol 2021 Wrocław 10m Air Pistol Mix World Cup 2023 Rio de Janeiro 10m Air Pistol Mix 2023 Lima 10m Air Pistol Mix 2023 Lima 10m Air Pistol 2022 Changwon 10m Air Pistol Mix 2022 Changwon 10m Air Pistol 2022 Baku 10m Air Pistol 2022 Cairo 10m Air Pistol Mix 2015 Fort Benning 50m Pistol 2014 Maribor 50m Pistol 2012 Milan 50m Pistol 2010 Fort Benning 10m Air Pistol 2023 Baku 10m Air Pistol Mix 2023 Cairo 10m Air Pistol Mix 2021 Osijek 10m Air Pistol 2021 Osijek 10m Air Pistol Team 2019 New Delhi 10m Air Pistol 2018 Munich 10m Air Pistol Mix 2018 Fort Benning 10m Air Pistol Mix 2016 Rio de Janeiro 10m Air Pistol 2012 Munich 50m Pistol 2010 Beijing 10m Air Pistol 2009 Munich 50m Pistol 2022 Baku 10m Air Pistol Mix 2018 Changwon 10m Air Pistol Mix 2017 Gabala 50m Pistol European Games 2015 Baku 10m Air Pistol 2015 Baku 50m Pistol 2019 Minsk 10m Air Pistol Mix European Championships 2023 Tallinn 10m Air Pistol Mix 2023 Tallinn 10m Air Pistol 2017 Baku 50m Pistol Team 2017 Maribor 10m Air Pistol Mix 2016 Győr 10m Air Pistol Mix 2021 Osijek 50m Pistol 2021 Osijek 10m Air Pistol Mix 2020 Wrocław 10m Air Pistol Mix 2019 Osijek 10m Air Pistol 2018 Győr 10m Air Pistol Mix 2018 Győr 10m Air Pistol Team 2017 Baku 50m Pistol 2017 Maribor 10m Air Pistol 2015 Arnhem 10m Air Pistol 2013 Odense 10m Air Pistol Team 2009 Prague 10m Air Pistol Team 2023 Tallinn 10m Air Pistol Team 2022 Wrocław 50m Pistol 2022 Hamar 10m Air Pistol Mix 2020 Wrocław 10m Air Pistol Team 2019 Osijek 10m Air Pistol Mix 2017 Maribor 10m Air Pistol Team 2016 Győr 10m Air Pistol Team 2015 Arnhem 10m Air Pistol Team 2011 Brescia 10m Air Pistol Team 2005 Belgrade 50m Pistol Team Mediterranean Games 2022 Oran 10m Air Pistol 2022 Oran 10m Air Pistol Mix 2018 Tarragona 10m Air Pistol 2009 Pescara 50m Pistol 2013 Mersin 10m Air Pistol 2005 Almería 10m Air Pistol ISSF Grand Prix 2022 Granada 10m Air Pistol Mix 2022 Osijek 10m Air Pistol Team 2022 Granada 10m Air Pistol 2022 Ruse 10m Air Pistol Team Universiade 2011 Shenzhen 50m Pistol

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Mikec represented Serbia at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, People's Republic of China. He earned his qualification by finishing 6th at the 2007 World Cup #1 Rifle, Pistol in Fort Benning, United States of America. In Beijing, Mikec reached the final in 50 metre pistol and finished 7th. In 10 metre air pistol he missed the final by a one-point margin and finished 13th.

Mikec won a silver medal in 50 metre pistol at the 2009 ISSF World Cup in Munich.

At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he came as world's number one at the world rank list, again competed in the 10 metre air pistol and the 50 metre pistol, finishing in 17th and 16th positions respectively.^[1]

At the 2020 Summer Olympics, he competed in the 10 metre air pistol finishing second, granting Serbia its first medal at the Games.

Mikec is of paternal Slovene descent. His paternal grandparents hail from Novo Mesto, but due to his grandfather's engagement in the Yugoslav People's Army, his father was born in Bitola. His father was in the Army as well, and met his mother, a discus thrower, in Senta while located there at the time. Because of his older brothers Igor and Goran's respiratory problems, his family moved to Split–where he was born–due to the benefits of sea air and climate. After the outbreak of the Croatian War of Independence, his family moved to Herceg Novi. Finally, in 1997, his family moved to Petlovo Brdo, Belgrade, where he finished the last grade of primary school and started secondary school. After the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia, he started training shooting at the urging of his mother and Srećko Pejović.^[2]

He is married to Salvadoran sports shooter Melissa Pérez, whom he met in 2005. They married in 2011 in the Ružica Church. Despite plans for another wedding in El Salvador, the Catholic Church there would not agree on a compromise due to Mikec's Eastern Orthodox faith, unlike the Serbian Orthodox Church who did agree on a compromise due to Pérez's Roman Catholic faith. The couple have two children, a son Milan Ricardo (b. 2015) and Mia Vanessa (b. 2020).^[2]