The traditional awards ceremony for Smederevo’s best sportspeople in 2024 was held this evening in the Assembly Hall of the City Administration in Smederevo.
The ceremony was preceded by a session of the assembly of the Smederevo Sports Association and a presentation of the sports activities that marked the previous year. On that occasion, the President of the Association, Veselin Savić, highlighted the importance of sport in Smederevo and the opportunities for its development.
“We have shown many times that Smederevo is a city of sportspeople, who through their talent and hard work often win awards and medals at various prestigious competitions. By investing in sports infrastructure, renovating gyms and pitches and organising competitions, we want to give you maximum support on the way to achieving your goals,” said the Mayor of Smederevo, Jasmina Vojinović, adding that the local government is particularly proud of its talented boys and girls, some of whom are already returning from prestigious competitions with medals and thus becoming true sports ambassadors of the City of Smederevo. She then congratulated the award winners.
As chosen by the Smederevo City Football Association, KMF Smederevo was named best club of the 2024/2025 season, Miloš Knežević best player and Slavko Dajić best coach, while Aleksa Adamović was named best young player by the expert commission.
The Smederevo Sports Association paid particular tribute to the sporting achievements of persons with disabilities, with awards going to Danijela Lučanin of STIKS, Vlado Dodić of DSRI, representing the Đurađ Branković club, Jelena Pantović of R-50, Anđelka Todorović of SUGN Despoti and Marko Lazić of the organisation Slepi i slabovidi Dunav.
Among the talented sportspeople recognised by the Smederevo Sports Association were Petar Stojković of the SD Kombat karate club, Andrija Živković of SD Smederevo, Mia Đorđević of KK Viktoris, Dunja Savić of VK Smederevo, Valentina Janković of AK Smederevo, Pavle Petrović of OK Smederevo Carina, Nikolina Ivanović of the Mladost Carina judo club and Vojin Mudrić of the Carina judo club.
The Lifetime Achievement Awards went to Radojko Dimitrijević Raja of PK Čelik and Dragan Matić of STK Budućnost from Mala Krsna.
By decision of the commission for awards and prizes, Streljačka družina Smederevo, national champions in the air pistol discipline, was named best young men’s team, while the title of best young women’s team went to the Viktoris kata team, Serbian runners-up and Serbian Cup winners.
Anja Ćoso of KK Viktoris, national champion in kumite in the younger senior women’s category and runner-up in the senior women’s category, was named best young sportswoman, while Mateja Tadić of KK Leštar and Nikola Maksimović of BK Despot were named best young sportsmen.
The best men’s team of the past year was KMF Smederevo, which qualified for the Serbian Futsal League, while Mladi radnik Radinac, who qualified for the Super B League, was named best women’s team.
