Hena Kurtagić and Andrija Maksimović Named Athletes of the Year in Novi Pazar

The title of Team of the Year went to Novi Pazar boxers, while in the coach and sports workers category, athletics expert Rifat Ziljkić and chess player Sulejman Suljović stood out. The Lifetime Achievement Award, named after Abdulah Duce Gegić, was awarded to legendary footballer Fikret Grbović.

Team of the Year 2024: Novi Pazar Boxing Club

Coach of the Year, athletics expert Rifat Ziljkić

Sports Worker of the Year, chess player Sulejman Suljović

The Lifetime Achievement Award “Abdulah Duce Gegić” was awarded to legendary footballer Fikret Grbović

Special plaques were awarded to athletes who represented Serbia at the Summer Olympics in Paris: volleyball player Hena Kurtagić, basketball player Nadija Smailbegović, athlete Elzan Bibić, and national athletics team coach Edin Zuković.

Hena Kurtagić, Elzan Bibić, Nadia Smailbegović, Edin Zuković

For special sports achievements, Adem Ljajić and Erhan Mašović became the pride of the city, while special recognitions were awarded to Sportski žurnal and former athlete Numan Ukić.

Among those awarded for domestic and international successes were Kristina Kuluhova, Elma Hajrović, Ahmed Mavrić, Tarik and Hamza Rašljanin (boxing), Aldin Ćatović, Mejra Mehmedović, Saima Murić, and Teodora Simović (athletics), Saida Bukvić and Muhamed Dupljak (kickboxing), and MMA fighter Dževad Baltić.

For contributions at national championships, recognitions were given to footballers Samed Baždar and Saladin Mecinović, athletes Kabir Ziljkić, Nikola Mijailović, and Amin Ajdinović, boxer Admir Kamešničanin, swimmer Lazar Filipović, motorcyclist Almir Šabanagić, basketball player Ilma Čaprić, karateka Ajna Duštinac, weightlifter Haris Suljević, and arm wrestler Zihmija Zilkić.

For promotion to higher leagues, trophies were awarded to numerous sports teams, including the Novi Pazar volleyball team, Novi Pazar 1969 basketball team, Ina Dizajn Novi Pazar chess team, Top Spin table tennis team, Rasa football team, Pazar Juniors youth football team, and the youth handball team of RK Novi Pazar.

Trophies as autumn champions in their leagues were awarded to Top Spin, Ina Dizajn Novi Pazar, Novi Pazar 1969, Novi Pazar women’s basketball team, four generations of Novi Pazar footballers (younger youth, younger cadets, pioneers, and younger pioneers), handball players in the pioneer category, younger pioneers and pioneers of KK Pazar, as well as the younger youth team of Kerver Football Academy.

Among young laureates for achievements at school and international competitions, athletes Kaid Koca, Mehmed Binjoš, Alen Sejdović, and Medina Mekić stood out, as did karateka Strahinja Avramović.

Recognitions were also awarded to physical education teachers Mirza Duranović and Edin Salihović, while participants in the finals of the Youth Sports Games in Split, Alen Sejdović and young footballers, also received well-deserved praise.