User:Kristinaatanackovic/Uroš Kojić

Uros Kojic, born in Belgrade in 1983, is a Serbian freediver, former national team member, national record holder, president of the Serbian Freediving Association (AIDA Serbia), Sport Officer and board member of the International Association for the Development of Apnea (AIDA International), a certified freediving instructor with many years of experience, judge and organizer of freediving competitions.

Career

Uros Kojic was born in Belgrade (Vracar) in 1983. He attended the Experimental Elementary School Vladislav Ribnikar, followed by the Construction Technical High School, and later enrolled in the Faculty of Economics, where he obtained a degree in Economics. He developed a love for water during his childhood, while playing water polo. At the age of 16, he entered the world of scuba diving with KPA Belgrade, where he gained basic knowledge and experience of diving with a scuba tank. Soon after, he began to practice freediving. After years of experience in freediving, he became the president of the Serbian Freediving Association AIDA Serbia.

The Serbian Freediving Association AIDA Serbia traditionally organizes freediving competitions every year for the past 17 years in a row.

As the Sport Officer of AIDA International, he is responsible for organizing and controlling the AIDA International Freediving World Championships and the verification of World Records in freediving.

He participated in the organization of three AIDA International Freediving World Championships that were held in Belgrade in 2013, 2015, and 2018 at the SRPC 25th May - Milan Gale Muskatirovic Swimming Pool.

Competitions

In 2004, as a member of AIDA Serbia, he competed in Belgrade at the first competition organized by AIDA Serbia. After that, he participated in a large number of national and international competitions, including five AIDA International Freediving World Championships.

In 2011, at the AIDA Individual Depth World Championship 2011 held in Kalamata, he set a new national record in the Constant Weight (CWT) discipline with a dive of 76m.

In 2012, he went to Nice as the coach of the Serbian women's team for the AIDA Team World Championship. The Serbian women's team won the bronze medal, which represents one of the biggest achievements of Serbian team freediving.

Expeditions

In 2012, as a member of the WRE cycling team, Uroš Kojić went on a cycling tour from Belgrade to Hilandar monastery.

In 2013, as a member of the cycling team WRE, he cycled from Belgrade to Istanbul.

In 2014, he was a member of the MTB expedition to Annapurna.

He is the organizer and member of the First World Diving Expedition on MTB Bicycles (Annapurna, Himalayas) in 2015.

In 2018 he went on a cycling tour from Seoul to Busan in South Korea.