Momčilo Tapavica is described in the public record as Serbian sportsman (1872–1949). Born in Nadalj, Hungary, in 1872. Died in 1949.
Momčilo Tapavica (Serbian Cyrillic: Момчило Тапавица; Hungarian: Tapavicza Momcsilló [ˈtɒpɒvit͡sɒ ˈmomt͡ʃilloː]; 14 October 1872 – 10 January 1949) was an all-around sportsperson and architect. He competed in tennis, weightlifting, wrestling. Tapavica achieved his best result in tennis by winning the singles bronze medal at the 1896 Summer Olympics, making him the first ethnic Serb, Slav and Hungarian citizen to win an Olympic medal. After his sporting career Tapavica became a well-known architect. == Sports career == Tapavica, an ethnic Serb, was born in Nádalja, Kingdom of Hungary (now Nadalj, Serbia) in 1872. He began to practise sports in Újvidék (Novi Sad), continuing his training in Budapest, where he studied architecture and civil engineering at the Technical College.
Momčilo Tapavica is recorded among the figures by whom fencing is remembered, and the surviving account of that career is the basis on which the reputation rests.
Fencing is decided by electrically scored touches at a speed the eye cannot reliably follow, and its three weapons have separate rules and traditions.
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