Career
He is a single-time Olympian (2000), a former Serbian record holder in the 50 and 100 m freestyle, and a resident athlete for the April 11 Swimming Club. He posted a FINA B-standard entry time of 23.55 from the Serbian Open in Belgrade. He challenged seven other swimmers in heat five, including three-time Olympians Allan Murray of the Bahamas and top favorite Richard Sam Bera of Indonesia.
He raced to fourth place by a hundredth of a second (001) behind Bera in 23.57.
Bikic failed to advance into the semifinals, as he placed forty-third overall in the preliminaries. Since 2005, Bikic currently resides in the United States, where he works as a part-time manager for Saint Mary"s Center of Health & Fitness in Reno, Nevada.
