GMNikola Sedlak

Nikola Sedlak was born in Subotica in 1983. He won Yugoslavia's under-18 championship in 2000 and took silver in the under-20 competition the next year. He shared first place in the 2002 Montenegrin championship. FIDE awarded him the international master title in 2000 and the grandmaster title in 2003. His early international successes included first or shared-first finishes in Budapest, Pula and the North Sea Cup in Esbjerg.

In 2007, he won the European Union individual championship in Arvier. He became Serbian champion in 2010 and added a national bronze medal in 2014. His international team appearances included first board for Serbia at the 2010 Olympiad. At the 2012 Olympiad, he went undefeated on fourth board. Two years later, he scored five wins and three draws in Tromsø to win individual gold on the same board. He has also represented his country repeatedly in the European Team Championship.