The high jump athlete Marija Vukovic is the best athlete in Montenegro in 2021,following the desicion of the Montenegrin Olympic Committee. The best young male athletes are water polo player Miroslav Perković and boxer Petar Liješević, and the female athletes are boxer Bojana Gojković and karate player Milena Jovanović.

The best national teams are the men’s water polo and the women’s handball team.

Marija Vukovic was ninth in the high jump final at the Tokyo Olympics. She won gold medals at the Balkan Indoor Championships in Istanbul and at the Open Balkan Championships in Smederevo and won a gold medal at the Championships of the Small States of Europe in San Marino. She took the seventh place at the European Indoor Championships.

The Montenegrin Olympic Committee  President Dušan Simonović said that 2021 was a year full of challenges, but that the Montenegrin Olympic Committee, with its dedicated work, managed to complete all activities in the right way.