Despite not participating in the first Olympic Games in 1896 in Athens, Serbian king Aleksandar Obrenović attended the games at the invitation of Greek king George I and at these Games Momčilo Tapavica who competed for Kingdom of Hungary (born in today's Serbian province Vojvodina), became the first athlete from today's territory of Serbia and the first an ethnic Serb to win an Olympic medal, bronze in tennis. Track and field athlete György Sztantics born in Subotica won gold medal in 3000 m walk at the 1906 Intercalated Games, while gymnast József Bittenbinder born in Pančevo won silver medal in team competition at the 1912 Summer Olympics.