Serbia honors tennis player Djokovic

 　　BELGRADE, Feb. 14 (Xinhua) -- Serbian President Boris Tadic on Tuesday awarded the country's superstar tennis player Novak Djokovic with the Gold Star of Karadjordje, the highest state honor medal, for his "exceptional merits in the representation of Serbia."

　　Tadic called Djokovic the "best ambassador" of Serbia, according to a presidential press release.

　　This will be the first time the Star of Karadjordje was awarded since it was discontinued by the leadership of Yugoslavia after World War II.

　　The decoration was first established in 1904 by King Peter and reintroduced in 2010.

　　Karadjordje established the modern Serbian state and led the first successful uprising against the Ottoman Empire in 1804. He was the founder¹ of the Serbian royal family.

1 Founder   

n.创始者，缔造者

参考例句：

• He was extolled as the founder of their Florentine school.他被称颂为佛罗伦萨画派的鼻祖。
• According to the old tradition,Romulus was the founder of Rome.按照古老的传说，罗穆卢斯是古罗马的建国者。