Srbić was born in Zagreb on 11 September 1996 to parents Saša and Karin Srbić, and he has an older sister named Tena.[2] He began gymnastics when he was four years old at the ZTD Hrvatski Sokol club.[3] When he was six, he broke two bones below his elbow after falling off the horizontal bar.[4]
Career
2016
At the Baku World Cup, Srbić won his first FIG World Cup medal with the bronze medal on the horizontal bar.[5] He won three more bronze medals at the Ljubljana, Osijek, and Szombathely World Cups.[6][7][8]
2017
Srbić began the 2017 season at the Baku World Cup where he placed sixth in the horizontal bar final.[9] Then at the Doha World Cup, he won the silver medal behind China's Xiao Ruoteng.[10] In May, he won the gold medal on the horizontal bar at the Koper World Cup.[11] Later that same month, he won another horizontal bar title at the Osijek World Cup.[12] He then placed sixth at the Paris Challenge Cup.[13] He won the gold medal on the horizontal bar at the World Championships, becoming the first Croatian gymnast to win a gold medal at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships.[14][15][4]
2018
Srbić began the 2018 season by winning the gold medal on the horizontal bar at the Doha World Cup.[4] Then at the Osijek World Cup, he won the title on the horizontal bar by more than one point.[16] He then finished sixth at the Paris Challenge Cup.[17] At the World Championships, he finished fourth in the horizontal bar final with a score of 14.500, 0.033 behind the bronze medalist Sam Mikulak.[18] After the World Championships, he won the silver medal behind Epke Zonderland at the Cottbus World Cup.[19]
2019
At the Melbourne World Cup, Srbić finished seventh in the horizontal bar final after missing the handstand after his first skill.[20] Then at the Baku World Cup, he won the silver medal on the horizontal bar, 0.033 behind Epke Zonderland.[21] In March, he won the gold medal at the Doha World Cup with a score of 14.400.[22] He then competed at the European Championships and won the silver medal behind Zonderland.[23] At the Osijek World Cup, he finished sixth.[24] He won the gold medal on the horizontal bar at the Croatian Championships by more than three points.[25] Then in September, he won the gold medal at the Paris World Challenge Cup.[26] At the World Championships, he opted to perform an easier routine due to a wrist injury, and he won the silver medal behind Brazilian Arthur Mariano.[27] By qualifying for the horizontal bar event final, he earned an individual spot at the 2020 Olympic Games.[28]
Srbić won the silver medal on the horizontal bar at the Cottbus World Cup behind American Brody Malone.[38] He was the top qualifier for the horizontal bar final at the Doha World Cup, but he withdrew from the final due to a shoulder injury.[39]
