Goran Nava (Serbian Cyrillic: Горан Нава, born 15 April 1981) is a Serbian-Italian middle distance runner who competed for Serbiaintrack and field. Born in Castello di Brianza in Italy,[2] he attended Radford UniversityinVirginia, United States.[2] He is a graduate student at the London School of Business (LSB).[3] Nava competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics and was also named "Most Successful Athlete of the Year" by the Serbian Athletic Federation in 2009.
Nava (in red) at the 2010 European Athletics Championships
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| Nationality | Serbian | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1981-04-15) 15 April 1981 (age 43) Bologna, Italy | |||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Track | |||||||||||||||||
| Event | 1500 metres | |||||||||||||||||
| College team | Radford | |||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 800m: 1:46.63[1] 1500m: 3:38.04[1] | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Nava represented Radford University at the 2004 NCAA Men's Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships, where he ran the 1500 metres in 3:48.85 (min:sec).[4] Nava holds multiple track records in various distances for Radford.[5]
At the 2008 Summer Olympics, he represented Serbia in the 1500 metres, running a time of 3:42.92. At the 2009 Summer Universiade, he finished second overall in the 800 metres with a time of 1:48.06, only 0.04 seconds behind the first-place Sajjad Moradi. In the same competition he earned third place in the 1500 metres, at 3:42.88. Later in his career he began to race more often in the indoor 1500 metres, competing in the European Indoor Championships in 2011 and 2013.
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing  Serbia
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| 2008 | Olympic Games | Beijing, China | 35th (h) | 1500 m | 3:42.92 |
| 2009 | European Indoor Championships | Turin, Italy | 8th | 1500 m | 3:48.65 |
| Mediterranean Games | Pescara, Italy | 5th | 1500 m | 3:39.58 | |
| Universiade | Belgrade, Serbia | 2nd | 800 m | 1:48.06 | |
| 3rd | 1500 m | 3:42.88 | |||
| World Championships | Berlin, Germany | 31st (h) | 1500 m | 3:44.13 | |
| 2010 | World Indoor Championships | Doha, Qatar | 16th (h) | 1500 m | 3:42.79 |
| European Championships | Barcelona, Spain | 12th | 1500 m | 3:45.77 | |
| 2011 | European Indoor Championships | Paris, France | 7th | 1500 m | 3:42.37 |
| 2012 | European Championships | Helsinki, Finland | 8th | 1500 m | 3:47.74 |
| 2013 | European Indoor Championships | Gothenburg, Sweden | 15th (h) | 1500 m | 3:45.58 |
| 2014 | European Championships | Zürich, Switzerland | 18th (h) | 1500 m | 3:41.43 |
| 2015 | European Indoor Championships | Prague, Czech Republic | 17th (h) | 1500 m | 3:48.80 |
| 2017 | European Indoor Championships | Belgrade, Serbia | 13th (h) | 1500 m | 3:48.53 |
