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Marija Vuković
Vuković in 2022
Personal information
NationalityMontenegrin
Born (1992-01-21) 21 January 1992 (age 32)
Knin, Croatia[a]
Height1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)
Sport
CountryMontenegro
SportAthletics
EventHigh jump
Achievements and titles
Olympic finals
  • 2020 Tokyo
  • High jump, 9th
  • Personal bests
    • High jump: 1.97 m (ft5+12 in) NR (Smederevo 2021)
  • Indoors
  • High jump: 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) NR (Banská Bystrica 2022)
  • Medal record

    Women's athletics
    Representing  Montenegro
    European Championships
    Silver medal – second place 2022 Munich High jump
    Games of the Small States of Europe
    Gold medal – first place 2011 Schaan High jump
    Gold medal – first place 2013 Luxembourg High jump
    Gold medal – first place 2015 Reykjavík High jump
    Gold medal – first place 2017 San Marino High jump
    Gold medal – first place 2019 Bar High jump
    World Junior Championships
    Gold medal – first place 2010 Moncton High jump
    European Junior Championships
    Silver medal – second place 2009 Novi Sad High jump

    Marija Vuković (Montenegrin: Марија Вуковић; born 21 January 1992) is a Montenegrin athlete specializing in the high jump. She won Montenegro's first ever European Athletics Championship medal with silver in the high jump at Munich 2022.[1]

    As a 17-year-old Vuković was the 2009 European Junior Championship silver medallist. By winning the 2010 World Junior Championships, she became her country's first ever medallist in a global athletics competition.

    Biography[edit]

    Marija Vuković was born in Knin, the then-capital of unrecognized Republic of Serbian Krajina. In 1995 her family settled as refugees in Cetinje.[2]

    She won the silver medal in high jump competition at the 2009 European Junior ChampionshipsinNovi Sad, Serbia, and gold at the 2010 World Junior Championships held in Moncton, Canada, which was the first medal won by a Montenegrin athlete in global competition.[3]

    Vuković competed at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and finished ninth.

    Her personal bests are: 1.97 m (ft5+12 in) in the high jump (Smederevo 2021, NR), 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) in the indoor high jump (Banská Bystrica 2022, NR), and 11.55 m (37 ft10+12 in) in the triple jump (+1.0 m/s, Bar 2008, NU18R NU20R).

    Competition record[edit]

    Representing  Montenegro
    Year Competition Venue Position Notes
    2007 World Youth Championships Ostrava, Czech Republic 26th (q) 1.65 m
    Balkan U20 Championships Kragujevac, Serbia 2nd 1.78 m
    2008 World Junior Championships Bydgoszcz, Poland 18th (q) 1.78 m
    2009 Balkan Indoor Championships Piraeus, Greece 3rd 1.80 m i
    Mediterranean Games Pescara, Italy 5th 1.75 m
    World Youth Championships Brixen, Italy 9th 1.75 m
    European Junior Championships Novi Sad, Serbia 2nd 1.89 m
    2010 World Junior Championships Moncton, Canada 1st 1.91 m
    European Championships Barcelona, Spain 21st (q) 1.87 m
    2011 Games of the Small States of Europe Schaan, Liechtenstein 1st 1.86 m
    European Junior Championships Tallinn, Estonia 8th 1.81 m
    World Championships Daegu, South Korea 28th (q) 1.80 m
    2013 Balkan Indoor Championships Istanbul, Turkey 5th 1.74 m i
    Games of the Small States of Europe Luxembourg, Luxembourg 1st 1.77 m
    Balkan Championships Stara Zagora, Bulgaria 7th 1.75 m
    2015 Balkan Indoor Championships Istanbul, Turkey 3rd 1.82 m i
    European Indoor Championships Prague, Czech Republic 20th (q) 1.77 m i
    Games of the Small States of Europe Reykjavík, Iceland 1st 1.80 m
    European Games[a] Baku, Azerbaijan 1st 1.86 m
    Universiade Gwangju, South Korea 4th 1.80 m
    Balkan Championships Pitești, Romania 3rd 1.87 m
    2016 Balkan Indoor Championships Istanbul, Turkey 2nd 1.84 m i
    Balkan Championships Pitești, Romania 2nd 1.88 m
    European Championships Amsterdam, Netherlands 18th (q) 1.85 m
    2017 Balkan Indoor Championships Belgrade, Serbia 2nd 1.86 m i
    European Indoor Championships Belgrade, Serbia 17th (q) 1.86 m i
    Games of the Small States of Europe Serravalle, San Marino 1st 1.91 m
    European Team Championships Third League Marsa, Malta 1st 1.90 m
    Balkan Championships Novi Pazar, Serbia 3rd 1.84 m
    World Championships London, United Kingdom 21st (q) 1.85 m
    Universiade Taipei, Taiwan 4th 1.88 m
    2018 Balkan Indoor Championships Istanbul, Turkey 2nd 1.89 m i
    Championships of the Small States of Europe Schaan, Liechtenstein 1st 1.86 m
    Balkan Championships Stara Zagora, Bulgaria 5th 1.80 m
    European Championships Berlin, Germany 18th (q) 1.81 m
    2019 Balkan Indoor Championships Istanbul, Turkey 2nd 1.92 m i
    European Indoor Championships Glasgow, United Kingdom 13th (q) 1.89 m i
    Games of the Small States of Europe Bar, Montenegro 1st 1.86 m
    European Team Championships Third League Skopje, North Macedonia 1st 1.84 m
    World Championships Doha, Qatar 18th (q) 1.85 m
    2020 Balkan Indoor Championships Istanbul, Turkey 2nd 1.88 m i
    Balkan Championships Cluj-Napoca, Romania 4th 1.84 m
    2021 Balkan Indoor Championships Istanbul, Turkey 1st 1.90 m i
    European Indoor Championships Toruń, Poland 7th 1.92 m i
    Championships of the Small States of Europe Serravalle, San Marino 1st 1.86 m
    European Team Championships Third League Limassol, Cyprus 1st 1.90 m
    Balkan Championships Smederevo, Serbia 1st 1.97 m PB
    Olympic Games Tokyo, Japan 9th 1.96 m
    2022 Balkan Indoor Championships Istanbul, Turkey 2nd 1.90 m
    World Indoor Championships Belgrade, Serbia 4th 1.95 m i
    Mediterranean Games Oran, Algeria 1st 1.92 m
    World Championships Eugene, OR, United States 14th (q) 1.90 m
    European Championships Munich, Germany 2nd 1.95 m
    2023 European Indoor Championships Istanbul, Turkey 10th (q) 1.87 m i
    World Championships Budapest, Hungary 25th (q) 1.85 m
    2024 European Championships Rome, Italy NM
    Championships of the Small States of Europe Gibraltar 2nd 1.77 m

    Notes[edit]

    1. ^ The third league of the 2015 European Team Championships
    1. ^
      At the time of her birth, Knin was part of the self-proclaimed Republic of Serbian Krajina.

    References[edit]

    1. ^ "Auf Wiedersehen Munich! Hosts Germany's best championships this century". European Athletics. 23 August 2022. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
  • ^ "Vuković otkrila težak životni i sportski put: Od suza zbog rata do olimpijskih suza radosnica". Aktuelno (in Bosnian). 2 July 2021. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
  • ^ "Vukovic makes history as she takes Montenegro's first gold medal". World Athletics. 25 July 2010. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
  • External links[edit]


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