Marina Munćan
 Munćan at the 2012 Summer Olympics | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nationality | Serbian | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 6 November 1982 Pančevo, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.64 m (5 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 44 kg (97 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Track | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | 800 metres, 1500 metres | ||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | Villanova | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 800 metres: 2:02.86[1] 1500 metres: 4:06.48[1] Mile: 4:31.52[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Marina Munćan (Serbian Cyrillic: Марина Мунћан; born November 6, 1982, in Pančevo) is a Serbian former professional middle distance runner who specialised in the 1500 metres. She represented Serbia at the 2012 Summer Olympics. She holds multiple Serbian records. She is now the Head Cross Country and Assistant Track and Field Coach for Claremont-Mudd-Scripps, in Claremont, CA.[2]
Running career[edit]
Collegiate[edit]
Munćan attended Villanova, for which she ran track and cross country. In addition to finishing in first place in various Big East middle-distance track races, Munćan earned 11 Big East Conference track and field championship titles,[3] she earned 9 NCAA Division 1 All-American awards[4] for NCAA Track championships in 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006.[5]
Post collegiate[edit]
She represented Serbia at the World Championships in 2007 and 2009 and European Championships in 2010 and 2012. At the 2009 Summer Universiade she won a gold medal in 1500 m with a time 4:15:53 minutes. She ran the women's 1500-m race at the 2012 Summer Olympics, barely missing qualification to the semifinal round recording a time of 4:11.25.
Major competition record[edit]
Personal bests[edit]
Outdoor[edit]
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Indoor[edit]
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References[edit]
- ^ a b c IAAF. "athlete profile for Marina Munca".
- ^ "Claremont Mudd Scripps". Claremont Mudd Scripps. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ Villanova University BIG EAST CHAMPIONS through 2019 Villanova Wildcats
- ^ Villanova University All-Americans through 2019 Villanova Wildcats
- ^ Villanova Athletics. "Marina Muncan profile".
External links[edit]
- Marina Munćan at World Athletics
- Marina Munćan at European Athletics
- Marina Muncan at All-Athletics
- Marina Munćan at Olympedia
- Marina Munćan at Olympics.com
- Marina Munćan at the Olimpijski Komitet Srbije (in Serbian)
- 1982 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Pančevo
- Serbian female middle-distance runners
- Yugoslav female middle-distance runners
- Olympic athletes for Serbia
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Villanova Wildcats women's track and field athletes
- Serbia and Montenegro female athletes
- Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field)
- FISU World University Games gold medalists for Serbia
- Competitors at the 2007 Summer Universiade
- Medalists at the 2009 Summer Universiade
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2005 Mediterranean Games
- Mediterranean Games competitors for Serbia and Montenegro
- 21st-century Serbian women