Mirna Jukić

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Mirna Jukić Personal information Full name: Mirna Jukić Nationality:  Austria Stroke(s): Breaststroke Date of birth: April 9, 1986 (1986-04-09) (age 22) Place of birth: Vukovar, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia, now Croatia

Medal record Medal record Competitor for  Austria Women's Swimming Olympic Games Bronze 2008 Beijing 100m Breaststroke World Championships - Long Course Bronze 2005 Montreal[1] 200 m Breaststroke World Championships - Short Course Bronze 2002 Moscow[2] 200 m Breaststroke European Championships (LC) Gold 2002 Berlin 200 m Breaststroke Gold 2004 Madrid 200 m Breaststroke Gold 2008 Eindhoven 100 m Breaststroke Silver 2008 Eindhoven 200 m Breaststroke Bronze 2004 Madrid 100 m Breaststroke Bronze 2008 Eindhoven 50 m Breaststroke

Mirna Jukić (born April 9, 1986 in Vukovar, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia) is a bronze medal winner in both short course and long course at the world championships in swimming. She arrived in Austria in 1999 and received citizenship the following year. She is trained by her father, a former basketball player. She has had numerous European championship and World championship successes.

She has a brother, Dinko Jukić, a swimmer.

After one year away from swimming (Jukic suffered from Pfeiffer's disease in 2006) she came back even stronger than before. She's quicker now especially over the shorter distances. Mirna Jukic is currently swimming the 100m and 200m breaststroke at the 2008 Olympic Games in Bejing. She won the Bronze medal in the 100m breaststroke with a time of 1:07.34.

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• (German) Official Homepage
• Results & Videos on SwimPassion.net

Awards
Preceded by Stephanie Graf	Austrian Sportswoman of the year 2002	Succeeded by Michaela Dorfmeister