Olivera Jevtić

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Olivera Jevtić
Оливера Јевтић
Personal information
Nickname(s) Olja
Nationality Serbian
Born 24 July 1977 (1977-07-24) (age 34)
Titovo Užice, SR Serbia, Yugoslavia
Residence Užice
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight 52.0 kg (115 lb; 8.19 st)
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event(s) 5000m, 10000m,
Half Marathon, Marathon,
Cross country running
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)

5000m: 15:11.25
10000m: 31:29.6
Half Marathon: 1:09:18

Marathon: 2:25:23

Olivera Jevtić (Serbian Cyrillic: Оливера Јевтић, born July 24, 1977 in Titovo Užice, Yugoslavia, now Užice, Serbia) is a Serbian long-distance runner. She is based in her native city of Užice, Serbia. Jevtić's coach is Slavko Kuzmanović, and she competes for the running club "Mladost". Jevtić holds the Serbian marathon record of 2:25:23, which she established at the Rotterdam Marathon in 2003.

She won the silver medal in the marathon at the 2006 European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden.

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[edit] Athlete of the Year

Jevtić was selected as young athlete of the year of 1996. In 2006 she was awarded golden badge Sport, award for the sportperson of the Year in Serbia, and the same year, and the 1998 and 1999 was declared the best sportswoman by the Olympic Committee of Serbia and Yugoslavia.[1]

She won the women's race at the Balkan Cross Country Championships in March 2011.[2]

[edit] Doping scandal

Jevtić was stripped of third place in 2002 New York City Marathon after testing positive for the banned drug ephedrine.[3]

[edit] Results

[edit] See also

[edit] References

[edit] External links

Awards
Preceded by
Vladan Marković
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia The Best Young Athlete of Yugoslavia
1996
Succeeded by
Saša Stolić
Preceded by
Danilo Ikodinović
( Serbia and Montenegro)
Serbia The Best Athlete of Serbia
2006
Succeeded by
Novak Djokovic


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