Marija Šestak
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Born | 17 April 1979 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 59 kg (130 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Slovenia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Triple jump | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Marija Šestak (Serbian Cyrillic: Марија Шестак; born Martinović, Мартиновић) is a Serbian-born Slovenian triple jumper.
Marija Martinović was born on 17 April 1979 in Kragujevac (at the time SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia). She is married to Slovenian 400 metres runner Matija Šestak. She was granted Slovenian citizenship on 13 July 2006.
Her personal best jump is 15.08 metres, achieved on 13 February 2008 in Athens. This is the current national record for Slovenia, beating the seven-year-old record of Anja Valant.[1] She also has 6.50 metres in the long jump.
Achievements
References
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Marija Šestak.
- ^ Nikitardis, Michalis (4 June 2007). "Sestak's 15.08m the biggest surprise of four world indoor season leads in "Athina 2008"". IAAF.org. Retrieved 2007-06-05.
Categories:
- 1979 births
- Living people
- Slovenian female triple jumpers
- Serbian female triple jumpers
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes for Slovenia
- Olympic athletes for Serbia and Montenegro
- Sportspeople from Kragujevac
- Slovenian people of Serbian descent
- World Athletics Championships athletes for Slovenia
- Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Serbia and Montenegro
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2001 Mediterranean Games
- Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics
- Competitors at the 1997 Summer Universiade
- Competitors at the 2003 Summer Universiade
- Serbia and Montenegro female athletes
- Naturalized citizens of Slovenia
- Naturalised sports competitors
- Serbian athletics biography stubs
- Slovenian athletics biography stubs
- Yugoslav athletics biography stubs