Vera Nikolić
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Born | 23 September 1948 Grabovica, Yugoslavia | (age 75)||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 57 kg (126 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | 800 m, 1500 m | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Morava Cuprija Dinamo Zagreb | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Leo Lang | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Personal best(s) | 800 m – 1:59.62 (1972) 1500 m – 4:12.7 (1972) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Vera Nikolić (Serbian Cyrillic: Вера Николић; born 23 September 1948) is a Serbian coach and retired middle-distance runner who competed at the 1968 and 1972 Olympics. She had her best achievements in the 800 m event, in which she won European titles in 1966 and 1971 and set a world record on 20 July 1968. She came to the 1968 Olympics as a favorite, but due to the pressure of being the favorite[1] she gave up her semifinal – after leading it for 300 m she suddenly stepped off the track, walked back to the start, sat down and took off her shoes.[2] She set her personal best in 800 m at the 1972 Olympics, but this was only enough for a fifth place.[3]
Nikolić received a Golden Badge of Sport, award for the best athlete of Yugoslavia in 1966.
References
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- 1948 births
- Living people
- People from Despotovac
- Serbian female middle-distance runners
- Yugoslav female middle-distance runners
- Olympic athletes of Yugoslavia
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1968 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1972 Summer Olympics
- World record setters in athletics (track and field)
- European Athletics Championships medalists
- Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Yugoslavia
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1971 Mediterranean Games
- Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics
- Serbian athletics biography stubs
- Yugoslav athletics biography stubs