Ivana Španović
Personal information | |
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Nationality | Serbian |
Born | Zrenjanin, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia | 10 May 1990
Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) |
Weight | 65.0 kg (143.3 lb; 10.24 st) |
Sport | |
Country | Serbia |
Sport | Track and field |
Event | Long jump |
Achievements and titles | |
Personal best(s) | Outdoor: 7.02 m Indoor: 7.07 m |
Medal record |
Ivana Španović (Serbian Cyrillic: Ивана Шпановић, born 10 May 1990) is a Serbian long jumper, reigning European indoor champion. In 2013, she became the first Serbian track and field athlete to win a medal at the IAAF Outdoor World Championships . She is the Serbian record holder in the long jump, indoors and outdoors, and also she is the national indoor record holder in the 60 metres and in the pentathlon. Her coach is Goran Obradović - Čele and she is a member of the Athletic Club Vojvodina in Novi Sad.[1]
Career
Španović earned gold medals at the 2008 World Junior Championships and the 2009 Summer Universiade. She was selected as Serbia's Best Young Athlete of 2008. She also won silver medals at the 2007 World Youth Championships, the 2009 European Junior Championships and the 2011 European U23 Championships.
Španović participated in the qualifying round at the 2008 Olympic Games, and was a finalist at the 2012 Olympic Games.
In 2013 she started at the European Indoor Championship when she was ranked fifth. At the World outdoor championship she had achieved the best result in her career by then, bronze medal with the new national record 6.82 meters. Olympic Committee of Serbia therefore declared her the best female athlete of the year.
In 2014 she won the bronze medal at the World Indoor Championships and silver medals at the European Outdoor championship and IAAF Continental Cup in Marrakesh. She also improved her outdoor personal best on 6.88 meters in the Diamond League meet in Eugene.
In 2015 she won her first gold medal as a senior athlete becoming European indoor champion with new national record 6.98 meters. She won the second bronze medal at the World outdoor championship, improving her national record twice, both in qualification (6.91) and the final (7.01 got twice). Olympic Committee of Serbia therefore declared her the best female athlete of the year.
In 2016 Španović won the silver medal at the World Indoor Championships improving her national record twice, 7.00 (at first round) and 7.07 (at fifth round). She was ahead for all the competitions but she lost the gold medal because Reese had a fantastic 7.22 at the final round.
Španović has achieved five victories in the IAAF Diamond League circuit: at the DN Galan in 2013, at the Prefontaine Classic and Weltklasse Zürich in 2014, at the Herculis and Weltklasse Zürich in 2015. Also, she has achieved one victory in the IAAF World Challenge circuit, at the ISTAF Berlin in 2015.
She set 26 national senior records: 10 outdoors (all in long jump), 16 indoors (14 in long jump, 1 in 60m, 1 in pentathlon).
Personal bests
Outdoor
Event | Performance | Date | Location | Notes |
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100 m | 11.90 | 14 June 2014 | Sremska Mitrovica, Serbia | |
Long jump | 7.02 m (23 ft 1⁄4 in) | 3 September 2015 | Zürich, Switzerland | NR |
Triple jump | 13.78 m (45 ft 2+1⁄2 in) | 14 June 2014 | Belgrade, Serbia |
Indoor
Event | Performance | Date | Location | Notes |
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60 m | 7.31 | 31 January 2015 | Novi Sad, Serbia | NR |
Long jump | 7.07 m (23 ft 2+1⁄4 in) | 18 March 2016 | Portland, United States | NR |
Pentathlon | 4240 pts | 19 January 2013 | Novi Sad, Serbia | NR |
International competitions
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing Serbia and Montenegro | |||||
2005 | World Youth Championships | Marrakesh, Morocco | 8th (q) | Long jump | 5.97 m |
Representing Serbia | |||||
2006 | World Junior Championships | Beijing, China | 7th | Long jump | 6.23 m (wind: 0.0 m/s) |
2007 | |||||
European Indoor Championships | Birmingham, United Kingdom | 18th (q) | Long jump | 6.18 m | |
World Youth Championships | Ostrava, Czech Republic | 2nd | Long jump | 6.41 m (wind: +0.5 m/s) | |
European Junior Championships | Hengelo, Netherlands | 5 | Long jump | 6.22 m (wind: -0.2 m/s) | |
European Youth Olympic Festival | Belgrade, Serbia | 2nd | Long jump | 6.20 m (wind: -0.1 m/s) | |
3rd | 4 × 100 m relay | 46.85 s | |||
2008 | |||||
World Junior Championships | Bydgoszcz, Poland | 1st | Long jump | 6.61 m (wind: +1.3 m/s) | |
Olympic Games | Beijing, China | 30th (q) | Long jump | 6.30 m (wind: +1.8 m/s) | |
2009 | |||||
Universiade | Belgrade, Serbia | 1st | Long jump | 6.64 m (wind: 0.0 m/s) | |
European Junior Championships | Novi Sad, Serbia | 2nd | Long jump | 6.71 m (wind: -0.1 m/s) NR NJR | |
2010 | |||||
European Championships | Barcelona, Spain | 8th | Long jump | 6.60 m (wind: -0.3 m/s) | |
2011 | European U23 Championships | Ostrava, Czech Republic | 2nd | Long jump | 6.74 m w (wind: +3.2m/s) |
2012 | European Championships | Helsinki, Finland | 15th (q) | Long jump | 6.33 m (wind: +0.1 m/s) |
Olympic Games | London, United Kingdom | 11th | Long jump | 6.35 m (wind: +0.9 m/s) | |
2013 | European Indoor Championships | Gothenburg, Sweden | 5th | Long jump | 6.68 m |
World Championships | Moscow, Russia | 3rd | Long jump | 6.82 m NR (wind: +0.1 m/s) | |
2014 | World Indoor Championships | Sopot, Poland | 3rd | Long jump | 6.77 m |
European Championships | Zürich, Switzerland | 2nd | Long jump | 6.81 m (wind: -1.6 m/s) | |
Continental Cup | Marrakech, Morocco | 2nd | Long jump | 6.56 m (wind: -0.1 m/s) | |
2015 | European Indoor Championships | Prague, Czech Republic | 1st | Long jump | 6.98 m NR |
World Championships | Beijing, China | 3rd | Long jump | 7.01 m NR (wind: +0.6 m/s) | |
2016 | World Indoor Championships | Portland, United States | 2nd | Long jump | 7.07 m NR |
Personal life
Ivana's parents are Ljubiša and Vesna Španović, who was also a competitive athlete. Španović is in a long-term relationship with fitness trainer Vladimir Kumrić.[2] She favors a distinctive and playful personal style. Even on the field she can be seen fiercely competing with her fellow elite athletes while sporting fashionable nails, often polished in neon colours.[3]
References
- ^ AK Vojvodina - O klubu. AK Vojvodina (in Serbian). 2015-04-10. Retrieved 10 April 2015.
- ^ Mitrovic, M. (2015-04-10). Ko je momak kojem je Ivana Španović rekla sudbonosno "DA"?. Blic (in Serbian). Retrieved 10 April 2015.
- ^ Ivana Španović i nokti kao imidž. Telegraf (in Serbian). 2015-04-10. Retrieved 10 April 2015.
External links
- 1990 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Zrenjanin
- Serbian sportswomen
- Serbian long jumpers
- Female long jumpers
- Olympic athletes of Serbia
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- World Championships in Athletics athletes for Serbia
- European Athletics Championships medalists
- World Championships in Athletics medalists