VUKOVIC Marija

Montenegro

Athletics

Date of Birth: 21 Jan 1992

Age: 29

Gender: Female

Olympic Scholarship

Place of birth: KNIN

Birth Country:

Croatia

Place of residence : ATHENS

Residence Country:

Greece

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Athletics	Women's High Jump	9

Schedule

Change

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Olympic Stadium - High Jump A	Women's High Jump Qualification - Group B	Finished
	Olympic Stadium - High Jump A	Women's High Jump Final	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

World Athletics Championships

Year	Location	High Jump
2019	Doha, QAT	Qual. (1.85)
2017	London, GBR	Qual. (1.85)
2011	Daegu, KOR	Qual. (1.80)

European Championships

Year	Location	High Jump
2018	Berlin, GER	Qual. (1.81)

World Challenge - Ten best performances since 2020

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location	Result
10	2017	High Jump	World Challenge	Hengelo, NED	1.80

Legend
SF - Semifinal, QF - Quarterfinal, 1R - 1st Round, Qual. - Qualification, QR - Qualification Round, DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, DQ - Disqualified, NM - No Mark, [Relay athlete without time] - Did not run in final

Hobbies:

Reading books, travelling. (mnemagazin.me, 24 Jun 2018)

Occupation:

Athlete

Languages spoken:

English, Montenegrin

Club name:

AK Podgorica [Montenegro]

Coach:

Ioanna Siomou [personal], GRE, from 2019

Sporting relatives:

Her younger sister Jovana has played basketball for ZKK Partizan in Serbia. (sportski.me, 20 Dec 2020)

Start:

She took up athletics in primary school in Cetinje, Montenegro, beginning regular training at age 14. (sportfem.me, 14 May 2021; portalanalitika.me, 14 Feb 2016)

Reason:

"I took up athletics during sport classes, my teacher noticed my talent and he asked me if I wanted to try my hand at athletics. And this is how I started, initially for fun, and later it became more serious." (sportfem.me, 14 May 2021)

Ambition:

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (sportfem.me, 14 May 2021)

Memorable:

Winning a silver medal at the 2009 European Junior Championships in Novi Sad, Serbia. (sportfem.me, 14 May 2021)

Philosophy:

"Tenacity, perseverance and faith. I think that's the most important thing. Don't give up, even when it's hard." (mnemagazin.me, 24 Jun 2018)

General Interest

General
FROM CROATIA TO MONTENEGRO TO GREECE
Born into a Montenegrin family in Croatia, at age three she and her family left Croatia and moved to Cetinje, Montenegro, due to war in Croatia. In November 2019 she moved to Athens, Greece, for better training conditions ahead of the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. She has also spent short periods living in Luxembourg, Sweden and Serbia. "Everything was devoted to the 2020 Olympic Games, but I hope that the Athletic Federation of Montenegro will continue supporting me after the Games so that I will be able to continue my training in Athens as I have settled there." (sportfem.me, 14 May 2021; cdm.me, 04 Apr 2020)

Milestones

By winning gold at the 2010 World Junior Championships in Moncton, NB, Canada, she became the first athletics competitor representing Montenegro to win a medal at the world junior championships. (worldathletics.org, 25 Jul 2010; SportsDeskOnline, 25 Jul 2021)

Social Media

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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