BUTULIJA Dajana

Date of Birth: 23 Feb 1986

Age: 35

Gender: Female

Height (m/ft): 1.75/5'8''

Place of birth: KIKINDA

Birth Country:

Serbia

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Basketball	Women SRB Serbia	4

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Saitama Super Arena	Women's Preliminary Round Group A #07 SRB Serbia 72 CAN Canada 68	Finished
	Saitama Super Arena	Women's Preliminary Round Group A #19 ESP Spain 85 SRB Serbia 70	Finished
	Saitama Super Arena	Women's Preliminary Round Group A #32 KOR Republic of Korea 61 SRB Serbia 65	Finished
	Saitama Super Arena	Women's Quarterfinal #42 CHN China 70 SRB Serbia 77	Finished
	Saitama Super Arena	Women's Semifinal #47 USA United States 79 SRB Serbia 59	Finished
	Saitama Super Arena	Women's Bronze Medal Game #49 SRB Serbia 76 FRA France 91	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Olympic Games

Rank	Event	Year	Location
3	Women	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA

Rank	Event	Year	Location
8	Women	2014	Turkey

European Championship

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Women	2021
3	Women	2019

Daja (espreso.rs, 09 Jul 2019)

Occupation:

University of Belgrade, Serbia

Languages spoken:

English, Serbian

Sleza Wroclaw [Poland] since 2019/20

Arkadiusz Rusin [club], POL; Marina Maljkovic [national], SRB

Position style:

Guard, Shooting Guard (bgbasket.com, 01 Feb 2016; fiba.basketball, 17 Nov 2019)

2012 for Serbia (Athlete, 13 Aug 2016)

In late 2015 she underwent appendix surgery. (kurir.rs, 20 Nov 2015)

National league:

Basket Liga Kobiet [POL] (gazetawroclawska.pl, 14 Feb 2020)

She began playing basketball in 1996 in Kikinda, Serbia. (Athlete, 13 Aug 2016)

She had played the sport with boys in her neighbourhood before she began training. (srbijadanas.com, 01 Jul 2015)

Her parents. (kurir.rs, 15 Jul 2015)

She was named 2016 Athlete of the Year in Kikinda, Serbia. (tvrubin.rs, 31 Dec 2016)

General Interest

General
RETURN TO THE SPORT
She announced her retirement from international basketball following the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, where she was part of the Serbian team that won bronze. However, in November 2018 she attended a national team training camp after national coach Marina Maljkovic asked her to return. Maljkovic, who first coached Butulija when she was age 17, had also taken time away from the sport following the 2016 Games. "When Marina called me, I didn't have to think about it, even for a minute. Marina is back and I think that it would be extremely bad of me to not play for my country, for Serbia and for Marina. In 2016 the psychological fatigue was greater than the physical fatigue. My body was fine then and it is now. I knew I could still play but my head was tired of basketball." (rtvbn.com, 12 Sep 2016; blic.rs, 12 Nov 2018; kosmagazin.com, 29 Jun 2019)

STUDIES
During her break from international competition, she graduated from the University of Belgrade in 2018. The title of her thesis was 'Free Throws in Senior Basketball'. (kosmagazin.com, 29 Jun 2019; dif.bg.ac.rs, 28 Aug 2018)

Social Media

Legend

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

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