DABOVIC Ana

Serbia
Basketball
18 Aug 1989
31
Female
1.83/6'0''
CETINJE
 
Montenegro
FRANCE

Events and Medals

Discipline Event Rank Medal
BKB Basketball Women
SRB
Serbia
 4

Schedule

Change
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

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Olympic Games
RankEventYearLocation
3Women2016Rio de Janeiro, BRA

World Cup
RankEventYearLocation
8Women2014Turkey

European Championship
RankEventYearLocation
1Women2021
3Women2019
11Women2017Czech Republic
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Athlete
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Psychology
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Partner Ilija Mustur
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English, Serbian
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Lattes Montpellier [France] since 2020/21
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Thibaut Petit [club], BEL; Marina Maljkovic [national], SRB
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Shooting Guard, Small forward (bgbasket.com, 01 Feb 2016)
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Her older sister Milica has played basketball internationally. She won bronze alongside Ana at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, and captained the Serbia team that won the 2015 EuroBasket in Hungary and Romania. Her older sister Jelica and brother Milan have both played basketball at club level in Serbia, and her father Milan has coached the sport. Her partner Ilija Mustur has played water polo internationally for France, including at the 2019 World University Games in Naples, Italy. (novosti.rs, 29 Jun 2015; gettyimages.co.uk, 28 Jun 2015; sport.blic.rs, 28 Jun 2015; story.rs, 14 Nov 2019; kosmagazin.com, 03 Jun 2016; informer.rs, 11 Nov 2019; SportsDeskOnline, 13 May 2020)
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2009 for Serbia (Athlete, 13 Aug 2016)
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She sustained a fracture in her left hand during Serbia's semifinal against Spain at the 2019 EuroBasket in Serbia and Latvia. She was unable to play in the final, and underwent surgery after the tournament. (telegraf.rs, 05 Jul 2019; meridianbetsport.rs, 09 Jul 2019)

She struggled with an injury to the meniscus in her knee in 2014, and was out for almost a month. (Athlete, 13 Aug 2016)
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Ligue Feminine de Basketball [FRA] (lequipe.fr, 17 Apr 2020)
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She took up basketball at age five in Herceg Novi, Montenegro. (Athlete, 13 Aug 2016)
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She comes from a family of basketballers, and grew up watching her older sister Jelica play. "I started playing at a very young age in Montenegro because I was born into a family of basketball players. All my childhood memories are more or less linked to basketball. My father is a basketball coach, and my sisters and brother were playing basketball too." (blic.rs, 28 Jun 2015; Athlete, 13 Aug 2016; leberry.fr, 30 Sep 2019)
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To win a medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, and to become a motivational speaker after she retires from basketball. (hotsport.rs, 23 Jan 2020; mondo.rs, 23 Nov 2019)
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Winning bronze at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, gold at the 2015 EuroBasket in Hungary and Romania, and bronze at the 2019 EuroBasket in Serbia and Latvia. (hotsport.rs, 23 Jan 2020)
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Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic, Swiss tennis player Roger Federer. (Athlete, 13 Aug 2016)
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Her father and her sister Jelica. (Athlete, 13 Aug 2016)
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"Enjoy, have fun, and make people happy." (Athlete, 13 Aug 2016)
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She was named to the All-Star team of the 2020 Olympic qualifying tournament in Belgrade, Serbia. (fiba.basketball, 09 Feb 2020)

She was named Most Valuable Player [MVP] of the 2015 EuroBasket in Hungary and Romania. (novosti.rs, 15 Oct 2015)

She was named to the 2015 WNBA All-Star Rookie team in the United States of America. (sheridanhoops.com, 10 Jul 2016)

General Interest

General
PASSING ON EXPERIENCE
She says that as an experienced member of the Serbian national team, she feels responsible for supporting and helping younger players. "When I see young players in the team, it is an extra motive for me, to be a good example for them. We, the more experienced players, have a responsibility and a need to help them adapt to our system and to feel our energy. In my opinion, playing in your 30s is the best, because you then have maturity, experience and really know the game. That can be visible on the court. I hope we can teach younger players something and as for now, I like what is going on in the national team. Young players are coming, learning from experienced ones, and I am hoping they will continue in our path." (talkbasket.net, 14 Nov 2019)

CLUB CAREER
She was undrafted in the 2009 WNBA Draft, but was signed by the Los Angeles Sparks in 2015. After several seasons playing in Turkey and the Russian Federation, she returned to the Sparks for the 2018 season before signing for French Ligue Feminine de Basketball [LFB] side Tango Bourges Basket in 2019. She joined Lattes Montpellier, also of the LFB, prior to the 2020/21 season. (maxbetsport.rs, 17 Apr 2020; sparks.wnba.com, 01 Feb 2018; lequipe.fr, 17 Apr 2020)

Legend
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Gold Medal Event
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Silver Medal Event
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Bronze Medal Event
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