RADICEVIC Jovanka

Date of Birth: 23 Oct 1986

Age: 34

Gender: Female

Height (m/ft): 1.69/5'6''

Place of birth: PODGORICA

Birth Country:

Montenegro

Place of residence : PODGORICA

Residence Country:

Montenegro

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Handball	Women MNE Montenegro	6

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Yoyogi National Stadium	Women's Preliminary Round Group A #03 MNE Montenegro 33 ANG Angola 22	Finished
	Yoyogi National Stadium	Women's Preliminary Round Group A #07 JPN Japan 29 MNE Montenegro 26	Finished
	Yoyogi National Stadium	Women's Preliminary Round Group A #16 MNE Montenegro 23 NOR Norway 35	Finished
	Yoyogi National Stadium	Women's Preliminary Round Group A #20 MNE Montenegro 28 KOR Republic of Korea 26	Finished
	Yoyogi National Stadium	Women's Preliminary Round Group A #29 NED Netherlands 30 MNE Montenegro 29	Finished
	Yoyogi National Stadium	Women's Quarterfinal #33 MNE Montenegro 26 ROC ROC 32	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Olympic Games

Rank	Event	Year	Location
2	Women	2012	London, GBR
11	Women	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA

World Championship

Rank	Event	Year	Location
5	Women	2019	Japan
6	Women	2017	Germany
8	Women	2015	Denmark
10	Women	2011	Brazil
11	Women	2013	Serbia

European Championship

Rank	Event	Year	Location
8	Women	2020	Denmark
9	Women	2018	France

Joka (vijesti.me, 16 Dec 2019)

Occupation:

Languages spoken:

English, Montenegrin

Bojana Popovic [national], MNE

Position style:

Right wing (eurohandball.com, 08 May 2016)

Left (Vlado Perovic YouTube channel, 23 May 2020)

Sporting relatives:

Her mother was a professional handball player. (montenegro-macedonia.mk, 26 May 2015; chwielook.me, 30 Apr 2015)

She took up handball at age 12. (Vlado Perovic YouTube channel, 23 May 2020)

She was encouraged to try the sport by her mother. "My mum quit sport to focus on family. I was always a child who loved ball sports. I went to football training, but once my mother told me to try handball I thought, 'Why not?' Ever since my first training session, I realised handball was the one." (montenegro-macedonia.mk, 26 May 2015; Vlado Perovic YouTube channel, 23 May 2020)

To win a medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (vijesti.me, 01 Jan 2020)

Winning silver at the 2012 Olympic Games in London and gold at the 2012 European Championship in Serbia. (aktuelno.me, 13 Apr 2020; Vlado Perovic YouTube channel, 23 May 2020)

Her family. (Vlado Perovic YouTube channel, 23 May 2020)

Philosophy:

"When I have a goal, I do my best to achieve it and I don't give up. Such was my handball journey - full of ups and down, victories and defeats, but I never gave up." (vijesti.me, 01 Jan 2020)

She was selected as the right wing for the All Star Team at both the 2015 and 2019 world championships. She has also been named in the European championship All Star Team twice [2012 and 2020], and has been selected as a Champions League All Star in 2014, 2016, 2019 and 2020. (EHF EURO Twitter profile, 20 Dec 2020; vijesti.me, 06 May 2016; eurohandball.com, 05 Jun 2020; vijesti.me, 16 Dec 2019; handball-world.com, 05 Feb 2014)

General Interest

General
CLUB CAREER
She began her career with ZRK Buducnost in Montenegro in the 2004/05 season before moving to Hungary to play for Gyori ETO in 2011. She later spent five years with North Macedonian club ZRK Vardar, and after one season with CSM Bucuresti, returned to Buducnost in 2019. (eurohandball.com, 01 Jun 2020; http://zrkb.me/profil/31

Social Media

Legend

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

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