BABOVIC Anastasija

Date of Birth: 13 Dec 2000

Age: 20

Gender: Female

Height (m/ft): 1.83/6'0''

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

European Championship

Rank	Event	Year	Location
8	Women	2020	Denmark

World Junior Championship

Rank	Event	Year	Location
16	Women	2018	Hungary

World Youth Championship

Rank	Event	Year	Location
17	Women	2018	Poland

Occupation:

Languages spoken:

English, Montenegrin

ZRK Buducnost [Podgorica, MNE] since 2016/17

Bojana Popovic [club, national], MNE

Position style:

Goalkeeper (ihf.info, 19 Mar 2021)

In November 2019 she underwent surgery after tearing the anterior cruciate ligament in her right knee. She returned to competition in August 2020. (vijesti.me, 13 Dec 2020; pobjeda.me, 18 Nov 2019; pobjeda.me, 16 Aug 2020)

National league:

Prva Liga [MNE] (RSCG competition proposal, 09 Jun 2020)

She took up handball at age five. (ihf.info, 19 Mar 2021)

She fell in love with handball when she first tried the sport. "I knew I wanted to be the best in the world the first day I touched a ball, I knew that's what I wanted." (ihf.info, 19 Mar 2021)

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo and to win an Olympic medal. (ihf.info, 19 Mar 2021)

General Interest

General
OVERSEAS EXPERIENCE
She spent the 2020/21 season on loan at Hungarian club Dunaujvarosi Kohasz KA. She said playing abroad provided important experience, but proved difficult being away from home. In March 2021, it was announced that she would return to parent club ZRK Buducnost. "It was really hard because I came through the system at Buducnost, they are my first team and always in my heart. Playing in Hungary was hard at first, but I am young and needed more league experience. Nowhere in the world has that Montenegrin mentality, the character we show on court. Accepting the different mentality was the hardest part for me, and that they play a different type of handball, but if you go to that country and want to play you need to adapt. During the COVID-19 pandemic it has been hard to live alone, without family in a different country, but I knew what I came for, I didn't think about anything else, I just wanted to play." (kolektiv.me, 22 Mar 2021; ihf.info, 19 Mar 2021)

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Legend

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

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