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General
RETIREMENT PLAN
She says she will retire after the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. When the Games were postponed to 2021, she delayed her retirement by a year. "It is something I announce with sadness. The time is coming for me to make the transition from sport into another field, I am 28 years old [speaking in 2020] and I think that is the right time. The focus is on winning an Olympic medal and saying goodbye. I will try to prepare so I can fight at my best. It is hard to focus on other things when you're committed to only sport, but I managed to finish my studies on top of everything. I am currently involved in the Olympic Committee of Serbia and I want to learn as much as possible from the people there and to contribute to the development of sport in Serbia." (alo.rs, 01 Aug 2020; b92.net, 13 Apr 2020; danas.rs, 13 Apr 2020)

OTHER ROLES
In late 2020 she was elected president of the Sports Commission of the Olympic Committee of Serbia. (tas.org.rs, 03 Dec 2020)

She became the first athlete representing Serbia to win a gold medal at the Olympic Games, when she claimed victory in the +67kg category at the 2012 Games in London. It was also Serbia's first Olympic taekwondo medal of any colour. (SportsDeskOnline, 27 Mar 2020)

She became the first female taekwondo athlete representing Serbia to win a medal at the world championships, when she claimed bronze in the -73kg category at the 2011 edition in Gyeongju, Republic of Korea. (SportsDeskOnline, 27 Mar 2020)