BJELICA Ana

Date of Birth: 3 Apr 1992

Age: 29

Gender: Female

Height (m/ft): 1.90/6'2''

Place of birth: BELGRADE

Birth Country:

Serbia

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Volleyball	Women SRB Serbia	3

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Ariake Arena	Women's Preliminary Round - Pool A #03 SRB Serbia 3 DOM Dominican Rep. 0	Finished
	Ariake Arena	Women's Preliminary Round - Pool A #09 JPN Japan 0 SRB Serbia 3	Finished
	Ariake Arena	Women's Preliminary Round - Pool A #15 SRB Serbia 3 KEN Kenya 0	Finished
	Ariake Arena	Women's Preliminary Round - Pool A #22 SRB Serbia 1 BRA Brazil 3	Finished
	Ariake Arena	Women's Preliminary Round - Pool A #25 SRB Serbia 3 KOR Republic of Korea 0	Finished
	Ariake Arena	Women's Quarterfinals #33 SRB Serbia 3 ITA Italy 0	Finished
	Ariake Arena	Women's Semifinals #36 SRB Serbia 0 USA United States 3	Finished
	Ariake Arena	Women's Bronze Medal Match #37 KOR Republic of Korea 0 SRB Serbia 3	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

World Championship

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Women	2018	Japan
8	Women	2010	Japan

Nations League - Final Round

Rank	Event	Year	Location
5	Women	2018	People's Republic of China

World Grand Prix

Rank	Event	Year	Location
3	Women	2017

Rank	Event	Year	Location
9	Women	2019	Japan

European Championship

Rank	Event	Year	Location
1	Women	2019
1	Women	2017

Mala (011info.com, 15 Jan 2018)

Occupation:

Banking, Finance, Insurance - Belgrade Banking Academy, Serbia

Languages spoken:

English, Portuguese, Serbian

Volei Osasco-Audax [Brazil] since 2019/2020

Luizomar De Moura [club], BRA; Zoran Terzic [national], SRB

Position style:

Opposite spiker (fivb.com, 01 Oct 2018)

Right (Volleyball World YouTube channel, 19 Sep 2019)

Sporting relatives:

Her older brother Milko and older sister Milka have both represented Montenegro in basketball. Milko competed at the 2019 World Cup in Japan, while Milka competed at the 2015 European Championship in Netherlands and Belgium. (pobjeda.me, 24 Nov 2013; novosti.rs, 31 Dec 2017; SportsDeskOnline, 28 Feb 2020)

2010 for Serbia (ossrb.org, 2014)

She missed the end of the 2011/12 domestic season because of glandular fever. (worldofvolley.com, 01 Apr 2012)

National league:

Superliga [BRA] (surgiu.com.br, 15 Jan 2020)

She took up the sport at age 10 in Belgrade, Serbia. (ossrb.org, 08 Apr 2014; novosti.rs, 31 Dec 2017)

She wanted to follow her parents, brother and sister and play basketball, but her parents encouraged her to play volleyball. "The mother of my friend suggested to my parents that her daughter and I are pretty tall, so we should try volleyball and this is how it started." (ossrb.org, 2014; 011info.com, 15 Jan 2018)

To win a gold medal at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (blic.rs, 22 Oct 2018)

Winning gold at the 2018 World Championship in Japan. (blic.rs, 22 Oct 2018; novosti.rs, 22 Oct 2018)

Serbian volleyball player Maja Ognjenovic. (011info.com, 15 Jan 2018)

Her family. (011info.com, 15 Jan 2018)

She listens to music for about an hour before a match. (pobjeda.me, 11 May 2013)

She received the Best Hitter award in the 2014 Polish Cup. (olimpicsports.net, 09 Mar 2014)

In 2010 she was named as one of three Players of the Year by the Serbian Volleyball Federation [OSSRB], and in 2011 the Best Young Player in Serbia's Wiener Stadtische Liga. (balkanvolleyball.org, 03 Jan 2011; micpomic997.wix.com, 08 Apr 2014)

She was named Best Scorer of the 2010 European Junior Championships in Serbia. (balkanvolleyball.org, 03 Jan 2011)

She received the Most Valuable Player award at the 2010 Balkan Junior Championships. (balkanvolleyball.org, 03 Jan 2011)

General Interest

General
OVERSEAS EXPERIENCE
She signed for Polish club Chemik Police in 2013, having spent the rest of her volleyball club career in Serbia. She has since played club volleyball in Turkey, Brazil and France, and returned to the Brazilian Superliga ahead of the 2019/20 season with a view to preparing for the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. "It was very difficult [her first move abroad]. When I remember the days I arrived, first time in Poland, left home, new city, new club, new players. Everything was completely different. The Brazilian league is one of the best leagues in the world and it was one of the reasons why I decided to come back. I need a strong season ahead of the Olympic Games, which I think will be a crown of my career." (zurnal.rs, 23 Nov 2013; 011info.com, 15 Jan 2018; fivb.org, 01 Oct 2018; zurnal.rs, 01 Jul 2019)

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Legend

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

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