Montenegrin high jumper
Marija Vuković (Montenegrin : Марија Вуковић ; born 21 January 1992) is a Montenegrin athlete specializing in the high jump . She won Montenegro's first ever European Athletics Championship medal with silver in the high jump at Munich 2022 .[ 1]
As a 17-year-old Vuković was the 2009 European Junior Championship silver medallist. By winning the 2010 World Junior Championships , she became her country's first ever medallist in a global athletics competition.
Marija Vuković was born in Knin , the then-capital of unrecognized Republic of Serbian Krajina . In 1995 her family settled as refugees in Cetinje .[ 2]
She won the silver medal in high jump competition at the 2009 European Junior Championships in Novi Sad , Serbia, and gold at the 2010 World Junior Championships held in Moncton , Canada, which was the first medal won by a Montenegrin athlete in global competition.[ 3]
Vuković competed at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and finished ninth .
Her personal bests are: 1.97 m ( 6 ft 5+ 1 ⁄2 in) in the high jump (Smederevo 2021, NR ), 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) in the indoor high jump (Banská Bystrica 2022, NR ), and 11.55 m ( 37 ft 10+ 1 ⁄2 in) in the triple jump (+1.0 m/s, Bar 2008, NU18R NU20R ).
Representing Montenegro Year Competition Venue Position Notes 2007 World Youth Championships Ostrava , Czech Republic 26th (q) 1.65 m Balkan U20 Championships Kragujevac , Serbia 2nd 1.78 m 2008 World Junior Championships Bydgoszcz , Poland 18th (q) 1.78 m 2009 Balkan Indoor Championships Piraeus , Greece 3rd 1.80 m i Mediterranean Games Pescara , Italy 5th 1.75 m World Youth Championships Brixen , Italy 9th 1.75 m European Junior Championships Novi Sad , Serbia 2nd 1.89 m 2010 World Junior Championships Moncton , Canada 1st 1.91 m European Championships Barcelona , Spain 21st (q) 1.87 m 2011 Games of the Small States of Europe Schaan , Liechtenstein 1st 1.86 m European Junior Championships Tallinn , Estonia 8th 1.81 m World Championships Daegu , South Korea 28th (q) 1.80 m 2013 Balkan Indoor Championships Istanbul , Turkey 5th 1.74 m i Games of the Small States of Europe Luxembourg , Luxembourg 1st 1.77 m Balkan Championships Stara Zagora , Bulgaria 7th 1.75 m 2015 Balkan Indoor Championships Istanbul , Turkey 3rd 1.82 m i European Indoor Championships Prague , Czech Republic 20th (q) 1.77 m i Games of the Small States of Europe Reykjavík , Iceland 1st 1.80 m European Games [ a] Baku , Azerbaijan 1st 1.86 m Universiade Gwangju , South Korea 4th 1.80 m Balkan Championships Pitești , Romania 3rd 1.87 m 2016 Balkan Indoor Championships Istanbul , Turkey 2nd 1.84 m i Balkan Championships Pitești , Romania 2nd 1.88 m European Championships Amsterdam , Netherlands 18th (q) 1.85 m 2017 Balkan Indoor Championships Belgrade , Serbia 2nd 1.86 m i European Indoor Championships Belgrade , Serbia 17th (q) 1.86 m i Games of the Small States of Europe Serravalle , San Marino 1st 1.91 m European Team Championships Third League Marsa , Malta 1st 1.90 m Balkan Championships Novi Pazar , Serbia 3rd 1.84 m World Championships London , United Kingdom 21st (q) 1.85 m Universiade Taipei , Taiwan 4th 1.88 m 2018 Balkan Indoor Championships Istanbul , Turkey 2nd 1.89 m i Championships of the Small States of Europe Schaan , Liechtenstein 1st 1.86 m Balkan Championships Stara Zagora , Bulgaria 5th 1.80 m European Championships Berlin , Germany 18th (q) 1.81 m 2019 Balkan Indoor Championships Istanbul , Turkey 2nd 1.92 m i European Indoor Championships Glasgow , United Kingdom 13th (q) 1.89 m i Games of the Small States of Europe Bar , Montenegro 1st 1.86 m European Team Championships Third League Skopje , North Macedonia 1st 1.84 m World Championships Doha , Qatar 18th (q) 1.85 m 2020 Balkan Indoor Championships Istanbul , Turkey 2nd 1.88 m i Balkan Championships Cluj-Napoca , Romania 4th 1.84 m 2021 Balkan Indoor Championships Istanbul , Turkey 1st 1.90 m i European Indoor Championships Toruń , Poland 7th 1.92 m i Championships of the Small States of Europe Serravalle , San Marino 1st 1.86 m European Team Championships Third League Limassol , Cyprus 1st 1.90 m Balkan Championships Smederevo , Serbia 1st 1.97 m PB Olympic Games Tokyo , Japan 9th 1.96 m 2022 Balkan Indoor Championships Istanbul , Turkey 2nd 1.90 m World Indoor Championships Belgrade , Serbia 4th 1.95 m i Mediterranean Games Oran , Algeria 1st 1.92 m World Championships Eugene, OR , United States 14th (q) 1.90 m European Championships Munich , Germany 2nd 1.95 m 2023 European Indoor Championships Istanbul , Turkey 10th (q) 1.87 m i World Championships Budapest, Hungary 25th (q) 1.85 m 2024 European Championships Rome, Italy – NM Championships of the Small States of Europe Gibraltar 2nd 1.77 m
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