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.
Biography
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 ).
Competition record
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
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NM
Championships of the Small States of Europe
Gibraltar
2nd
1.77 m
Notes
References
External links
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