Ivana Španović

Ivana Španović

Ivana Španović
Personal information
Nationality	Serbian
Born	10 May 1990 Zrenjanin, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	65.0 kg (143.3 lb; 10.24 st)
Sport
Country	Serbia
Sport	Track and field
Event(s)	Long jump
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	Outdoor: 7.02 m Indoor: 7.07 m
Medal record World Championships 2013 Moscow Long jump 2015 Beijing Long jump World Indoor Championships 2014 Sopot Long jump 2016 Portland Long jump European Championships 2014 Zürich Long jump European Indoor Championships 2015 Prague Long jump Continental Cup 2014 Marrakech Long jump Summer Universiade 2009 Belgrade Long jump

Ivana Španović (Serbian Cyrillic: Ивана Шпановић, born 10 May 1990) is a Serbian long jumper, reigning European indoor champion. In 2013, she became the first Serbian track and field athlete to win a medal at the IAAF Outdoor World Championships . She is the Serbian record holder in the long jump, indoors and outdoors, and also she is the national indoor record holder in the 60 metres and in the pentathlon. Her coach is Goran Obradović - Čele and she is a member of the Athletic Club Vojvodina in Novi Sad.^[1]

Career

Španović earned gold medals at the 2008 World Junior Championships and the 2009 Summer Universiade. She was selected as Serbia's Best Young Athlete of 2008. She also won silver medals at the 2007 World Youth Championships, the 2009 European Junior Championships and the 2011 European U23 Championships.

Španović participated in the qualifying round at the 2008 Olympic Games, and was a finalist at the 2012 Olympic Games.

In 2013 she started at the European Indoor Championship when she was ranked fifth. At the World outdoor championship she had achieved the best result in her career by then, bronze medal with the new national record 6.82 meters. Olympic Committee of Serbia therefore declared her the best female athlete of the year.

In 2014 she won the bronze medal at the World Indoor Championships and silver medals at the European Outdoor championship and IAAF Continental Cup in Marrakesh. She also improved her outdoor personal best on 6.88 meters in the Diamond League meet in Eugene.

In 2015 she won her first gold medal as a senior athlete becoming European indoor champion with new national record 6.98 meters. She won the second bronze medal at the World outdoor championship, improving her national record twice, both in qualification (6.91) and the final (7.01 got twice). Olympic Committee of Serbia therefore declared her the best female athlete of the year.

In 2016 Španović won the silver medal at the World Indoor Championships improving her national record twice, 7.00 (at first round) and 7.07 (at fifth round). She was ahead for all the competitions but she lost the gold medal because Reese had a fantastic 7.22 at the final round.

Španović has achieved five victories in the IAAF Diamond League circuit: at the DN Galan in 2013, at the Prefontaine Classic and Weltklasse Zürich in 2014, at the Herculis and Weltklasse Zürich in 2015. Also, she has achieved one victory in the IAAF World Challenge circuit, at the ISTAF Berlin in 2015.

She set 26 national senior records: 10 outdoors (all in long jump), 16 indoors (14 in long jump, 1 in 60m, 1 in pentathlon).

Personal bests

Ivana Španović (left) in 2011

Outdoor

Event	Performance	Date	Location	Notes
100 m	11.90	14 June 2014	Sremska Mitrovica, Serbia
Long jump	7.02 m (23 ft 0^1⁄4 in)	3 September 2015	Zürich, Switzerland	NR
Triple jump	13.78 m (45 ft 2^1⁄2 in)	14 June 2014	Belgrade, Serbia

Indoor

Event	Performance	Date	Location	Notes
60 m	7.31	31 January 2015	Novi Sad, Serbia	NR
Long jump	7.07 m (23 ft 2^1⁄4 in)	18 March 2016	Portland, United States	NR
Pentathlon	4240 pts	19 January 2013	Novi Sad, Serbia	NR

International competitions

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Serbia and Montenegro
2005	World Youth Championships	Marrakesh, Morocco	8th (q)	Long jump	5.97 m
Representing  Serbia
2006	World Junior Championships	Beijing, China	7th	Long jump	6.23 m (wind: 0.0 m/s)
2007
	European Indoor Championships	Birmingham, United Kingdom	18th (q)	Long jump	6.18 m
	World Youth Championships	Ostrava, Czech Republic	2nd	Long jump	6.41 m (wind: +0.5 m/s)
	European Junior Championships	Hengelo, Netherlands	5	Long jump	6.22 m (wind: -0.2 m/s)
	European Youth Olympic Festival	Belgrade, Serbia	2nd	Long jump	6.20 m (wind: -0.1 m/s)
			3rd	4 × 100 m relay	46.85 s
2008
	World Junior Championships	Bydgoszcz, Poland	1st	Long jump	6.61 m (wind: +1.3 m/s)
	Olympic Games	Beijing, China	30th (q)	Long jump	6.30 m (wind: +1.8 m/s)
2009
	Universiade	Belgrade, Serbia	1st	Long jump	6.64 m (wind: 0.0 m/s)
	European Junior Championships	Novi Sad, Serbia	2nd	Long jump	6.71 m (wind: -0.1 m/s) NR NJR
2010
	European Championships	Barcelona, Spain	8th	Long jump	6.60 m (wind: -0.3 m/s)
2011	European U23 Championships	Ostrava, Czech Republic	2nd	Long jump	6.74 m w (wind: +3.2m/s)
2012	European Championships	Helsinki, Finland	15th (q)	Long jump	6.33 m (wind: +0.1 m/s)
	Olympic Games	London, United Kingdom	11th	Long jump	6.35 m (wind: +0.9 m/s)
2013	European Indoor Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	5th	Long jump	6.68 m
	World Championships	Moscow, Russia	3rd	Long jump	6.82 m NR (wind: +0.1 m/s)
2014	World Indoor Championships	Sopot, Poland	3rd	Long jump	6.77 m
	European Championships	Zürich, Switzerland	2nd	Long jump	6.81 m (wind: -1.6 m/s)
	Continental Cup	Marrakech, Morocco	2nd	Long jump	6.56 m (wind: -0.1 m/s)
2015	European Indoor Championships	Prague, Czech Republic	1st	Long jump	6.98 m NR
	World Championships	Beijing, China	3rd	Long jump	7.01 m NR (wind: +0.6 m/s)
2016	World Indoor Championships	Portland, United States	2nd	Long jump	7.07 m NR

Personal life

Ivana's parents are Ljubiša and Vesna Španović, who was also a competitive athlete. Španović is in a long-term relationship with fitness trainer Vladimir Kumrić.^[2] She favors a distinctive and playful personal style. Even on the field she can be seen fiercely competing with her fellow elite athletes while sporting fashionable nails, often polished in neon colours.^[3]

References

1. AK Vojvodina - O klubu. AK Vojvodina (in Serbian). 2015-04-10. Retrieved 10 April 2015.
2. Mitrovic, M. (2015-04-10). Ko je momak kojem je Ivana Španović rekla sudbonosno "DA"?. Blic (in Serbian). Retrieved 10 April 2015.
3. Ivana Španović i nokti kao imidž. Telegraf (in Serbian). 2015-04-10. Retrieved 10 April 2015.

External links

• Ivana Španović profile at IAAF