Ivana Španović

Ivana Španović

Ivana Španović
Personal information
Nationality Serbian
Born (1990-05-10) 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

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 014 in) 3 September 2015 Zürich, Switzerland NR
Triple jump 13.78 m (45 ft 212 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 214 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.

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Awards
Preceded by
Milan Mačvan
The Best Young Athlete of Serbia
2008
Succeeded by
Tatjana Jelača
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