Olivera Jevtić
![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nickname | Olja | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Serbian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1977-07-24) 24 July 1977 (age 47) Titovo Užice, SR Serbia, Yugoslavia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Home town | Užice | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 52 kg (115 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | 5000 m, 10,000 m, Half marathon, Marathon, Cross country running | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Achievements and titles | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Personal best(s) | 5000 meters: 15:11.25[1] 10,000 meters: 31:29.65[1] Marathon: 2:25:23[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
|
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/70/Olivera_Jevti%C4%87_%28SRB%29_and_Samuel_Naibei_Kiplimo_%28KEN%29_2017_Belgrade_Marathon.jpg/220px-Olivera_Jevti%C4%87_%28SRB%29_and_Samuel_Naibei_Kiplimo_%28KEN%29_2017_Belgrade_Marathon.jpg)
Olivera Jevtić (Serbian Cyrillic: Оливера Јевтић, born 24 July 1977) is a Serbian long-distance runner. She has represented her country five times at the Olympics in 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012 and 2016.
Running career
Jevtić was born in Titovo Užice, Yugoslavia, otherwise known presently as Užice, Serbia. Her parents are father Milorad and mother Draginja. She is based in her native city, coached by Slavoljub "Slavko" Kuzmanović, and she competes for the running club AK Mladost Užice. Jevtić holds the Serbian marathon record of 2:25:23, which she established at the Rotterdam Marathon in 2003. She won the silver medal in the marathon at the 2006 European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden. In December 2007, coach Kuzmanović and Jevtić went on an altitude training trip to Eldoret, Kenya, when violent conflict erupted from the 2007 Kenyan election crisis. Although they wanted to continue working out in spite of the violence, her training partner, Stanley Kipruto, insisted that their lives were in danger and led them out of Eldoret so that they could leave the country from Jomo Kenyatta International Airport. After Jevtić and Kuzmanović were picked up by a Serbian diplomat-evacuation flight, Kipruto was caught by rebels, tortured, and lost four fingers.[2] Subsequent to the violence in Kenya, Kipruto moved in to live with Jevtić and Kuzmanović in Užice and joined their running team Mladost.[2]
She won the women's race at the Balkan Cross Country Championships in March 2011.[3]
Jevtić was selected as young athlete of the year of 1996. In 2006 she was awarded Golden Badge of Sport, award for the sportsperson of the Year in Serbia, and the same year, and the 1998 and 1999 was declared the best sportswoman by the Olympic Committee of Serbia and Yugoslavia.[4]
Jevtić was stripped of third place in 2002 New York City Marathon and received a public warning after testing positive for the banned drug ephedrine.[5][6] The president of NYRR at the time, Alan Steinfeld, told the New York Times that it was likely an "innocent mistake" and that ephedrine is common in cough suppressants.[7]
During the start of the 2020 Sofia Marathon in Bulgaria, Jevtić was assaulted by the Bulgarian citizen.[8]
National titles
- Yugoslav Athletics Championships
- 1500 m: 1994, 1996
- 5000 m: 1996
- Yugoslav Half Marathon Championships
- Women's race: 1998, 1999, 2002
- Yugoslavia Cross Country Championships
- Women's race: 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000[9]
Results
- 2021 Belgrade Half Marathon 1st place
- 2015 Sarajevo Half Marathon 1st place
- 2014 Sarajevo Half Marathon 1st place
- 2013 European Team Championships, Second league 5000 m - 1st place
- 2013 European Cup 10,000m - 3rd place
- 2013 Belgrade Marathon 1st place
- 2012 European Cross Country Championships 26th place
- 2012 Podgorica Marathon 1st place
- 2011 European Cross Country Championships 21st place
- 2011 Torino Marathon 5th place
- 2010 European Championship marathon 4th place
- 2009 Saint Silvester Road Race 2nd place
- 2009 Sarajevo Half Marathon 1st place
- 2009 Belgrade Half Marathon 1st place
- 2009 Podgorica Marathon 1st place
- 2008 Belgrade Half Marathon 1st place
- 2007 Porto Half Marathon 2nd place
- 2006 Boston Marathon 7th place
- 2006 European Championship marathon silver medal
- 2005 Saint Silvester Marathon 1st place
- 2004 Boston Marathon 3rd place
- 2004 Olympic Games marathon 6th place
- 2003 New York City Marathon 9th place
- 2003 World Championship marathon 8th place
- 2003 Rotterdam Marathon 1st place
- 2002 New York City Marathon 3rd place (debut and DSQ)
- 2002 New York City Mini Marathon 4th place
- 2001 World Half Marathon Championships 7th place
- 1998 Saint Silvester Marathon 1st place
- 1998 European Championship 10,000 m fourth
- 1998 European Championship 5000 m fourth
- 1996 World Junior Championship in Athletics 5000 m silver medal
See also
- Serbian records in athletics
- Serbia and Montenegro at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Yugoslavia at the 2000 Summer Olympics
References
- ^ a b c All-Athletics. "Profile of Olivera JEVTIĆ".
- ^ a b Vladimir Lojanica (14 October 2012). "Blic: Atletičaru iz Kenije odsekli prste jer je spasao Oliveru Jevtić" (in Serbian). Retrieved 12 November 2015.
- ^ Petrovic and Jevtic win Balkan cross country titles Archived 2011-03-16 at the Wayback Machine. European Athletics (2011-03-14). Retrieved on 2011-03-20.
- ^ Olimpijski komitet Srbije Archived 2010-08-20 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200301/s760345.htm [dead link]
- ^ IAAF News n.60 February 2003, p. 7: POSITIVE CASES IN ATHLETICS, SANCTIONED DEFINITIVELY, ACCORDING TO INFORMATION RECEIVED BY THE IAAF AS OF 17 February 2003
- ^ [1] Lena Williams. New York Times: 3rd-Place Finisher in New York Fails Drug Test. January 9, 2003. Retrieved November 12, 2015.
- ^ "EFFECTIVE Bulgarians: They caught Bojan who attacked and injured Olivera Jevtić". tekdeeps.com. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
- ^ Yugoslav Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2018-02-25.
External links
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/30px-Commons-logo.svg.png)
- Olivera Jevtić at World Athletics
- Olivera Jevtić at European Athletics
- Olivera Jevtić at Olympedia
- Olivera Jevtić at Olympics.com
- Olivera Jevtić at the Olimpijski Komitet Srbije (in Serbian)
Awards | ||
---|---|---|
Preceded by | The Best Young Athlete of Yugoslavia 1996 | Succeeded by Saša Stolić |
Preceded by | The Best Athlete of Serbia 2006 | Succeeded by |
- v
- t
- e
- 1994: Stevan Pletikosić
- 1995: Aleksandar Đorđević
- 1996: Vladimir Grbić
- 1997: Nikola Grbić
- 1998: Dejan Bodiroga
- 1999: Nedeljko Jovanović
- 2000: Vladimir Grbić
- 2001: Aleksandar Šoštar
- 2002: Dejan Bodiroga
- 2003: Milorad Čavić
- 2004: Aleksandar Šapić
- 2005: Vladimir Vujasinović
- 2006: Nikola Stojić
- 2007: Novak Djokovic
- 2008: Milorad Čavić
- 2009: Milorad Čavić
- 2010: Novak Djokovic
- 2011: Novak Djokovic
- 2012: Andrija Prlainović
- 2013: Novak Djokovic
- 2014: Novak Djokovic
- 2015: Novak Djokovic
- 2016: Filip Filipović
- 2017: Milenko Zorić & Marko Tomićević
- 2018: Novak Djokovic
- 2019: Novak Djokovic
- 2020: Novak Djokovic
- 2021: Filip Filipović
- 2022: Zurabi Datunashvili
- 2023: Novak Djokovic
- 1994: Jasna Šekarić
- 1995: Jasna Šekarić
- 1996: Aleksandra Ivošev
- 1997: Jasna Šekarić
- 1998: Olivera Jevtić
- 1999: Olivera Jevtić
- 2000: Jasna Šekarić
- 2001: Jelena Dokić
- 2002: Mara Kovačević
- 2003: Silvija Erdelji
- 2004: Jasna Šekarić
- 2005: Jasna Šekarić
- 2006: Olivera Jevtić
- 2007: Jelena Janković
- 2008: Jelena Janković
- 2009: Nađa Higl
- 2010: Zorana Arunović
- 2011: Jovana Brakočević
- 2012: Milica Mandić
- 2013: Ivana Španović
- 2014: Nikolina Moldovan
- 2015: Ivana Španović
- 2016: Tijana Bogdanović
- 2017: Milica Mandić
- 2018: Tijana Bošković
- 2019: Tijana Bošković
- 2020: Bobana Veličković
- 2021: Jovana Preković
- 2022: Ivana Vuleta
- 2023: Ivana Španović
- 1995: Basketball team
- 1996: Basketball team
- 1997: Basketball team
- 1998: Basketball team
- 1999: Handball team
- 2000: Voleyball team
- 2001: Water polo team
- 2002: Basketball team
- 2003: Water polo team
- 2004: Water polo team
- 2005: Water polo team
- 2006: Water polo team
- 2007: Water polo team
- 2008: Water polo team
- 2009: Water polo team
- 2010: Voleyball team
- 2011: Water polo team
- 2012: Water polo team
- 2013: Voleyball team
- 2014: Basketball team
- 2015: Water polo team
- 2016: Water polo team
- 2017: Water polo team
- 2018: 3x3 basketball team
- 2019: Voleyball team
- 2021: Water polo team
- 2022: 3x3 basketball team
- 2023: 3x3 basketball team
- 1995: Shooting team
- 1996: Karate club "Soko Štark"
- 1997: Karate club "Knjaz Miloš"
- 1998: Handball club "Budućnost"
- 1999: Chess team
- 2001: Handball team
- 2005: Junior basketball team
- 2006: Volleyball team
- 2007: Volleyball team
- 2008: Volleyball team
- 2009: Volleyball team
- 2010: Volleyball team
- 2011: Volleyball team
- 2012: Fed Cup team
- 2013: Handball team
- 2015: Basketball team
- 2016: Volleyball team
- 2017: Volleyball team
- 2018: Volleyball team
- 2019: Volleyball team
- 2021: Volleyball team
- 2022: Volleyball team
- 2023: Volleyball team
- 2022: Tijana Bošković
- 2023: Strahinja Stojačić
- 2010: Velimir Stjepanović
- 2011: Uroš Kovačević
- 2012: Dušan Mandić
- 2013: Andrija Šljukić
- 2014: Nemanja Majdov
- 2015: Tijana Bogdanović
- 2016: Nikola Jakšić
- 2017: Tijana Bošković
- 2018: Nadica Božanić
- 2019: Ivana Perović
- 2020: Matija Dinić
- 2021: Adriana Vilagoš
- 2022: Adriana Vilagoš
- 2023: Angelina Topić
- 2009: Dejan Udovičić
- 2010: Marián Vajda
- 2011: Marián Vajda
- 2012: Dragan Jović
- 2013: Saša Bošković
- 2014: Dragan Plavšić
- 2015: Dejan Savić
- 2016: Dejan Savić
- 2017: Dragan Jović
- 2018: Zoran Terzić
- 2019: Slobodan Kovač
- 2020: Jasna Šekarić
- 2021: Dragan Jović
- 2022: Dragan Jović
- 2023 Goran Obradović