Christina Vukicevic
2011 Bislett Games .
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Medal record | ||
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Women's athletics
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Representing Norway | ||
European Indoor Championships
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2011 Paris | 60 m hurdles | |
World Junior Championships
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2006 Beijing | 100 m hurdles | |
European U23 Championships | ||
2009 Kaunas | 100 m hurdles | |
2007 Debrecen | 100 m hurdles | |
European Junior Championships
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2005 Kaunas | 100 m hurdles | |
European Youth Olympic Festival | ||
2003 Paris | 100 m hurdles |
Ljubica Christina Vukicevic Demidov (Serbian: Ljubica Kristina Vukićević, Љубица Кристина Вукићевић, pronounced [ʎûbitsa kristǐːna ʋukǐːtɕeʋitɕ]; born 18 June 1987) is a Norwegian former hurdler. She represented Ski IL, and was coached by her father Petar Vukićević, who participated for Yugoslavia in the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow.[1] Her brother, Vladimir Vukicevic, is also a hurdler.
Her gold medal in the 2003 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival in Paris was her first international medal. She finished fifth at the 2004 World Junior Championships, and won a silver medal at the 2005 European Junior Championships in Kaunas.[2] She was forced to take a prolonged break during the summer of 2005 due to a knee-injury and the following surgery.[citation needed] At the 2006 World Junior Championships she took the silver medal with the time 13.34 seconds, a national junior record.[3] She made her senior global debut at the 2007 World Championships and ran a personal best of 13.07 seconds in the heats.[4] Since 2004 she has been the Norwegian champion, last in 2008 with a time of 13.20 seconds.[5]
She has later lowered her personal best time to 13.05 seconds, achieved during the
She started the 2010 season by setting a new best in the
Her 2011 opened just as it had the previous year, with a national record over 60 m hurdles (7.92 seconds). She set her sights on a medal at the
She once dated Norwegian javelin thrower, Andreas Thorkildsen.[11]
In November 2012 it was reported that she had been training with the controversial doctor Srdjan Djordjevic.[12]
Vukicevic was born and raised in
Personal bests
Event | Time (sec) | Venue | Date |
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60 metres hurdles | 7.83 NR |
Paris,Bercy , France |
4 March 2011 |
100 metres hurdles | 12.74 NR |
Hengelo, Netherlands | 1 June 2009 |
60 metres | 7.76 | Oslo, Norway | 15 January 2005 |
100 metres | 12.26 | Nadderud, Norway | 13 June 2004 |
200 metres | 24.90 | Fagernes, Norway | 15 August 2004 |
- All information taken from IAAF profile.
References
- ^ Men 110m Hurdles Olympic Games Moscow 1980 Archived 2007-09-30 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Norwegian international athletes – V Archived 2007-09-08 at the Wayback Machine (in Norwegian)
- ^ Norwegian junior athletics records Archived 2007-09-26 at the Wayback Machine
- IAAF(2007-08-27). Retrieved on 2011-02-06.
- ^ Norwegian championships in 100 metres hurdles Archived September 28, 2007, at the Wayback Machine (in Norwegian)
- ^ U23-gull til Vukicevic Archived 2009-07-21 at the Wayback Machine (in Norwegian)
- European Athletics(2010-03-02). Retrieved on 2010-03-02.
- European Athletics. Retrieved on 2011-02-06.
- IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-02-06.
- European Athletics(2011-02-14). Retrieved on 2011-02-14.
- ^ Jørstad, Atle (2011-06-03). "Brudd mellom Thorkildsen og Vukicevic". Verdens Gang (in Norwegian).
- ^ "Christina Vukicevic trente med omstridt lege".
- ^ Idrettskarrieren over for gravid Vukicevic Demidov