Ivana Španović
Ivana Španović[3] (Serbian Cyrillic: Ивана Шпановић, [ǐʋana ʃpǎːnoʋit͡ɕ]; formerly Vuleta, Serbian Cyrillic: Вулета; born 10 May 1990) is a Serbian long jumper, the 2023 World champion, a two-time World indoor champion, a two-time European champion, a three-time European indoor champion and a five-time Diamond League Trophy Winner. Considering her achievements and longevity, Ivana Španović is regarded as one of the best all-time female long jumpers, with her indoor 7.24m jump ranked 3rd in all-time records.[4]
In 2013, Španović became the first Serbian track and field athlete to win a medal at the World Championships in Athletics. In 2018, she became the first Serbian track and field athlete to win a senior gold medal at the World Indoor Championships in Athletics. In 2023, she became the first Serbian track and field athlete to win a senior gold medal at the World Outdoor Championship in Athletics. During her 15 years long career, she successfully claimed both outdoor and indoor European and World titles. 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 and she is a member of the Vojvodina Athletic Club, based in Novi Sad.[5]
Career
2005–2012
Španović earned gold medals at the
Španović participated in the qualifying round at the 2008 Olympic Games, and was a finalist at the 2012 Olympic Games.
2013
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, getting the first medal for Serbia in an outdoor World Championships. The Olympic Committee of Serbia therefore declared her the best female athlete of the year.
2014–2015
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. Španović was second in long jump at
In 2015, she won her first gold medal as a senior athlete becoming
2016
During the indoor season, 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 competition but she lost the gold medal because Reese had a fantastic 7.22 at the final round. During the outdoor, first Španović won the gold at the
2017
In 2017, she had an impressive win at European indoor championships in Belgrade. During the qualification she achieved the best ever indoor mark in a qualification round with 7.03. In the final she broke her national records twice, 7.16 (at second round) and 7.24 (at third round). So, she defended her gold medal got in 2015. Her new national record, 7.24, put her as the third all-time indoor performers, and result is the second best ever jumped in the European Indoor Championships (after Drechsler's 7.30 in 1988) and the best performance got in the latest 18 years, since Chistyakova has jumped 7.30 on 28.01.1989. During the outdoor season, she had injuries so before the
2018–2019
In 2018, she achieved the first world title, winning the World Indoor Championships in Birmingham with 6.96. Reese was 2nd with 6.89 and Moguenara 3rd with 6.85. Španović is the first Serbian athlete to win a world senior title in athletics. After Španović won the gold medal at the Mediterranean Games in Tarragona with the Games record (7.04 windy and 6.99 regular), she got the best performance in the qualification at European Championships in Berlin. But an injury during the qualification forced her to give up the final and to defend her title. Her 6.84 got in qualification was better than the performance got by Mihambo (6.75) to win the gold medal, so it was the best result in the competition. The injury at Achille's tendon forced Španović to give up the final part of the season, included
In 2019, Španović, recovered by the injury of the previous summer, won gold medal at European indoor championships in Glasgow with 6.99. She matched the world indoor leading mark of 6.99 to emulate Heike Drechsler (1986–1988) as a three times in a row winner, but she got it in editions held every two years (2015–2017–2019). During the summer Španović had various injuries, including the one at ISTAF Berlin meeting, and was forced to forfeit the World Championships in Doha.
2020–2021
In 2020, Španović, bothered by a metatarsal bone fracture in June, decided to end her season already in August. She planned to compete at the European Indoor Championships next year, but not at the World Indoor Championships two weeks later. During the year, she had only one competition 6.80/0.8 long jump on June 6 in Novi Sad.
In 2021, Španović injured her right leg in the last training before leaving to
2022–present
In 2022, Španović, then Vuleta, retained her title at the
Vuleta has achieved nineteen victories in the
She set
Achievements
Personal bests
Event | Performance | Date | Location | Notes |
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100 m | 11.90 | 18 May 2013 | Sremska Mitrovica, Serbia | |
Long jump | 7.14 m (23 ft 5 in) | 20 August 2023 | Budapest, Hungary | NR |
Triple jump | 14.24 m (46 ft 8+1⁄2 in) | 18 June 2022 | Craiova, Romania |
Event | Performance | Date | Location | Notes |
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60 m | 7.31 | 31 January 2015 | Novi Sad, Serbia | NR |
Long jump | 7.24 m (23 ft 9 in) | 5 March 2017 | Belgrade, Serbia | NR |
Pentathlon | 4240 pts | 19 January 2013 | Novi Sad, Serbia | NR |
International competitions
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Result |
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Representing Serbia and Montenegro | |||||
2005 | World Youth Championships | Marrakech , Morocco
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16th (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
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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) NJR NR | |
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: +3.2 m/s) |
2012 | European Championships | Helsinki, Finland | 15th (q) | Long jump | 6.33 m (wind: +0.1 m/s) |
Olympic Games | London, United Kingdom | 10th | 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)[7] | |
2014 | World Indoor Championships | Sopot, Poland | 3rd | Long jump | 6.77 m[8] |
European Championships | Zürich, Switzerland | 2nd | Long jump | 6.81 m (wind: −1.6 m/s) | |
Continental Cup | Marrakech , Morocco
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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
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3rd | Long jump | 7.01 m NR (wind: +0.6 m/s)[9] | |
2016 | World Indoor Championships | Portland, OR, United States | 2nd | Long jump | 7.07 m NR[10] |
European Championships | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 1st | Long jump | 6.94 m (wind: +0.9 m/s)[11] | |
Olympic Games | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 3rd | Long jump | 7.08 m NR (wind: +0.6 m/s)[12] | |
2017 | European Indoor Championships | Belgrade, Serbia | 1st | Long jump | 7.24 m NR[13] |
World Championships | London, United Kingdom | 4th | Long jump | 6.96 m (wind: +0.1 m/s)[14] | |
2018 | World Indoor Championships | Birmingham, United Kingdom | 1st | Long jump | 6.96 m[15] |
Mediterranean Games | Tarragona, Spain | 1st | Long jump | 7.04 m (wind: +2.2 m/s) w 6.99 m (wind: +1.8 m/s) GR[16] | |
European Championships | Berlin, Germany | 1st (q) | Long jump | 6.84 m1 | |
2019 | European Indoor Championships | Glasgow, United Kingdom | 1st | Long jump | 6.99 m[17] |
2021 | Olympic Games | Tokyo, Japan | 4th | Long jump | 6.91 m (wind: −0.4 m/s)[18] |
2022 | World Indoor Championships | Belgrade, Serbia | 1st | Long jump | 7.06 m[19] |
World Championships
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Eugene, OR, United States | 7th | Long jump | 6.84 m (wind: +0.6 m/s)[20] | |
European Championships | München , Germany
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1st | Long jump | 7.06 m (wind: +0.3 m/s)[21] | |
2023 | European Indoor Championships | Istanbul, Turkey | 3rd | Long jump | 6.91 m |
World Championships
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Budapest, Hungary | 1st | Long jump | 7.14 m[22] |
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Circuit wins and titles
National titles
- Serbian Athletics Championships
- Long jump: 2006, 2008, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2019
- Serbian Indoor Athletics Championships
- 60 metres: 2015
- Long jump: 2013, 2015, 2021, 2022
Honours
Personal life
Ivana's parents are Ljubiša and Vesna Španović. Her mother was also a competitive athlete. 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.[25]
Španović married fitness nutritionist Marko Vuleta in September 2021. She officially adopted her husband's last name upon marriage. They filed for divorce in December 2023.[26]
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External links
- Ivana Španović at World Athletics
- Ivana Španović at European Athletics
- Ivana Španović at Olympedia
- Ivana Španović at Olympics.com
- Ivana Španović at the Olimpijski Komitet Srbije (in Serbian)