Mirna Jukić

Mirna Jukić

Breaststroke
Medal record Women's swimming Representing  Austria Olympic Games 2008 Beijing 100 m breaststroke World Championships (LC) 2005 Montreal 200 m breaststroke 2009 Rome 200 m breaststroke World Championships (SC) 2002 Moscow 200 m breaststroke European Championships (LC) 2002 Berlin 200 m breaststroke 2004 Madrid 200 m breaststroke 2008 Eindhoven 100 m breaststroke 2008 Eindhoven 200 m breaststroke 2004 Madrid 100 m breaststroke 2008 Eindhoven 50 m breaststroke European Championships (SC) 2002 Riesa 200 m breaststroke 2003 Dublin 200 m breaststroke 2001 Antwerp 100 m breaststroke 2001 Antwerp 200 m breaststroke 2002 Riesa 100 m breaststroke 2004 Vienna 100 m breaststroke 2004 Vienna 200 m breaststroke 2007 Debrecen 100 m breaststroke 2007 Debrecen 200 m breaststroke 2008 Rijeka 200 m breaststroke 2003 Dublin 100 m breaststroke 2008 Rijeka 100 m breaststroke

Mirna Jukić (born 9 April 1986) is a retired Austrian swimmer who won a bronze medal in both short course and long course at the world championships in swimming. She is trained by her father Željko Jukić, a former basketball player. She has had numerous European and World championship successes.

Family

Jukić was born in Novi Sad, Serbia and grew up in Vukovar, Croatia. In November 1991, the family moved to Zagreb, and her father started training her at Mladost in 1996. Her brother, Dinko Jukić, with whom she was trained early on, also became an international-level swimmer. In the autumn of 1999, the family moved to Vienna, Austria, and the same year Mirna became an Austrian citizen. Her brother became an Austrian citizen in 2000, while the parents remained Croatian citizens.^[1]

Olympic career

At the 2008 Olympics Jukić garnered a bronze medal in the 100 m breaststroke (1:07.34); she also swam the 200 m breaststroke. At the 2009 World Aquatics Championships she won the bronze medal in the 200 m breaststroke final with a time of 2:21.97.

Training

For the 2004 and 2008 Olympics, Jukić trained at

In January 2010, Mirna Jukić was the host of the Croatian team in Graz for the 2010 European Men's Handball Championship.^[3]

See also

• The Race Club

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Mirna Jukić.

• (in German) Official website
• Mirna Jukić at Swimrankings.net
• Mirna Jukić Photo Gallery at The Race Club^{[permanent dead link]}