Olympic games 2012 - Atletika
- 2. Atlethics is not a very popular sport in Serbia but it is one of the sports in which we are very sucessful. It is the largest single sport in the Serbian Olympic team. Serbian runners like Dragutin Topi, Olivera Jevti, Ivana panovi and Dragana Toma邸evi are competing in several disciplines like long jump, high jump, marathon and discus throwing.
- 3. Olivera Jevti Olivera Jevti (age 34) is one of the Serbias most sucessful long distance runners. She was born in 1977. in U転ice where she currently resides. She was named the best Serbian runner multiple times. Jevti was selected as young athlete of the year of 1996. In 2006 she was awarded with Golden Badge of Sport, award for the sportperson of the Year in Serbia, and the same year was declared the best sportswoman by the Olympic Committee of Serbia. Jevti 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. Olivera qualified for the London Olympic games by finishing Torino marathon 5th and suppressing olympic A standard by 4 minutes and 51 seconds. Some of her results include: 1996 Junior World Championship 5,000 m 2nd place 1998 European Championship 5,000 m 4th place 1998 Saint Silvester Marathon 1st place 2002 New York City Mini Marathon 4th place 2003 Amsterdam Marathon 1st place 2004 Olympic Games marathon 6th place 2004 Boston Marathon 3rd place 2006 European Championship marathon 2nd place
- 4. Olivera Jevti running the 2004 New York marathon Olivera Jevti at the European championship podium
- 5. Olivera Jevti participating in Barcelona marathon Olivera Jevti standing in front of a gigantic olympic-ballon sign
- 6. Dragutin Topi Dragutin Topi (age 41) is one of the best Serbian runners of all times. He is best known for his results in high jumping. He became a World junior record holder with 2.37 when he won World Junior Championships 1990 and that record still holds. In the same year Topi received the Golden Badge award for best athlete of Yugoslavia. Three years later he won golden medal in senior European Championship in Split, and that same year Serbian Sport magazine awards him with the sportsman of the year award. He still competes as of 2011, and has one of the longest careers in high jumping. Dragutin qualified for 2012 Olympic games by jumping 2.28 meters high and satisfying olympic B standard. This will be his 6th olympic games participation. Some of his results include: 1990 World Junior Championships in Bulgaria 1st place (2.37 m) 1991 European Championships in Split 1st place (2.34 m) 1992 Olympic games in Barcelona 9th place (2.28 m) 1996 European Indoor Championships Stockholm 1st place (2.35 m) 1997 World Indoor Championships 3rd place (2.32 m) 2000 European Indoor Championships in Belgium 3rd place (2.34 m) 2004 Olympic Games in Athens 10th place (2.29 m) 2006 World Indoor Championships in Valencia 6th place (2.27 m)
- 7. Dragutin Topi at the Mediterranean games Dragutin Topi being cheerful
- 8. Dragutin Topi at the Belgium indoor Championships Close call
- 9. Ivana panovi Ivana panovi (age 22) is a Serbian long jumper and one of the most successful young runners in Serbia. Besides long jumping, she competes in 60 and 100 m categories. She was born in Zrenjanin and currently living there. She finished seventh at the 2006 World Junior Championships, won the silver medal the 2007 World Youth Championships and the gold medal at the 2008 World Junior Championships. She also competed at the 2008 Olympic Games without reaching the final round. In 2008 she was selected for the best young athlete in Serbia. She won the 1st place on 2009 Summer Universiade in Belgrade by jumping 6.64 m and beating her runner-up by 17 cm. Her personal best jump is 6.78 metres, achieved in June 2010 in Belgrade during European Team Championships Second League. She managed to qualify for the 2012 Olympic games in London by jumping 6.65 meters and satisfying B standard. Some of her results include: 2005 World Youth Championships in Morocco 8th place (5.97 m) 2006 World Junior Championships in Beijing 7th place (6.23 m) 2007 World Youth Championships in Ostrava 2nd place (6.41 m) 2007 European Youth Olympic Festival Belgrade 2nd place (6.20 m) 2008 World Junior Championships in Poland 1st place (6.61 m) 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing 30th place (6.30 m) 2009 Universiade in Belgrade 1st place (6.64 m) 2011 European Team Championships in Novi Sad 6th place (6.58 m)
- 10. Ivana panovi at the 2012 Samsung Diamond League in Shanghai Ivana promoting Nike
- 11. Ivana during a jump in European Team Championships in Novi Sad Ivana at the Ostrava 2011 podium
- 12. Dragana Toma邸evi Dragana Toma邸evi (age 30) is one of the Serbias most successful discus throwers. She was born in Sremska Mitrovica in 1982. Besides discus throwing, she sometimes competes in shot put and her record in that discipline is 14.81 which she achieved in 2004. in Moscow. She participated in the 2004 Olympic games in Athens where she finished 20th with the result of 54.44. In 2008 she has taken part in Olympic games in Beijing where she was ranked 13th with the result of 60.19. In the Word Atlethic Championship in 2011. she won 7th place with the result of 62.48 meters. Her personal best throw is 63.63 metres, achieved in August 2006 in Gothenburg. She has satisfied olympic B standard and qualified by achieving 60.22 meters and this will be her third Olympic games participation. Some of her results include: 2004 Olympic games in Athens 20th place (54.44 m) 2005 World Championships in Finland 7th place (60.56 m) 2005 Universiade in Turkey 3rd place (59.92 m) 2005 Mediterranean games in Spain 1st place (62.10 m) 2007 Universiade in Bangkok 3rd place (58.73 m) 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing 13th place (60.19 m) 2009 Universiade in Belgrade 10th place (54.44 m) 2011 World Championships in Korea 7th place (62.48 m)
- 13. Dragana throwing a discus Dragana during a discus throwing qualification in Berlin
- 14. Dragana throwing a discus in Barcelona 2010 championship Dragana during a discus throw
- 15. Thanks for your attention! Made by Aleksandar ukanov Zrenjanin grammar school Serbia