Marina Munćan

Marina Munćan
Марина Мунћан

Munćan at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Personal information
Nationality Serbian
Born (1982-11-06) 6 November 1982
Pančevo, SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight 44.0 kg (97.0 lb; 6.93 st)
Sport
Sport Track
Event(s) 800 metres, 1500 metres
College team Villanova
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s) 800 metres: 2:02.86[1]
1500 metres: 4:06.48[1]
Mile: 4:31.52[1]
Medal record
Representing  Yugoslavia
European Youth Olympic Festival
1999 Esbjerg 3000m
Representing  Serbia
Universiade
2009 Belgrade 1500m

Marina Munćan (Serbian Cyrillic: Марина Мунћан; born November 6, 1982 in Pančevo) is a Serbian middle distance runner who specialises in the 1500 metres. She represented Serbia at the 2012 Summer Olympics. She holds multiple Serbian records.

Running career

Collegiate

Munćan attended Villanova, for which she ran track and cross country. In addition to finishing in first place in various Big East middle-distance track races, she qualified for NCAA Track championships in 2003, 2004, and 2005.[2]

Post collegiate

She represented Serbia at the World Championships in 2007 and 2009 and European Championships in 2010 and 2012. At the 2009 Summer Universiade she won a gold medal in 1500 m with a time 4:15:53 minutes. She ran the women's 1500-m race at the 2012 Summer Olympics, barely missing qualification to the semifinal round recording a time of 4:11.25.

Major competition record

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  Serbia and Montenegro
2001 European Junior Championships Grosseto, Italy 12th (h) 1500 m 4:25.21
2003 European U23 Championships Bydgoszcz, Poland 8th 1500 m 4:15.32
2005 Mediterranean Games Almería, Spain 9th 1500 m 4:15.56
Representing  Serbia
2007 European Indoor Championships Birmingham, United Kingdom 9th 1500 m 4:14.60
Universiade Bangkok, Thailand 5th 1500 m 4:12.56
World Championships Osaka, Japan 7th (sf) 1500 m 4:08.02
2009 European Indoor Championships Turin, Italy 8th 1500 m 4:20.01
Universiade Belgrade, Serbia 1st 1500 m 4:14.13
World Championships Berlin, Germany 34th (h) 1500 m 4:15.18
2010 European Championships Barcelona, Spain 21st (h) 1500 m 4:19.32
2011 European Indoor Championships Paris, France 21st (h) 1500 m 4:18.09
2012 European Championships Helsinki, Finland 10th 1500 m 4:15.63
Olympic Games London, United Kingdom 27th (h) 1500 m 4:11.25

Personal bests

Outdoor

Event Performance Date Location Notes
800m 2:02.86 July 26, 2009 Brasschaat, Belgium
1500m 4:06.48 July 17, 2012 Lignano Sabbiadoro, Italy
One mile 4:31.52 April 20, 2012 Walnut, United States
3000m 9:17.04 August 31, 2009 Zagreb, Croatia

Indoor

Event Performance Date Location Notes
800m 2:05.75 February 11, 2011 Boston, United States NR
1000m 2:45.40 January 29, 2005 State College, United States NR
1500m 4:12.23 March 6, 2009 Torino, Italy NR
One mile 4:31.84 January 22, 2011 New York City, United States
3000m 9:08.44 December 15, 2004 Haverford, United States

References

  1. 1 2 3 IAAF. "athlete profile for Marina Munca".
  2. ↑ Villanova Athletics. "Marina Muncan profile".
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