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Tatjana Jelača
Personal information
NationalitySerbian
Born (1990-08-10) 10 August 1990 (age 34)
Sremska Mitrovica, SR Serbia, Yugoslavia
Height1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in)
Weight85 kg (187 lb)
Sport
Country Serbia
SportAthletics / Track and field
EventJavelin
Achievements and titles
Personal bestJavelin - 64.21 m
Medal record
Representing  Serbia
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 2014 Zürich Javelin throw
Mediterranean Games
Silver medal – second place 2013 Mersin Javelin throw
World Junior Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Bydgoszcz Javelin throw
European Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2009 Novi Sad Javelin throw
European Youth Olympic Festival
Gold medal – first place 2007 Belgrade Javelin throw

Tatjana Mirković[1] (Serbian Cyrillic: Татјана Мирковић; née Jelača / Јелача, born 10 August 1990) is a Serbian javelin thrower.

Career

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Jelača won the gold medal at the 2007 European Youth Olympic Festival, bronze medal at the 2008 World Junior Championships and gold medal at the 2009 European Junior Championships. She received the award for the best Serbian young athlete in 2009.

She also competed at the 2008 and 2012 Olympic Games without reaching the final round.

At the 2011 World Championships she failed to qualify for the final, finishing at the 24th place in the qualifications.

At the 2010 European Championships she won a 12th place and at the 2012 European Championships she won a 7th place.

Jelača made breakthrough in her senior career in qualifications of the 2013 World Championship when she threw national record 62.68 meters. She came 9th in final.[2]

She won her first senior medal, silver at the 2014 European Championship with a huge personal best which is also national record 64.21 meters.[3]

Her coaches are Goran Pavlović, Aleksandar Spajić and Dragiša Đorđić.

Personal life

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In March 2015, Tatjana Jelača and her fiancé Bojan Mirković were married; their son Nikola was born in September 2015 in Frankfurt, Germany.[4]

Personal bests

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Event Performance Date Location Notes
Javelin throw 64.21 m 14 August 2014 Zürich, Switzerland NR

Achievements

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Year Competition Venue Position Notes
Representing  Serbia
2007 World Youth Championships Ostrava, Czech Republic 6th 48.12 m
European Youth Olympic Festival Belgrade, Serbia 1st 51.80 m
2008 European Cup Winter Throwing (U23) Split, Croatia 7th 48.21 m
World Junior Championships Bydgoszcz, Poland 3rd 58.77 m
Olympic Games Beijing, China 53rd NM
2009 European Cup Winter Throwing (U23) Tenerife, Spain 3rd 54.14 m
European Junior Championships Novi Sad, Serbia 1st 60.35 m
2010 European Cup Winter Throwing (U23) Arles, France 2nd 56.26 m
European Championships Barcelona, Spain 12th 52.13 m
2011 World Championships Daegu, South Korea 24th (q) 56.68 m
European Championships U23 Ostrava, Czech Republic 7th 55.44 m
2012 European Championships Helsinki, Finland 7th 57.58 m
Olympic Games London, United Kingdom 26th (q) 57.09 m
2013 Mediterranean Games Mersin, Turkey 2nd 57.88 m
World Championships Moscow, Russia 9th 60.81 m
2014 European Championships Zürich, Switzerland 2nd 64.21 m

References

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  1. ^ "Udala se Tatjana Jelača". Sportski žurnal, 28 mart 2015.
  2. ^ "Tatjana Jelača deveta u bacanju koplja na Svetskom prvenstvu". blic. 10 April 2015. Retrieved 10 April 2015.
  3. ^ "Sjajan hitac i glasno "hajde": Kako je Jelača bacila koplje do evropskog srebra". blic. 10 April 2015. Retrieved 10 April 2015.
  4. ^ "Tatjana Jelača rodila sina". Blic.rs, 1.10.2015.
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Awards
Preceded by Serbia The Best Young Athlete of Serbia
2009 		Succeeded by


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