Jasna Šekarić

Jasna Šekarić (Serbian Cyrillic: Јасна Шекарић; born 17 December 1965) is a Serbian sport shooter, considered as one of the most successful female shooters in ISSF history.[1] She has won a total of five Olympic medals: one gold, three silvers and one bronze.[2] She has also won three World Championship gold medals in the 10 m air pistol, in addition to five European Championship gold medals she won in the 10 m air pistol and 25 m pistol. In 1992, she lost the Olympic gold medal to Marina Logvinenko despite having the same score. She is one of only six shooters (by 2012) to compete in at least seven Olympic Games.

Jasna Šekarić
Personal information
NationalitySerbian
Born (1965-12-17) 17 December 1965
Belgrade, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight68 kg (150 lb)
Sport
Country Yugoslavia (1985–1991)
 Independent Olympic Participants (1992)
 FR Yugoslavia/Serbia and Montenegro (1993–2006)
 Serbia (2006–)
SportShooting
Event(s)Air pistol
Rapid fire pistol
Medal record
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1988 Seoul 10 m Air Pistol
Silver medal – second place 1992 Barcelona 10 m Air Pistol
Silver medal – second place 2000 Sydney 10 m Air Pistol
Silver medal – second place 2004 Athens 10 m Air Pistol
Bronze medal – third place 1988 Seoul 25 m Pistol
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1987 Budapest 10 m Air pistol
Gold medal – first place 1990 Moscow 10 m Air pistol
Gold medal – first place 1994 Milan 10 m Air pistol
Gold medal – first place 2014 Granada10m air pistol team
Silver medal – second place 1989 Sarajevo 10 m Air pistol
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 1986 Espoo 10 m Air pistol
Gold medal – first place 1991 Manchester 10 m Air pistol
Gold medal – first place 1992 Budapest 10 m Air pistol
Gold medal – first place 1996 Budapest 10 m Air pistol
Gold medal – first place 2005 Belgrade 25 m Pistol
Silver medal – second place 1989 Copenhagen 10 m Air pistol
Silver medal – second place 1989 Zagreb 25 m Pistol
Silver medal – second place 1990 Arnhem 10 m Air pistol
Bronze medal – third place 1994 Strasbourg 10 m Air pistol
Bronze medal – third place 1999 Arnhem 10 m Air pistol
Bronze medal – third place 2001 Zagreb 25 m Pistol
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place 1991 Athens 25 m Pistol
Gold medal – first place 1991 Athens 10 m Air pistol
Gold medal – first place 1997 Bari 25 m Pistol
Gold medal – first place 2005 Almería 25 m Pistol
Silver medal – second place 2009 Pescara 25 m Pistol
Bronze medal – third place 1997 Bari 10 m Air pistol
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Pescara 10 m Air Pistol
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Mersin 25 m Pistol

Personal life

She was born in Belgrade, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia and grew up in Osijek, SR Croatia, then part of Yugoslavia, where she began to practice shooting. In the school competitions, she first competed with a rifle and achieved a decent place at the regional championships. She later began to use a pistol. In 1990 she moved to Belgrade, where she had a successful year in sports at a private level. She is divorced and has two children, Lea (Леа) and Luka (Лука).[3]

Career

She was named several times was the best sportswoman and shooter in the SFR Yugoslavia, Croatia, FR Yugoslavia, Serbia and Montenegro and Serbia. In 1988 and 1994 she received a Golden Badge of the Sport award for Yugoslavia's best athlete.[4] In the 2008 games, she was the country's flag bearer at the opening ceremonies. Jasna is listed in the golden book of sport shooting as the only shooter participating at five Olympic Games while being a finalist in all five.

Despite having never changed nationality, Šekarić has competed under four flags at her six Olympics. She competed for Yugoslavia at the 1988 Olympics. In 1992, since Yugoslavia was under UN sanctions, she (and fifty other Serbians, Montenegrins, and Macedonians) competed as Independent Olympic Participants. Her next two Olympics were under the flag of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (the red star was removed from SFRY's flag). In 2004 she competed representing Serbia and Montenegro, which had the same flag as FR Yugoslavia, and she finally competed for Serbia in 2008.[2] Another athlete to compete under four different flags is Serbian-American table tennis player Ilija Lupulesku, but he changed nationality in the process.[5]

Olympic results
Event 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012
25 meter pistol 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Bronze
591+95		 6th
583+93		 6th
580+100.4		 17th
577		 9th
579		 21st
578		 18th
579
10 meter air pistol 1st place, gold medalist(s) Gold
389+100.5		 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Silver
389+97.4		 4th
384+103.1		 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Silver
388+98.5		 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Silver
387+96.3		 6th
384+96.9		 —

See also

References
  1. "Interview with Jasna Sekaric".
  2. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Jasna Šekarić". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 1 April 2010.
  3. "Razvela se Jasna Šekarić - Story.rs - Upoznajte poznate". Archived from the original on 22 January 2015. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
  4. DSL Sport awards Archived 3 February 2015 at the Wayback Machine
  5. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Ilija Lupulesku". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 11 September 2015.
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