Jovana Stevanović
{{MedalGold|[[2015 Scudetto Women's Italian Volleyball Championship|}} {{MedalGold|[[2015 Supercup Women's Italian Volleyball Championship|}} {{MedalSilver|[[2016 Women's World Club Volleyball Championship|}} Jovana Stevanović (born 30 June 1992) is a Serbian professional volleyball player who won the 2016 Summer Olympics silver medal with the Serbia national team. Until 2022 she played for the Italian club Unet E-Work Busto Arsizio and until May 2023 for Vero Volley Monza. She will join Turkish team Eczacıbaşı Dynavit for the season 2023–2024.
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Nationality | Serbian | ||||||||||||||
Born | Belgrade, Serbia, FR Yugoslavia | 30 June 1992||||||||||||||
Height | 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||||||
Weight | 72 kg (159 lb) | ||||||||||||||
Spike | 308 cm (121 in) | ||||||||||||||
Block | 295 cm (116 in) | ||||||||||||||
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Position | Middle blocker | ||||||||||||||
Current club | Tur Eczacıbaşı Dynavit | ||||||||||||||
Number | 15 | ||||||||||||||
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Career
In 2016, she won the silver medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics with the national team[1] and the silver medal at the 2016 FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship with Pomi Casalmaggiore.[2] She was selected to play the Italian League All-Star game in 2017.[3]
Individual awards
- 2013-14 prize as [Best Middle Blocker] of the Italian Volley League A1
- 2015-16 prize as [Best Middle Blocker] of the Italian Volley League A1
- 2015–16 CEV Women's Champions League "Best middle blockers"
- 2022 FIVB Nations League - "Best middle blocker"
Personal life
She is a daughter of the ex football player and nowadays coach Goran Stevanović and sister of ex footballer Anđelo Stevanović, now co-trainer for the young boys of Partizan Beograd.
References
- "Volleyball: Chinese women win gold in clash with Serbia". Reuters. Rio de Janeiro: Reuters. 20 August 2016. Retrieved 25 December 2017.
- "Kosheleva blasts Eczacıbaşı to second club worlds title". FIVB. 23 October 2016. Retrieved 25 December 2017.
- "All Star Game: A Bergamo la sfida Selezione Italia vs Resto del Mondo" (in Italian). Bergamo: Volleyball.it. 18 December 2017. Retrieved 25 December 2017.