Marina Munćan

Marina Munćan (Serbian Cyrillic: Марина Мунћан; born November 6, 1982, in Pančevo) is a Serbian former professional middle distance runner who specialised in the 1500 metres. She represented Serbia at the 2012 Summer Olympics. She holds multiple Serbian records. She is now the Head Cross Country and Assistant Track and Field Coach for Claremont-Mudd-Scripps, in Claremont, CA.[2]

Marina Munćan
Марина Мунћан
Munćan at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Personal information
NationalitySerbian
Born (1982-11-06) 6 November 1982
Pančevo, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
Height1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight44 kg (97 lb)
Sport
SportTrack
Event(s)800 metres, 1500 metres
College teamVillanova
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  FR Yugoslavia
European Youth Olympic Festival
Gold medal – first place 1999 Esbjerg3000m
Representing  Serbia
Universiade
Gold medal – first place 2009 Belgrade1500m

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, Munćan earned 11 Big East Conference track and field championship titles,[3] she earned 9 NCAA Division 1 All-American awards[4] for NCAA Track championships in 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006.[5]

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
YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing  Serbia and Montenegro
2000 World Cross Country Championships Vilamoura, Portugal 88th Junior race 24:06
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

References
  1. IAAF. "athlete profile for Marina Munca".
  2. "Claremont Mudd Scripps". Claremont Mudd Scripps. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  3. Villanova University BIG EAST CHAMPIONS through 2019 Villanova Wildcats
  4. Villanova University All-Americans through 2019 Villanova Wildcats
  5. Villanova Athletics. "Marina Muncan profile".
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