Olivera Jevtić

Olivera Jevtić (Serbian Cyrillic: Оливера Јевтић, born 24 July 1977) is a Serbian long-distance runner. She has represented her country five times at the Olympics in 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012 and 2016.

Olivera Jevtić
Personal information
Nickname(s)Olja
NationalitySerbian
Born (1977-07-24) 24 July 1977
Titovo Užice, SR Serbia, Yugoslavia
Home townUžice
Height1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight52 kg (115 lb)
Sport
SportAthletics
Event(s)5000 m, 10,000 m,
Half marathon, Marathon,
Cross country running
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)5000 meters: 15:11.25[1]
10,000 meters: 31:29.65[1]
Marathon: 2:25:23[1]
Medal record
Representing  FR Yugoslavia /  Serbia and Montenegro /  Serbia
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 2006 Gothenburg Marathon
European Cross Country Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1997 OeirasSenior race
Bronze medal – third place 1998 FerraraSenior race
Bronze medal – third place 1999 VelenjeSenior race
Bronze medal – third place 2000 MalmöSenior race
Bronze medal – third place 2006 San Giorgio su LegnanoSenior race
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place 2009 Pescara 10,000 m
Silver medal – second place 2001 Tunis 10,000 m
Bronze medal – third place 1997 Bari 10,000 m
Bronze medal – third place 2001 Tunis 5.000 m
Bronze medal – third place 2005 Almería Half marathon
Bronze medal – third place 2005 Almería 10.000 m
European U23 Championships
Gold medal – first place 1997 Turku10,000 m
Gold medal – first place 1999 Gothenburg10,000 m
Bronze medal – third place 1999 Gothenburg5.000 m
World Junior Championships
Silver medal – second place 1996 Sydney 5000 m
European Junior Championships
Silver medal – second place 1995 Nyiregyhaza 3000 m
Bronze medal – third place 1995 Nyiregyhaza 5.000 m
Olivera Jevtić and Samuel Naibei Kiplimo (Kenya) on 2017 Belgrade Marathon finishing at 2:38:03 (Jevtić) and 2:38:04 (Kiplimo)

Running career

Jevtić was born in Titovo Užice, Yugoslavia, otherwise known presently as Užice, Serbia. Her parents are father Milorad and mother Draginja. She is based in her native city, coached by Slavoljub "Slavko" Kuzmanović, and she competes for the running club AK Mladost Užice. Jevtić holds the Serbian marathon record of 2:25:23, which she established at the Rotterdam Marathon in 2003. She won the silver medal in the marathon at the 2006 European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden. In December 2007, coach Kuzmanović and Jevtić went on an altitude training trip to Eldoret, Kenya, when violent conflict erupted from the 2007 Kenyan election crisis. Although they wanted to continue working out in spite of the violence, her training partner, Stanley Kipruto, insisted that their lives were in danger and led them out of Eldoret so that they could leave the country from Jomo Kenyatta International Airport. After Jevtić and Kuzmanović were picked up by a Serbian diplomat-evacuation flight, Kipruto was caught by rebels, tortured, and lost four fingers.[2] Subsequent to the violence in Kenya, Kipruto moved in to live with Jevtić and Kuzmanović in Užice and joined their running team Mladost.[2]

She won the women's race at the Balkan Cross Country Championships in March 2011.[3]

Jevtić was selected as young athlete of the year of 1996. In 2006 she was awarded Golden Badge of Sport, award for the sportsperson of the Year in Serbia, and the same year, and the 1998 and 1999 was declared the best sportswoman by the Olympic Committee of Serbia and Yugoslavia.[4]

Jevtić was stripped of third place in 2002 New York City Marathon and received a public warning after testing positive for the banned drug ephedrine.[5][6] The president of NYRR at the time, Alan Steinfeld, told the New York Times that it was likely an "innocent mistake" and that ephedrine is common in cough suppressants.[7]

During the start of the 2020 Sofia Marathon in Bulgaria, Jevtić was assaulted by the Bulgarian citizen.[8]

National titles

Results

See also

References
  1. All-Athletics. "Profile of Olivera JEVTIĆ".
  2. Vladimir Lojanica (14 October 2012). "Blic: Atletičaru iz Kenije odsekli prste jer je spasao Oliveru Jevtić" (in Serbian). Retrieved 12 November 2015.
  3. Petrovic and Jevtic win Balkan cross country titles Archived 2011-03-16 at the Wayback Machine. European Athletics (2011-03-14). Retrieved on 2011-03-20.
  4. Olimpijski komitet Srbije Archived 2010-08-20 at the Wayback Machine
  5. http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200301/s760345.htm
  6. IAAF News n.60 February 2003, p. 7: POSITIVE CASES IN ATHLETICS, SANCTIONED DEFINITIVELY, ACCORDING TO INFORMATION RECEIVED BY THE IAAF AS OF 17 February 2003
  7. Lena Williams. New York Times: 3rd-Place Finisher in New York Fails Drug Test. January 9, 2003. Retrieved November 12, 2015.
  8. "EFFECTIVE Bulgarians: They caught Bojan who attacked and injured Olivera Jevtić". tekdeeps.com. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
  9. Yugoslav Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved 2018-02-25.
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