Marina Munćan
![]() Munćan at the 2012 Summer Olympics | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Nationality | Serbian | ||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1982-11-06) 6 November 1982 (age 41) Pančevo, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia | ||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.64 m (5 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 44 kg (97 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Track | ||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | 800 metres, 1500 metres | ||||||||||||||||||||
College team | Villanova | ||||||||||||||||||||
Achievements and titles | |||||||||||||||||||||
Personal best(s) | 800 metres: 2:02.86[1] 1500 metres: 4:06.48[1] Mile: 4:31.52[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
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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]
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
Personal bests
Outdoor
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References
- ^ a b c IAAF. "athlete profile for Marina Munca".
- ^ "Claremont Mudd Scripps". Claremont Mudd Scripps. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ Villanova University BIG EAST CHAMPIONS through 2019 Villanova Wildcats
- ^ Villanova University All-Americans through 2019 Villanova Wildcats
- ^ Villanova Athletics. "Marina Muncan profile".
External links
- Marina Munćan at World Athletics
- Marina Munćan at European Athletics
- Marina Muncan at All-Athletics
- Marina Munćan at Olympedia
- Marina Munćan at Olympics.com
- Marina Munćan at the Olimpijski Komitet Srbije (in Serbian)
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- 1973:
Paola Pigni-Cacchi (ITA)
- 1975:
Ellen Wellmann (FRG)
- 1977:
Totka Petrova (BUL)
- 1979:
Natalia Mărășescu (ROU)
- 1981:
Gabriella Dorio (ITA)
- 1983:
Gabriella Dorio (ITA)
- 1985:
Svetlana Kitova (URS)
- 1987:
Paula Ivan (ROU)
- 1989:
Paula Ivan (ROU)
- 1991:
Sonia O'Sullivan (IRL)
- 1993:
Lynne Robinson (GBR)
- 1995:
Gabriela Szabo (ROU)
- 1997:
Gabriela Szabo (ROU)
- 1999:
Elena Buhăianu (ROU)
- 2001:
Süreyya Ayhan (TUR)
- 2003:
Natalya Sidorenko (UKR)
- 2005:
Olesya Syreva (RUS)
- 2007:
Olesya Chumakova (RUS)
- 2009:
Marina Munćan (SRB)
- 2011: vacant
- 2013:
Luiza Gega (ALB)
- 2015:
Dorcus Ajok (UGA)
- 2017:
Amela Terzić (SRB)
- 2019:
Caterina Granz (GER)
- 2021:
Laura Pellicoro (ITA)