Jelena Vuković (born 15 February 1975) is a

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from

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competing mainly in category F42 shot put and discus events. Vuković has competed in the shot and discus in three Paralympics firstly in

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, then in

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where she won the bronze medal in the discus for F42-46 and then again in

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. In 2008, she won the seventh place.

References

Paralympic athletes of Croatia Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Paralympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Paralympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Paralympics Paralympic bronze medalists for Croatia Living people 1975 births Medalists at the 2004 Summer Paralympics Paralympic medalists in athletics (track and field) Croatian female discus throwers Croatian female shot putters 21st-century Croatian women 20th-century Croatian women Discus throwers with limb difference Shot putters with limb difference Paralympic discus throwers Paralympic shot putters {{Paralympic-medalist-stub