Lena Mihailovic is an Australian female

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Olympian. She was born in

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in 1996.

Early life

Her father was a professional water polo player until 2005 and Mihailovic lived in many different parts of the world including

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and

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Achievements

She was a member of the

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(ASU) and became the university’s top-ten all-time scorer with 131 goals. She left ASU in 2018 and played for Ferencvarosi, a Hungarian league team. In Australia, Mihailovic competes for the ACU

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. She made her Australian debut at the 2014 World Youth Championships. She also competed at the 2015 World Junior and the 2017 FINA World Championships. Mihailovic was a member of the Australian Stingrays squad that competed at the

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. The Head Coach was her father

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. By finishing second in their pool, the Aussie Stingers went through to the quarterfinals. They were beaten 8-9 by Russia and therefore did not compete for an Olympic medal.

References

1996 births Living people Australian female water polo players Water polo players at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic water polo players for Australia {{Australia-waterpolo-bio-stub Naturalised citizens of Australia Serbian emigrants to Australia Water polo players from Belgrade