Mirjana Ognjenović (born 17 September 1953, in

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) is a former Yugoslav/

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handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball or Olympic handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of throwing it into the g ...

player who competed in the

1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1980, Letniye Olimpiyskiye igry 1980), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad (russian: Игры XXII Олимпиады, Igry XXII Olimpiady) and commo ...

and in the

1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United States. It marked the secon ...

. In 1980 she won the silver medal with the Yugoslav team. She played all five matches and scored eleven goals. Four years later she won the gold medal as member of the Yugoslav team. She played four matches including the final and scored ten goals.

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1953 births Living people Yugoslav female handball players Croatian female handball players Handball players at the 1980 Summer Olympics Handball players at the 1984 Summer Olympics Olympic handball players of Yugoslavia Olympic gold medalists for Yugoslavia Olympic silver medalists for Yugoslavia Olympic medalists in handball Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics {{Yugoslavia-handball-bio-stub