Neja Filipič (born 22 April 1995) is a

Slovenia Slovenia ( ; sl, Slovenija ), officially the Republic of Slovenia (Slovene: , abbr.: ''RS''), is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the southeast, an ...

n athlete specialising in the

long jump The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a takeoff point. Along with the triple jump, the two events that measure jumping for distance as a gr ...

and

triple jump The triple jump, sometimes referred to as the hop, step and jump or the hop, skip and jump, is a track and field event, similar to the long jump. As a group, the two events are referred to as the "horizontal jumps". The competitor runs down th ...

. She won a bronze medal in the latter at the

2019 Summer Universiade ) , Nations participating = 118 , Athletes participating = 5,971 , Events = 220 , Sports = 18 , Opening ceremony = 3 July , Closing ceremony = 14 July , Officially opened by = President Se ...

International competitions

Personal bests

Outdoor *Long jump – 6.56 (+1.6 m/s, Slovenska Bistrica 2020) *Triple jump – 14.22 (+0.5 m/s, Maribor 2020) Indoor *Long jump – 6.30 (Belgrade 2017) *Triple jump – 13.49 (Novo Mesto 2020)

References

1995 births Living people Slovenian female long jumpers Slovenian female triple jumpers Athletes from Ljubljana European Games competitors for Slovenia Athletes (track and field) at the 2019 European Games FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Slovenia Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Medalists at the 2019 Summer Universiade 21st-century Slovenian women 21st-century Slovenian people Athletes (track and field) at the 2022 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games gold medalists in athletics Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Slovenia Athletes (track and field) at the 2023 European Games {{Slovenia-athletics-bio-stub