Olivera Moldovan ( sr-cyr, Оливера Молдован, born 1 March 1989) is a Serbian

sprint canoer Canoe sprint is a water sport in which athletes race canoes or kayaks on calm water. Overview Race categories vary by the number of athletes in the boat, the length of the course, and whether the boat is a canoe or kayak. Canoe sprints are som ...

Career

Olivera was born on 1 March 1989 in

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SR Serbia , life_span = 1944–1992 , status = Constituent state of Yugoslavia , p1 = Territory of the Military Commander in Serbia , flag_p1 = Flag of German Reich (1935–1945).svg , p2 ...

Yugoslavia Yugoslavia (; sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Jugoslavija, Југославија ; sl, Jugoslavija ; mk, Југославија ;; rup, Iugoslavia; hu, Jugoszlávia; rue, label=Pannonian Rusyn, Югославия, translit=Juhoslavija ...

to a Serb father, Zoran Moldovan and a Russian mother, Tatjana, originally from

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. Her sister

Nikolina Moldovan Nikolina Moldovan ( sr-cyr, Николина Молдован, born 1 May 1990) is a Serbian sprint canoer. Career Nikolina was born on 1 May 1990 in Belgrade, SR Serbia, Yugoslavia to a Serb father, Zoran Moldovan and a Russian mother, Tatjan ...

is also a sprint canoer. Olivera represented Serbia with her sister at the

2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

in the K-2 500m discipline.

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External links

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Biography at sportline.hu
{{DEFAULTSORT:Moldovan, Olivera 1989 births Living people Serbian female canoeists Serbian people of Russian descent Olympic canoeists of Serbia Canoeists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Belgrade ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in kayak European Games medalists in canoeing Canoeists at the 2015 European Games European Games silver medalists for Serbia Universiade medalists in canoeing Universiade silver medalists for Serbia Universiade bronze medalists for Serbia Medalists at the 2013 Summer Universiade 21st-century Serbian women