Slobodanka Čolović-Maričić (born 10 January 1965 in

Čepin Čepin ( hu, Csepin; german: Tschepin) is a village and a municipality in Osijek-Baranja County, Croatia. It is located in northeast Slavonia, 10 kilometers southwest from Osijek. Čepin, with its 11,599 inhabitants at the 2011 census, is now inc ...

) is a retired Yugoslavian middle-distance runner who specialized in the

800 metres The 800 metres, or meters ( US spelling), is a common track running event. It is the shortest commonly run middle-distance running event. The 800 metres is run over two laps of an outdoor (400-metre) track and has been an Olympic event since the ...

. She represented

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at the

1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서울 1988, Seoul Cheon gubaek palsip-pal), was an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October ...

finishing fourth, as well as one outdoor and one indoor World Championships where she also made the final. In addition she won medals at the Mediterranean Games was the 1987 Universiade champion.

International competitions

Personal bests

Outdoor *

400 metres The 400 metres, or 400-meter dash, is a sprint event in track and field competitions. It has been featured in the athletics (sport), athletics programme at the Summer Olympics since 1896 for men and since 1964 for women. On a standard outdoor runn ...

– 52.32 (Sarajevo 1988) *

– 1:56.51 (Belgrade 1987) *

1500 metres The 1500 metres or 1,500-metre run (typically pronounced 'fifteen-hundred metres') is the foremost middle distance track event in athletics. The distance has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896 and the World Championships in Athletic ...

– 4:09.14 (Celje 1987) *

3000 metres The 3000 metres or 3000-metre run is a track running event, also commonly known as the "3K" or "3K run", where 7.5 laps are run around an outdoor 400 m track, or 15 laps around a 200 m indoor track. It is debated whether the 3000m shoul ...

– 9:19.70 (Belgrade 1989) Indoor *

– 1:59.83 (Budapest 1987)

References

1965 births Living people Yugoslav female middle-distance runners Croatian female middle-distance runners Olympic athletes for Yugoslavia World Athletics Championships athletes for Yugoslavia Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) People from Osijek-Baranja County Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Yugoslavia Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Yugoslavia Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Yugoslavia Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics Athletes (track and field) at the 1983 Mediterranean Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1987 Mediterranean Games FISU World University Games gold medalists for Yugoslavia Medalists at the 1987 Summer Universiade {{Yugoslavia-athletics-bio-stub