Tina Čarman (born 8 January 1978 in

Kranj Kranj (, german: Krainburg) is the third-largest city in Slovenia, with a population of 37,941 (2020). It is located approximately northwest of Ljubljana. The centre of the City Municipality of Kranj and of the traditional region of Upper Carniol ...

) is a retired Slovenian

long jumper 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 ...

. She was selected to compete for the Slovenian Olympic team in the long jump at the

2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...

after recording a personal best of 6.56 metres from a national athletics meet in

Dolenjske Toplice Dolenjske Toplice (; german: Töplitz''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 164.) is a settlement near Novo Mesto in southeastern Slovenia an ...

. Carman also trained as a member of the athletics squad for the Dolenjske Toplice Sports Club ( sl, Športno društvo Dolenjske Toplice) under her coach Dobrivoje Vučkovič. Carman qualified for the Slovenian squad in the women's long jump at the

in Athens. A year before the Games, she jumped 6.56 metres to attain both her personal best and an Olympic B-standard at a national athletics meet in

. During the prelims, Carman fouled in two consecutive attempts until she satisfied her final jump with a spanning distance of 5.72 metres, placing her in the thirty-sixth position against a vast field of thirty-nine long jumpers.

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* 1978 births Living people Slovenian female long jumpers Olympic athletes for Slovenia Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Kranj {{Slovenia-athletics-bio-stub