Marija Jovanović (born 26 December 1985) is a retired Montenegrin
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 ...
player. She played for the
Montenegrin national team.
She competed at the
2010 European Women's Handball Championship
The 2010 European Women's Handball Championship was held in Denmark and Norway from 7–19 December. It was the first European Championship hosted by two countries. Norway won their overall 5th gold medal, when they defeated first time finalist ...
, where the Montenegrin team placed sixth, and Jovanović was listed among the top ten goalscorers of the tournament (scoring 31 goals).
As captain, she led the Montenegrin national team when they won a gold medal at the European Championship in Serbia. After two years spent at the Ferencvárosi, she decided to end her career and graduated in Business Economics in 2018. She has been in private business ever since.
Honours
;Club
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EHF Champions League
The Men's EHF Champions League is the most important club handball competition for men's teams in Europe and involves the leading teams from the top European nations. The competition is organised every year by EHF. The official name for the men ...
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**''Semifinalist'': 2011, 2012, 2013
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EHF Cup Winners' Cup:
**''Winner'': 2006 and 2010
*Women's Regional Handball League:
**''Winner'': 2010 and 2011
**''Silver Medallist'': 2009
*Montenegrin Championship:
**''Winner'': 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011
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Romanian Championship:
**''Winner'': 2012, 2013
*Montenegrin Cup:
**''Winner'': 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011
*Romanian Supercup:
**''Winner'': 2011
;National team
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European Handball Championship:
**''Gold Medallist'': 2012
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Olympics
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**''Silver Medallist'': 2012
References
External links
Official website*
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1985 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Podgorica
Montenegrin female handball players
Handball players at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Olympic handball players of Montenegro
Olympic medalists in handball
Olympic silver medalists for Montenegro
Expatriate handball players
Montenegrin expatriate sportspeople in Romania
Montenegrin expatriate sportspeople in Russia
SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea (handball) players
Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Mediterranean Games medalists in handball
Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Montenegro
Competitors at the 2009 Mediterranean Games