Career
Arunović became interested in shooting because of her older sister Jelena. She began to train in 2001 at the shooting club ''Policajac'', and later moved to Streljački klub Crvena zvezda, SK Crvena Zvezda. She won silver team medal in Junior event at the European 10 m Events Championships in 2004 in Győr, and bronze team medal the following year in Tallinn, respectively. She won individual and team gold in the same event in 2006 in Moscow. Later in the year, Arunović won individual gold in 25 m pistol and team bronze in 10 m air pistol in Junior events at the 2006 ISSF World Shooting Championships, 2006 World Shooting Championships in Zagreb. At the 2009 Mediterranean Games in Pescara, she won gold medal in 10 m air pistol. Arunović made breakthrough in 2010, when she won individual gold medal in 10 m air pistol, and both individual and team silver in 25 m pistol, alongside her sister Jelena Arunović, Jelena and legendary sports shooter Jasna Šekarić, at the 2010 ISSF World Shooting Championships, 2010 World Shooting Championships in Munich. The win also made her the first woman athlete to secure quota for Serbia for the London 2012 Summer Olympics. In September 2010, she climbed to first place in the International Shooting Sport Federation, ISSF world ranking in women's 10 m air pistol. At the end of the year, she was named Awards of Olympic Committee of Serbia#Sportswoman of The Year, Serbian Sportswoman of The Year by the Olympic Committee of Serbia. Arunović received Serbia's sport association "May award" in 2011. She won a silver medal in 25 m pistol at the 2011 Summer Universiade in Shenzhen. Arunović finished 4th in Shooting at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's 25 metre pistol, Women's 25 metre pistol and 7th in Shooting at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's 10 metre air pistol, Women's 10 metre air pistol at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. She competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio in the Shooting at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's 10 metre air pistol, Women's 10 metre air pistol and Shooting at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's 25 metre pistol, Women's 25 metre pistol, but failed to progress to the final. In 2021, she competed in three events at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, including new Shooting at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Mixed 10 metre air pistol team, Mixed 10 metre air pistol team event, where she teamed up with longtime partner Damir Mikec to finish in 4th place. Arunović won individual bronze medal in 10 m air pistol at the 2022 ISSF World Shooting Championships, 2022 World Shooting Championships in Cairo, to secure first quota for Serbia for the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics, just as she did for the previous Olympic Games, when she qualified by winning individual silver medal at the 2018 ISSF World Shooting Championships, 2018 World Shooting Championships.Olympic results
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She has studied Ukrainian language, Ukrainian, Russian language, Russian and English language, English.References
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