Amela Terzić (

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: Амела Терзић, born 2 January 1993) is a

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. She won two gold medals at

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and was the junior champion at the

2012 European Cross Country Championships The 2012 European Cross Country Championships was the 19th edition of the cross country running competition for European athletes which was held in Szentendre, Hungary on 9 December. Andrea Lalli of Italy won the men's title to become the country ...

. She has also been a medallist in the

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at the World Junior and World Youth Championships and a gold medalist at the 2013 European U23 Championship. Terzić lives in Barakovac,

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and is coached by Rifat Zilkić. She was awarded a golden badge for the best young athlete of Serbia in 2011 and 2012.

Running career

Her first international appearances came in 2008 at the age of fifteen. That year she was second in the 800 m and third in the 1500 m at the Balkan Junior Athletics Championships. She established herself as a youth and junior athlete the following year: she was the Balkan junior champion in cross country and both middle-distance events, took bronze in the 1500 m at the

2009 World Youth Championships in Athletics The 2009 World Youth Championships in Athletics is the sixth edition of the IAAF World Youth Championships in Athletics. They were held at Brixen-Bressanone Sport Arena in Bressanone, Italy from 8–12 July 2009. Athletes had to be aged 16 or ...

, and was the champion in the

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at the

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(where she also took 1500 m bronze). Further to this, she was a finalist in the 1500 m and 3000 m at the

2009 European Athletics Junior Championships The 20th European Athletics Junior Championships were held between 23 and 26 July 2009 in the Stadion Karađorđe in Novi Sad, Serbia. Germany topped the medal table with 25 medals overall, including 10 golds, ahead of Russia and Ukraine. Medal ...

and came twelfth in the junior section of the

2009 European Cross Country Championships The 2009 European Cross Country Championships was a continental cross country running competition that was held on 13 December 2009 near Dublin city, Fingal in Ireland. Dublin was selected as the host city in 2007 and the event was the first time ...

. Terzić began 2010 with a win at the Belikros cross country race in Serbia. On the track she was eighth in the 1500 m at the

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and won the 3000 m at the European junior clubs championship. He first major junior medal came in the form of a silver medal at the

2010 European Cross Country Championships The 2010 European Cross Country Championships was a continental cross country running competition that took place on 12 December in Albufeira, Portugal. It was the second time that the country hosted the event, building upon the 1997 edition he ...

, finishing three seconds behind winner

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. Another win at the Belikros opened 2011 In her world debut on grass she came 32nd at the junior race of the

2011 IAAF World Cross Country Championships The 2011 IAAF World Cross Country Championships took place on March 20, 2011. The races were held at the Polideportivo Antonio Gil Hernández in Punta Umbría, Spain. Reports of the event were given for the IAAF. Preparation The Uni ...

, which was among the best placings by a European. A 1500/3000 m double at the

confirmed her place among the top junior runners in the region. She won a third European medal of the season at the

2011 European Cross Country Championships The 2011 European Cross Country Championships was the 18th edition of the cross country running competition for European athletes which was held in Velenje, Slovenia on 11 December. Atelaw Yeshetela of Belgium won the men's title to become the ...

, taking the bronze medal. Terzić made her first impact in senior level

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in the 2012 season. She won the silver medal at the

2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics The 2012 World Athletics U20 Championships, World Junior Championships in Athletics was an international Sport of athletics, athletics competition for athletes qualifying as Junior (athletics), juniors (born 1993 or later) which was held at the E ...

with a Serbian national record time of 4:07.59 minutes for the 15000 m. A week later she took both the 1500 m and 3000 m titles at the

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. She placed fourth in the 1500 at the Rieti Meeting and ran another national record in the non-standard 1000 m distance at the Athletics Bridge meet. In her final appearance in the junior category, she won the gold medal at the

. She celebrated the New Year by winning at the Silvesterlauf Peuerbach 5K road race, beating top marathon runner Irina Mikitenko. In 2013 season she won a gold medal at the European U23 Championship in 1500m with a national record of 4:05.69 and debuted at the senior World Championship without reaching finals. In the same season she won her first cross-county medal as U23 athlete, silver at home at the

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in Serbia. In 2014, she competed for the first time in senior European Outdoor Championship and finished 12th in final.EP: Amela Terzić poslednja u finalu
B92 (2014-08-15). Retrieved on 2015-04-10.

Personal bests

International competitions

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* * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Terzic, Amela 1993 births Living people Bosniaks of Serbia Sportspeople from Priboj Sportspeople from Zlatibor District Serbian female middle-distance runners World Athletics Championships athletes for Serbia Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Serbia Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) FISU World University Games gold medalists for Serbia Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Mediterranean Games Medalists at the 2017 Summer Universiade Mediterranean Games competitors for Serbia 21st-century Serbian sportswomen