Iva Obradović ( sr-cyrl, Ива Обрадовић, born 6 May 1984 in
Novi Sad
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,
SR Serbia
The Socialist Republic of Serbia ( sh-Cyrl-Latn, separator=" / ", Социјалистичка Република Србија, Socijalistička Republika Srbija), previously known as the People's Republic of Serbia ( sh-Cyrl-Latn, separator=" / " ...
,
Yugoslavia
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) is a
rower
Rowing, often called crew in the United States, is the sport of racing boats using oars. It differs from paddling sports in that rowing oars (called blades in the United Kingdom) are attached to the boat using rowlocks, while paddles are ...
from
Serbia
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She won the silver medal in the women's
double scull
A double scull, also abbreviated as a 2x, is a rowing boat used in the sport of competitive rowing. It is designed for two persons who propel the boat by sculling with two oars each, one in each hand.
Racing boats (often called "shells") ar ...
event at the
2011 European Rowing Championships in
Plovdiv
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, Bulgaria.
Obradović participated at the
2008 Summer Olympics
The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and officially branded as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes fro ...
and finished fifth in the B final of the
single scull
A single scull (or a scull), abbreviated as a 1x, is a racing shell designed for a single person who propels the boat with two oars, one in each hand.
Racing boats (often called "shells") are long, narrow, and broadly semi-circular in cross-se ...
.
References
External links
California Golden Bears bio*
1984 births
Living people
Serbian female rowers
Olympic rowers for Serbia
Rowers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Sportspeople from Novi Sad
Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Serbia
Competitors at the 2013 Mediterranean Games
Mediterranean Games medalists in rowing
European Rowing Championships medalists
Serbia and Montenegro sportswomen
California Golden Bears women's rowers
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