Ivana Brkljačić (born 25 January 1983 in Villingen-Schwenningen,

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) is a female former

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er from

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Career

She achieved good results as a teenager, winning the World Junior Championships twice and finishing 11th in the 2000 Olympic finals at the age of 17. In the hammer throw contest at the 2004 Olympics she missed qualification to the final round by 6 centimetres. Her personal best throw, and also a national record, is 75.08 metres, set at the June 2007 EAA meeting in

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. In 2009 Brkljačić became a director of the

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, a member of the IAAF World Challenge series of athletics meetings. On 27 May 2010 Brkljačić announced her retirement from professional sport. Her last competition appearance was at the 2008 IAAF World Athletics Final in

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Brkljacic, Ivana 1983 births Living people Sportspeople from Villingen-Schwenningen Croatian female hammer throwers Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Croatia Franjo Bučar Award winners Croatian sports executives and administrators Athletes (track and field) at the 2001 Mediterranean Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2005 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games competitors for Croatia 20th-century Croatian women 21st-century Croatian sportswomen