Ivana Maksimović Anđušić ( sr-cyr, Ивана Максимовић Анђушић ; born 2 May 1990) is a Serbian

sport shooter Shooting sports is a group of competitive and recreational sporting activities involving proficiency tests of accuracy, precision and speed in shooting — the art of using ranged weapons, mainly small arms (firearms and airguns, in forms such ...

and Olympic silver medallist, having placed second in the Women's 50 metre rifle three positions event in the

2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012, were an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

Early life

Maksimović, who originally played tennis as a child, started to shoot when she was eleven.

Career

Maksimović represented Serbia at the 2012 Summer Olympics, most notably winning a silver at the Women's 50 metre rifle three positions. She achieved the best individual round of the competition, but was unable to finish ahead of American Jamie Lynn Gray, who set a new Olympic record in the event, winning by 4.4 points. Maksimović's medal was Serbia's 100th at the Olympic Games. Maksimović was chosen as

2014 Summer Youth Olympics The 2014 Summer Youth Olympics (), officially known as the II Summer Youth Olympic Games , and commonly known as Nanjing 2014 ( zh, c=南京2014, p=Nánjīng Èr Líng yī sì), were the second Youth Olympic Games, Summer Youth Olympic Games, an ...

shooting athlete role model. She was chosen to be the flag bearer for Serbia at the opening ceremony of the

2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad () and officially branded as Rio 2016, were an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with preliminary events i ...

. At the 2016 Summer Olympics, she competed in

10 metre air rifle 10 meter air rifle is an International Shooting Sports Federation (ISSF) shooting event, shot at a bullseye target over a distance of using a calibre air rifle with a maximum weight of . It is one of the ISSF sports governed in shooting spor ...

and

50 metre rifle three positions 50 meter rifle three positions (formerly known as one of four free rifle disciplines) is an International Shooting Sport Federation event, a miniature version of 300 meter rifle three positions. It consists of the kneeling, prone, and standing ...

. In the 10 m air rifle competition, she finished in 12th place during the qualification round and did not advance to the final. In the 50 m rifle three positions competition, she finished 19th in the qualification round and did not advance to the final. After taking part in the

2017 European Shooting Championships The 2017 European Shooting Championships was held in Baku, Azerbaijan from 21 July – 4 August 2017. 932 athletes from 43 countries contested 79 sets of medals in 25m, 50m, 300m, rifle and pistol, Shotgun and RT events. Qualification for the 2018 ...

in Baku, Maksimović had a two-year break from sports shooting until returning for the 2019 ISSF World Cup in Rio de Janeiro in August 2019.

Personal life

Maksimović is a daughter of Serbian sports shooter and Olympic gold medalist

Goran Maksimović Goran Maksimović ( sr-cyrl, Горан Максимовић; born 27 July 1963 in Svetozarevo) is a Serbian sport shooter and Olympic Champion for Yugoslavia. He won a gold medal in the 10 metre air rifle event at the 1988 Summer Olymp ...

. In June 2015, she married basketball player

Danilo Anđušić Danilo Anđušić (; born 22 April 1991) is a Serbian professional basketball player for Dubai Basketball of the ABA League and the EuroLeague. He has also represented the Serbian national basketball team in international competition. Professio ...

on the Greek island of

Santorini Santorini (, ), officially Thira (, ) or Thera, is a Greek island in the southern Aegean Sea, about southeast from the mainland. It is the largest island of a small, circular archipelago formed by the Santorini caldera. It is the southern ...

. Together with her husband she has two sons, Filip and Uroš.

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