Mirjana Jovovic-Horvat (October 2, 1949 – November 5, 2021) was a

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 ...

from

Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina, sometimes known as Bosnia-Herzegovina and informally as Bosnia, is a country in Southeast Europe. Situated on the Balkans, Balkan Peninsula, it borders Serbia to the east, Montenegro to the southeast, and Croatia to th ...

. She represented

Yugoslavia at the 1984 Summer Olympics Yugoslavia competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States which took place from 29 July to 12 August 1984. Yugoslav athletes had competed in every Summer Olympic Games since their official debut in 1920. The Yugoslav Olympic Co ...

and

Bosnia and Herzegovina at the 1992 Summer Olympics Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnia and Herzegovina competed in the Summer Olympic Games as an independent nation for the first time at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. Previously, Bosnian and Herzegovinian athletes competed f ...

. Throughout her career, she was a member of

JSD Partizan Jugoslovensko sportsko društvo Partizan ( sr-Cyrl, Југословенско спортско друштво Партизан, lit=Yugoslav Sports Society Partizan), commonly abbreviated as JSD Partizan ( sr-Cyrl, ЈСД Партизан, lin ...

, and is the most decorated female athlete in the club's history. She won 67 medals at international competitions in both individual and team categories, and won over 400 medals in her home country. She joined the Yugoslav national team in 1969, winning silver and bronze medals in that year's European championships. She, alongside Desanka Pešut and Magdalena Herold, was a member of the team that won the 1970 world championships in both air rifle and rifle prone. She set a world record in small-caliber three-barreled rifle shooting in 1971 and became European champion in the category of small-caliber rifle shooting in the prone position twice, first in 1974 and later in 1983. She participated in both the

1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and commonly known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United States. It marked the ...

and the

1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics (, ), officially the Games of the XXV Olympiad (, ) and officially branded as Barcelona '92, were an international multi-sport event held from 25 July to 9 August 1992 in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Beginning in 1994 ...

. She began coaching other shooters in the 1980s, ultimately choosing to retire from shooting when one of her students surpassed her in the national championships. Following her participation in the 1992 Summer Olympics, she, alongside weightlifter Mehmed Skender, returned to war-torn Bosnia on a convoy provided by

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF; pronounced ), known in some English-speaking settings as Doctors Without Borders, is a charity that provides humanitarian medical care. It is a non-governmental organisation (NGO) of French origin known for its projects in conflict zo ...

. She died in November 2021.

Olympic results

References

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