Sara Krnjić ( sr-cyr, Сара Крњић, born 15 July 1991) is a Serbian professional
women's basketball
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player who plays for
UNIQA Euroleasing Sopron
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of the
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* Hungary, a country in Central Europe
* Kingdom of Hungary, state of Hungary, existing between 1000 and 1946
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. Standing at , she plays at the
center position. She also represents the
Serbia national basketball team
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.
International career
She represented Serbian national basketball team at the
EuroBasket 2015
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in Budapest where they won the gold medal, and qualified for the
2016 Olympics
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, first in the history for the Serbian team.
See also
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List of Serbian WNBA players
References
External links
Sara Krnjićat eurobasket.com
at fiba.com
at fibaeurope.com
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1991 births
Living people
Basketball players at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Centers (basketball)
European champions for Serbia
Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Olympic basketball players for Serbia
Olympic bronze medalists for Serbia
Olympic medalists in basketball
Serbian expatriate basketball people in Hungary
Naturalized citizens of Hungary
Serbian women's basketball players
21st-century Serbian sportswomen
Basketball players from Novi Sad
Washington Mystics draft picks
ŽKK Vojvodina players
Naturalised basketball players
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