Brigita Bukovec

Brigita Bukovec (lane 4) at the 1996 Summer Olympics 100 m hs semi-final.

Brigita Bukovec
Medal record

Women’s Athletics
Representing Slovenia
Olympic Games
	1996 Atlanta	100 m Hurdles

Brigita Bukovec (born May 21, 1970 in Ljubljana)^[1]^[2] is a retired Slovenian hurdler who won an Olympic silver medal in 1996. During the Olympics she set a personal best time with 12.59 seconds.

She stopped competing on top level after the 1999 season.

Competition record

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing Yugoslavia
1988	World Junior Championships	Sudbury, Canada	11th (sf)	100m hurdles	13.96 (+1.5 m/s)
1989	European Junior Championships	Varaždin, Yugoslavia	3rd	100 m hurdles	13.50
1990	European Indoor Championships	Glasgow, United Kingdom	14th (h)	60 m hurdles	8.50
1990	European Championships	Split, Yugoslavia	16th (sf)	100 m hurdles	13.46
1991	World Indoor Championships	Seville, Spain	11th (sf)	60 m hurdles	8.16
1991	World Championships	Tokyo, Japan	25th (h)	100 m hurdles	13.44
Representing Slovenia
1992	European Indoor Championships	Genoa, Italy	11th (sf)	60 m hurdles	8.23
1992	Olympic Games	Barcelona, Spain	17th (sf)	100 m hurdles	13.68
1993	World Indoor Championships	Toronto, Canada	7th	60 m hurdles	8.28
	Mediterranean Games	Narbonne, France	1st	100 m hurdles	13.10
	World Championships	Stuttgart, Germany	10th (sf)	100 m hurdles	12.98
1994	European Indoor Championships	Paris, France	4th	60 m hurdles	7.94
	Goodwill Games	St. Petersburg, Russia	1st	100 m hurdles	12.83 (w)
	European Championships	Helsinki, Finland	4th	100 m hurdles	13.01
1995	World Indoor Championships	Barcelona, Spain	3rd	60 m hurdles	7.93
1995	World Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	8th	100 m hurdles	13.02
1996	European Indoor Championships	Stockholm, Sweden	2nd	60 m hurdles	7.90
1996	Olympic Games	Atlanta, United States	2nd	100 m hurdles	12.59
1997	World Indoor Championships	Paris, France	5th (sf)	60 m hurdles	7.93
	Mediterranean Games	Bari, Italy	2nd	100 m hurdles	13.01
	World Championships	Athens, Greece	4th	100 m hurdles	12.69
1998	European Indoor Championships	Valencia, Spain	7th	60 m hurdles	8.34
	Goodwill Games	Uniondale, United States	5th	100 m hurdles	13.19
	European Championships	Budapest, Hungary	2nd	100 m hurdles	12.65
1999	World Indoor Championships	Maebashi, Japan	4th	60 m hurdles	7.92

References

↑ "Brigita Bukovec Bio, Stats and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved May 4, 2013.
↑ "IAAF profile". IAAF. Retrieved May 4, 2013.

External links

Brigita Bukovec profile at IAAF

Olympic Games
Preceded by Rajmond Debevec	Flagbearer for Slovenia Atlanta 1996	Succeeded by Iztok Čop

Slovenian Sportswoman of the Year

Marijana Lubej (1968)
Nataša Urbančič (1969–74)
Mima Jaušovec (1975–77)
Ljuba Tkalčič (1978)
Breda Lorenci (1979)
Mima Jaušovec (1980)
Bojana Dornig (1981)
Andreja Leskovšek (1982)
Lidija Lapajne (1983)
Mateja Svet (1984–90)
Nataša Bokal (1991)
Marika Kardinar (1992)
Brigita Bukovec (1993)
Britta Bilač (1994)
Brigita Bukovec (1995–98)
Metka Sparavec (1999)
Špela Pretnar (2000)
Alenka Bikar (2001)
Jolanda Čeplak (2002–04)
Tina Maze (2005)
Petra Majdič (2006–07)
Sara Isaković (2008)
Petra Majdič (2009)
Tina Maze (2010–11)
Urška Žolnir (2012)
Tina Maze (2013–15)

Mediterranean Games champions in women's 100 metres hurdles

1967^†: Carla Panerai (ITA) 1971: Milena Leskovac (YUG) 1975: Nadine Fricault (FRA) 1979: Laurence Elloy (FRA) 1983: Michèle Chardonnet (FRA) 1987: Patrizia Lombardo (ITA) 1991: Anne Piquereau (FRA) 1993: Brigita Bukovec (SLO) 1997–2001: Patricia Girard (FRA) 2005: Glory Alozie (ESP) 2009: Nevin Yanıt (TUR) 2013: Marzia Caravelli (ITA)

^† The 1967 race was in the 80 metres hurdles

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