Marina Munćan

Marina Munćan
Марина Мунћан

Munćan at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Personal information
Nationality	Serbian
Born	6 November 1982 Pančevo, SFR Yugoslavia
Height	1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight	44.0 kg (97.0 lb; 6.93 st)
Sport
Sport	Track
Event(s)	800 metres, 1500 metres
College team	Villanova
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	800 metres: 2:02.86[1] 1500 metres: 4:06.48[1] Mile: 4:31.52[1]
Medal record Representing  Yugoslavia European Youth Olympic Festival 1999 Esbjerg 3000m Representing  Serbia Universiade 2009 Belgrade 1500m

Marina Munćan (Serbian Cyrillic: Марина Мунћан; born November 6, 1982 in Pančevo) is a Serbian middle distance runner who specialises in the 1500 metres. She represented Serbia at the 2012 Summer Olympics. She holds multiple Serbian records.

Running career

Collegiate

Munćan attended Villanova, for which she ran track and cross country. In addition to finishing in first place in various Big East middle-distance track races, she qualified for NCAA Track championships in 2003, 2004, and 2005.^[2]

Post collegiate

She represented Serbia at the World Championships in 2007 and 2009 and European Championships in 2010 and 2012. At the 2009 Summer Universiade she won a gold medal in 1500 m with a time 4:15:53 minutes. She ran the women's 1500-m race at the 2012 Summer Olympics, barely missing qualification to the semifinal round recording a time of 4:11.25.

Major competition record

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Serbia and Montenegro
2001	European Junior Championships	Grosseto, Italy	12th (h)	1500 m	4:25.21
2003	European U23 Championships	Bydgoszcz, Poland	8th	1500 m	4:15.32
2005	Mediterranean Games	Almería, Spain	9th	1500 m	4:15.56
Representing  Serbia
2007	European Indoor Championships	Birmingham, United Kingdom	9th	1500 m	4:14.60
	Universiade	Bangkok, Thailand	5th	1500 m	4:12.56
	World Championships	Osaka, Japan	7th (sf)	1500 m	4:08.02
2009	European Indoor Championships	Turin, Italy	8th	1500 m	4:20.01
	Universiade	Belgrade, Serbia	1st	1500 m	4:14.13
	World Championships	Berlin, Germany	34th (h)	1500 m	4:15.18
2010	European Championships	Barcelona, Spain	21st (h)	1500 m	4:19.32
2011	European Indoor Championships	Paris, France	21st (h)	1500 m	4:18.09
2012	European Championships	Helsinki, Finland	10th	1500 m	4:15.63
	Olympic Games	London, United Kingdom	27th (h)	1500 m	4:11.25

Personal bests

Outdoor Event Performance Date Location Notes 800m 2:02.86 July 26, 2009 Brasschaat, Belgium 1500m 4:06.48 July 17, 2012 Lignano Sabbiadoro, Italy One mile 4:31.52 April 20, 2012 Walnut, United States 3000m 9:17.04 August 31, 2009 Zagreb, Croatia

Indoor Event Performance Date Location Notes 800m 2:05.75 February 11, 2011 Boston, United States NR 1000m 2:45.40 January 29, 2005 State College, United States NR 1500m 4:12.23 March 6, 2009 Torino, Italy NR One mile 4:31.84 January 22, 2011 New York City, United States 3000m 9:08.44 December 15, 2004 Haverford, United States

References

1. IAAF. "athlete profile for Marina Munca".
2. Villanova Athletics. "Marina Muncan profile".

External links

• Marina Munćan profile at IAAF
• All-Athletics profile of Marina Muncan