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Nickname | Olja | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1977-07-24)24 July 1977 (age 48) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 52 kg (115 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | 5000 m, 10,000 m, Half marathon, Marathon, Cross country running | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personalbest(s) | 5000 meters: 15:11.25[1] 10,000 meters: 31:29.65[1] Marathon: 2:25:23[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Olivera Jevtić (Serbian Cyrillic:Оливера Јевтић, born 24 July 1977) is aSerbianlong-distance runner. She has represented her country five times at the Olympics in 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012 and 2016.
Jevtić was born inTitovo Užice,Yugoslavia, otherwise known presently asUžice,Serbia. Her parents are father Milorad and mother Draginja. She is based in her native city, coached by Slavoljub "Slavko" Kuzmanović, and she competes for the running clubAK Mladost Užice. Jevtić holds the Serbianmarathon record of 2:25:23, which she established at theRotterdam Marathon in 2003. She won thesilver medal in the marathon at the2006 European Athletics Championships inGothenburg,Sweden. In December 2007, coach Kuzmanović and Jevtić went on an altitude training trip toEldoret,Kenya, when violent conflict erupted from the2007 Kenyan election crisis. Although they wanted to continue working out in spite of the violence, her training partner,Stanley Kipruto, insisted that their lives were in danger and led them out ofEldoret so that they could leave the country fromJomo Kenyatta International Airport. After Jevtić and Kuzmanović were picked up by a Serbian diplomat-evacuation flight, Kipruto was caught by rebels, tortured, and lost four fingers.[2] Subsequent to the violence in Kenya, Kipruto moved in to live with Jevtić and Kuzmanović in Užice and joined their running teamMladost.[2]
She won the women's race at theBalkan Cross Country Championships in March 2011.[3]
Jevtić was selected as young athlete of the year of1996. In2006, she was awardedGolden Badge ofSport, award for the sportsperson of the Year in Serbia, and the same year, and the1998 and1999 was declared the best sportswoman by theOlympic Committee of Serbia andYugoslavia.[4]
Jevtić was stripped of third place in 2002New York City Marathon and received a public warning after testing positive for the banned drugephedrine.[5][6] The president ofNYRR at the time, Alan Steinfeld, told theNew York Times that it was likely an "innocent mistake" and that ephedrine is common in cough suppressants.[7]
During the start of the 2020Sofia Marathon in Bulgaria, Jevtić was assaulted by the Bulgarian citizen.[8]
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| Preceded by | The Best Young Athlete of Yugoslavia 1996 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | The Best Athlete of Serbia 2006 | Succeeded by |
