Suzana Lazović

Suzana Lazović
Personal information
Born (1992-01-28) 28 January 1992 (age 32)
Podgorica, Montenegro
Nationality Montenegrin
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position Pivot
Club information
Current club Retired
Number 92
Senior clubs
Years Team
2007-2018
 ŽRK Budućnost Podgorica
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008-2016
 Montenegro 97 (111)
Medal record
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2012 London Team
European Championship
Gold medal – first place 2012 Serbia Team
Junior World Championship
Bronze medal – third place 2010 South Korea Team
Mediterranean Games
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Pescara Team

Suzana Lazović (born 28 January 1992) is a retired Montenegrin handballer that played for ŽRK Budućnost Podgorica and the Montenegro women's national handball team.

She was part of the Montenegrin teams that won silver at the 2012 Summer Olympics[1], and gold at the 2012 Women's EHF European Championship.[1] She was also on the Budućnost team that won the 2012 EHF Women's Champions League and 2015 EHF Women's Champions League.[1] The team were also runners up in the 2013-2014 season. Lazović won the award for best defender in the 2013 Champions League.[1]

She participated at the 2011 World Women's Handball Championship in Brazil, but Montenegro did not progress from the group stages.[1][2][3]

She had to retire at the age of 25 due to injuries, including a severely herniated disc, heart ablation and a neck injury, and moved into handball coaching. She coached the Montenegrin junior team. She then moved to China and coached their youth, junior and senior teams. During her reign, the Chinese junior team reached the last 16 of the IHF Women’s Junior World Championship, for the first time in 33 years. She has also coached at club level with the Hungarian team, Alba Fehervar. She was the Montenegro's coach at the 2024 European handball championships.[1]

Despite her success at handball, her original sport was judo. As a junior, she won the Serbia and Montenegro national championship.[1] She signed her first professional contract at 16, for Budućnost.[1] She played for them for her entire career.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i "This is me: Suzana Lazovic". www.eurohandball.com. Retrieved 14 December 2024.
  2. ^ "XX Women's World Championship 2011; Brazil – Team Roster Montenegro" (PDF). International Handball Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 December 2011. Retrieved 10 December 2011.
  3. ^ "2014 European Championship Roster" (PDF). EHF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 December 2014. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
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