Marija Vuković

Marija Vuković
	Vuković in 2022
Personal information
Nationality	Montenegrin
Born	21 January 1992 (age 32); Knin, Croatia
Height	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)
Sport
Country	Montenegro
Sport	Athletics
Event	High jump
Achievements and titles
Olympic finals	2020 Tokyo; High jump, 9th;
Personal bests	High jump: 1.97 m (6 ft 5+1⁄2 in) NR (Smederevo 2021); Indoors; High jump: 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) NR (Banská Bystrica 2022);
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing Montenegro
European Championships
Games of the Small States of Europe
World Junior Championships
European Junior Championships

Marija Vuković (Montenegrin: Марија Вуковић; born 21 January 1992) is a Montenegrin athlete specializing in the high jump. She won Montenegro's first ever European Athletics Championship medal with silver in the high jump at Munich 2022.^[1]

As a 17-year-old Vuković was the 2009 European Junior Championship silver medallist. By winning the 2010 World Junior Championships, she became her country's first ever medallist in a global athletics competition.

Biography

Marija Vuković was born in Knin, the then-capital of unrecognized Republic of Serbian Krajina. In 1995 her family settled as refugees in Cetinje.^[2]

She won the silver medal in high jump competition at the 2009 European Junior Championships in Novi Sad, Serbia, and gold at the 2010 World Junior Championships held in Moncton, Canada, which was the first medal won by a Montenegrin athlete in global competition.^[3]

Vuković competed at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and finished ninth.

Her personal bests are: 1.97 m (6 ft 5+1⁄2 in) in the high jump (Smederevo 2021, NR), 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) in the indoor high jump (Banská Bystrica 2022, NR), and 11.55 m (37 ft 10+1⁄2 in) in the triple jump (+1.0 m/s, Bar 2008, NU18R NU20R).

Competition record

Representing Montenegro
Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Notes
2007	World Youth Championships	Ostrava, Czech Republic	26th (q)	1.65 m
2007	Balkan U20 Championships	Kragujevac, Serbia	2nd	1.78 m
2008	World Junior Championships	Bydgoszcz, Poland	18th (q)	1.78 m
2009	Balkan Indoor Championships	Piraeus, Greece	3rd	1.80 m i
	Mediterranean Games	Pescara, Italy	5th	1.75 m
	World Youth Championships	Brixen, Italy	9th	1.75 m
	European Junior Championships	Novi Sad, Serbia	2nd	1.89 m
2010	World Junior Championships	Moncton, Canada	1st	1.91 m
2010	European Championships	Barcelona, Spain	21st (q)	1.87 m
2011	Games of the Small States of Europe	Schaan, Liechtenstein	1st	1.86 m
	European Junior Championships	Tallinn, Estonia	8th	1.81 m
	World Championships	Daegu, South Korea	28th (q)	1.80 m
2013	Balkan Indoor Championships	Istanbul, Turkey	5th	1.74 m i
	Games of the Small States of Europe	Luxembourg, Luxembourg	1st	1.77 m
	Balkan Championships	Stara Zagora, Bulgaria	7th	1.75 m
2015	Balkan Indoor Championships	Istanbul, Turkey	3rd	1.82 m i
	European Indoor Championships	Prague, Czech Republic	20th (q)	1.77 m i
	Games of the Small States of Europe	Reykjavík, Iceland	1st	1.80 m
	European Games^[a]	Baku, Azerbaijan	1st	1.86 m
	Universiade	Gwangju, South Korea	4th	1.80 m
	Balkan Championships	Pitești, Romania	3rd	1.87 m
2016	Balkan Indoor Championships	Istanbul, Turkey	2nd	1.84 m i
	Balkan Championships	Pitești, Romania	2nd	1.88 m
	European Championships	Amsterdam, Netherlands	18th (q)	1.85 m
2017	Balkan Indoor Championships	Belgrade, Serbia	2nd	1.86 m i
	European Indoor Championships	Belgrade, Serbia	17th (q)	1.86 m i
	Games of the Small States of Europe	Serravalle, San Marino	1st	1.91 m
	European Team Championships Third League	Marsa, Malta	1st	1.90 m
	Balkan Championships	Novi Pazar, Serbia	3rd	1.84 m
	World Championships	London, United Kingdom	21st (q)	1.85 m
	Universiade	Taipei, Taiwan	4th	1.88 m
2018	Balkan Indoor Championships	Istanbul, Turkey	2nd	1.89 m i
	Championships of the Small States of Europe	Schaan, Liechtenstein	1st	1.86 m
	Balkan Championships	Stara Zagora, Bulgaria	5th	1.80 m
	European Championships	Berlin, Germany	18th (q)	1.81 m
2019	Balkan Indoor Championships	Istanbul, Turkey	2nd	1.92 m i
	European Indoor Championships	Glasgow, United Kingdom	13th (q)	1.89 m i
	Games of the Small States of Europe	Bar, Montenegro	1st	1.86 m
	European Team Championships Third League	Skopje, North Macedonia	1st	1.84 m
	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	18th (q)	1.85 m
2020	Balkan Indoor Championships	Istanbul, Turkey	2nd	1.88 m i
2020	Balkan Championships	Cluj-Napoca, Romania	4th	1.84 m
2021	Balkan Indoor Championships	Istanbul, Turkey	1st	1.90 m i
	European Indoor Championships	Toruń, Poland	7th	1.92 m i
	Championships of the Small States of Europe	Serravalle, San Marino	1st	1.86 m
	European Team Championships Third League	Limassol, Cyprus	1st	1.90 m
	Balkan Championships	Smederevo, Serbia	1st	1.97 m PB
	Olympic Games	Tokyo, Japan	9th	1.96 m
2022	Balkan Indoor Championships	Istanbul, Turkey	2nd	1.90 m
	World Indoor Championships	Belgrade, Serbia	4th	1.95 m i
	Mediterranean Games	Oran, Algeria	1st	1.92 m
	World Championships	Eugene, OR, United States	14th (q)	1.90 m
	European Championships	Munich, Germany	2nd	1.95 m
2023	European Indoor Championships	Istanbul, Turkey	10th (q)	1.87 m i
2023	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary	25th (q)	1.85 m
2024	European Championships	Rome, Italy	–	NM
2024	Championships of the Small States of Europe	Gibraltar	2nd	1.77 m