Jasna Šekarić
Jasna Šekarić (Serbian Cyrillic: Јасна Шекарић; born 17 December 1965) is a Serbian sport shooter. She has won a total of five Olympic medals: one gold, three silvers and one bronze.[1] She has also won three World Championship gold medals in the 10 m air pistol. In 1992, she lost the Olympic gold medal to Marina Logvinenko despite having the same score. She is one of only six shooters (by 2012) to compete in at least seven Olympic Games.
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| Nationality | Serbian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 17 December 1965 Belgrade, SR Serbia, Yugoslavia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 68 kg (150 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Yugoslavia (1985–1991) Independent Olympic Participants (1992)%253B_Flag_of_Serbia_and_Montenegro_(2003%E2%80%932006).svg.png.webp){kind=small} FR Yugoslavia/Serbia and Montenegro (1993–2006) Serbia (2006–) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Shooting | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Air pistol Rapid fire pistol | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Personal life
She was born in Belgrade, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia and grew up in Osijek, SR Croatia, then part of Yugoslavia, where she began to practice shooting. In the school competitions, she first competed with a rifle and achieved a decent place at the regional championships. She later began to use a pistol. In 1990 she moved to Belgrade, where she had a successful year in sports at a private level. She is divorced and has two children, Lea (Леа) and Luka (Лука).[2]
Career
She was named several times was the best sportswoman and shooter in the SFR Yugoslavia, Croatia, FRY, Serbia and Montenegro and Serbia. In 1988 and 1994 she received a Golden Badge of the Sport award for Yugoslavia's best athlete.[3] In the 2008 games, she was the country's flag bearer at the opening ceremonies. Jasna is listed in the golden book of sport shooting as the only shooter participating at five Olympic Games while being a finalist in all five.
Despite having never changed nationality, Šekarić has competed under four flags at her six Olympics. She competed for Yugoslavia at the 1988 Olympics. In 1992, since Yugoslavia was under UN sanctions, she (and fifty other Serbians, Montenegrins, and Macedonians) competed as Independent Olympic Participants. Her next two Olympics were under the flag of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (the red star was removed from SFRY's flag). In 2004 she competed representing Serbia and Montenegro, which had the same flag as FR Yugoslavia, and she finally competed for Serbia in 2008.[1] Another athlete to compete under four different flags is Serbian-American table tennis player Ilija Lupulesku, but he changed nationality in the process.[4]
Olympic results
| Event | 1988 | 1992 | 1996 | 2000 | 2004 | 2008 | 2012 |
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| 25 meter pistol |  Bronze591+95 |
6th 583+93 |
6th 580+100.4 |
17th 577 |
9th 579 |
21st 578 |
18th 579 |
| 10 meter air pistol |  Gold389+100.5 |
 Silver389+97.4 |
4th 384+103.1 |
Silver 388+98.5 |
Silver 387+96.3 |
6th 384+96.9 |
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See also
- List of athletes with the most appearances at Olympic Games
- List of flag bearers for Serbia at the Olympics
- 2008 Summer Olympics national flag bearers
References
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Jasna Šekarić". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 1 April 2010.
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 22 January 2015. Retrieved 22 January 2015.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- DSL Sport awards Archived 3 February 2015 at the Wayback Machine
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Ilija Lupulesku". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 11 September 2015.
External links
- Jasna Šekarić at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Jasna Šekarić at the International Shooting Sport Federation
- Official website
| Records | ||
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Preceded by Anke Schumann Svetlana Smirnova |
Women's 10m air pistol final world record holder 1987 – 1989 1996 – 1998 |
Succeeded by Lieselotte Breker Svetlana Smirnova |
| Awards | ||
| Preceded by Mateja Svet Igor Miladinović |
The Best Athlete of Yugoslavia 1988 1994 |
Succeeded by Dragomir Bečanović Aleksandar Đorđević |
| Preceded by Mateja Svet |
Yugoslav Sportswoman of the Year 1988 |
Succeeded by Mateja Svet |
| Preceded by Biserka Perman |
Croatian Sportswoman of the Year 1986–1989 |
Succeeded by Biljana Petrović |
| Olympic Games | ||
| Preceded by Dejan Bodiroga (for Serbia and Montenegro) |
Flagbearer for Serbia 2008 Beijing |
Succeeded by Novak Djokovic |
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