Ivana Brkljačić
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Ivana Brkljačić (born 25 January 1983 in Villingen-Schwenningen, Germany) is a Croatian hammer thrower.
She achieved good results as a teenager, winning the World Junior Championships twice and finishing 11th in the 2000 Olympic finals at the age of 17. In the hammer throw contest at the 2004 Olympics she missed qualification to the final round by 6 centimetres.
Her personal best throw is 71.34 metres.
[edit] Achievements
| Year | Tournament | Venue | Result | Extra |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | World Youth Championships | Bydgoszcz, Poland | 3rd | |
| 2000 | Olympic Games | Sydney, Australia | 11th | |
| World Junior Championships | Santiago, Chile | 1st | ||
| 2001 | World Championships | Edmonton, Canada | 8th | |
| 2002 | World Junior Championships | Kingston, Jamaica | 1st | |
| 2006 | World Athletics Final | Stuttgart, Germany | 4th |
[edit] External link
- IAAF profile for Ivana Brkljačić
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