Brigita Bukovec

Brigita Bukovec (born May 21, 1970 in Ljubljana ) is a former Slovenian athlete and Olympic medalist.

From 1989 to 1991 Brigita Bukovec won the Yugoslav championship in the 100-meter hurdles three times in a row . In 1992 she was the first Slovenian champion after independence. In 1993 and 1997 she was again national champion.

At the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona, ​​Bukovec was eliminated in the semifinals. She reached her first big final in the adult division in 1993 at the World Indoor Championships in Toronto , where she finished seventh. In 1994 at the European Championships in Helsinki she missed a medal in fourth place in 13.01 seconds by just 0.08 seconds, but won the Goodwill Games . In 1995 she won bronze at the Indoor World Championships in Barcelona in 7.93 seconds, just a hundredth of a second behind Cuban Aliuska López in first place and Kazakh Olga Schischigina in second place.

At the European Indoor Championships in Stockholm in 1996, Bukovec was runner-up in 7.90 s again a hundredth of a second behind the winner, this time it was French Patricia Girard . In the outdoor season she also won the silver medal in 12.59 s at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta behind the Swede Ludmila Engquist and ahead of Patricia Girard. In 1997 in Athens Bukovec succeeded with the fourth place in 12.69 s her best placement at world championships. At the European Championships in Budapest in 1998, Bukovec won the silver medal behind Bulgarian Swetla Dimitrova in 12.65 seconds . With fourth place in 7.92 s at the World Indoor Championships in Maebashi in 1999 , Brigita Bukovec was in a grand final for the last time, ten years after her bronze medal at the European Junior Championships in 1989.

Her best time of 12.59 s in Atlanta in 1996 means a Slovenian national record. With a height of 1.68 m, her competition weight was 62 kg.

literature

• Peter Matthews (Ed.): Athletics 2000. Surbiton 2000, ISBN 1-899807-07-1

Web links

• Brigita Bukovec in the database of World Athletics (English)