Kristina Rakočević

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Kristina Rakočević athletics
nation MontenegroMontenegro Montenegro
birthday 13th June 1998 (age 22)
place of birth Serbia and MontenegroSerbia and Montenegro Serbia and Montenegro
size 191 cm
Weight 103 kg
Career
discipline Shot put , discus throw
Best performance 15.44 m, 58.30 m
status active
Medal table
GSSE 2 × gold 1 × silver 1 × bronze
U20 world championships 1 × gold 0 × silver 0 × bronze
U20 European Championships 0 × gold 0 × silver 1 × bronze
U18 world championships 0 × gold 1 × silver 1 × bronze
Logo of the games of the small states of Europe Games of the small states of Europe
gold Serravalle 2017 53.79 m
bronze Serravalle 2017 14.56 m
gold Bar 2019 15.44 m
silver Bar 2019 52.94 m
IAAF logo U20 world championships
gold Bydgoszcz 2016 56.36 m
EAA logo U20 European Championships
bronze Grosseto 2017 53.56 m
IAAF logo Youth World Championships
silver Cali 2015 51.41 m
bronze Cali 2015 17.49 m
last change: May 16, 2020

Kristina Rakočević (born June 13, 1998 ) is a Montenegrin discus thrower and shot putter .

Athletic career

Kristina Rakočević gained her first experience in competitions, international level, at the European Youth Olympic Festival 2013 in Utrecht , where she won the silver medal in the shot put and the gold medal in the discus throw. In 2014 she qualified for the U20 World Championships in Eugene and finished eleventh there. At the Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing , she just barely missed a medal in fourth. In 2015 she won the silver medal in the discus throw and bronze in the shot put at the U18 World Championships in Cali . She also won the European Games in Baku with 14.85 m in the shot put and was second behind the Moldovan Natalia Stratulat in the discus throw with 53.91 m . A year later she qualified for the European Championships in Amsterdam , where she was eliminated with 54.35 m in qualification. Shortly afterwards she won the gold medal with 56.36 m at the U20 World Championships in Bydgoszcz, Poland . In 2017 Rakočević took part in the U20 European Championships in Grosseto and won the bronze medal there. Previously, she won the Games of the Small States of Europe (GSSE) in Serravalle with 53.79 m in the discus throw and won the bronze medal in the shot put with 14.56 m behind the Cypriot Gavriella Fella and Ásdís Hjálmsdóttir from Iceland.

In 2018, Rakočević won the silver medal behind Italian Daisy Osakue at the U23 Mediterranean Championships in Jesolo with 55.11 m and was then eighth at the Mediterranean Games in Tarragona with 56.20 m. She also took part in the European Championships in Berlin again, but did not reach the final with 55.90 m. In the following year she won the games of the small states of Europe in Bar with 15.44 m in the shot put and won the silver medal behind the Cypriot Androniki Lada in the discus competition with 52.94 m before she won the discus throw at the U23 European Championships in Gävle took sixth place with 54.43 m.

Top performances

  • Shot put: 15.44 m, May 30, 2019 in cash ( national record )
    • Shot put (hall): 15.07 m, February 12, 2017 in Istanbul ( national record )
  • Discus throw: 58.30 m, April 16, 2016 in Split ( national record )

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Result list of the U20 European Championships in Grosseto 2017