Marija Šestak Explained

Birth Date:17 April 1979
Weight:59kg (130lb)
Country:Slovenia
Sport:Athletics
Event:Triple jump

Marija Šestak (Serbian: Марија Шестак; born Martinović, Мартиновић) is a Serbian-born Slovenian triple jumper.

Marija Martinović was born on 17 April 1979 in Kragujevac (at the time SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia). She is married to Slovenian 400 metres runner Matija Šestak. She was granted Slovenian citizenship on 13 July 2006.

Her personal best jump is 15.08 metres, achieved on 13 February 2008 in Athens. This is the current national record for Slovenia, beating the seven-year-old record of Anja Valant.[1] She also has 6.50 metres in the long jump.

Achievements

Representing /
1996World Junior ChampionshipsSydney, Australia20th (q)12.57 m (+1.7 m/s)
1997Bari, Italy7th13.23 m
Ljubljana, Slovenia2nd13.54 m
Catania, Italy(q)13.15 m
1998Annecy, France3rd13.47 m (+0.4 m/s)
1999European U23 ChampionshipsGothenburg, Sweden8th13.14 m (+1.3 m/s)
2001Amsterdam, Netherlands2nd13.72 m (0.0 m/s)
Radès, Tunisia2nd13.97 m (w)
2002Vienna, Austria6th14.00 m
2003Daegu, South Korea8th13.12 m
Representing
2006Stuttgart, Germany5th14.32 m
2007Osaka, Japan3rd14.72 m
2008Valencia, Spain2nd14.68 m
Beijing, China4th15.03 m (NR)
2009Turin, Italy2nd14.60 m
Berlin, Germany25th (q)13.69 m
2011Daegu, South Korea21st (q)13.87 m
2012World Indoor ChampionshipsIstanbul, Turkey9th (q)14.05 m
London, United Kingdom11th13.98 m

Notes and References

  1. News: Michalis . Nikitardis . Sestak’s 15.08m the biggest surprise of four world indoor season leads in "Athina 2008". IAAF.org . 4 June 2007 . 2007-06-05 .