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Marina Munćan
Марина Мунћан

Munćan at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Personal information
Nationality	Serbian
Born	(1982-11-06) 6 November 1982 (age 42) Pančevo, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
Height	1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight	44 kg (97 lb)
Sport
Sport	Track
Event(s)	800 metres, 1500 metres
College team	Villanova
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	800 metres: 2:02.86 1500 metres: 4:06.48 Mile: 4:31.52
Medal record Representing  Yugoslavia European Youth Olympic Festival 1999 Esbjerg 3000m Representing  Serbia Universiade 2009 Belgrade 1500m

Marina Munćan (Serbian Cyrillic: Марина Мунћан; born 6 November 1982, in Pančevo) is a Serbian former professional middle distance runner who specialised in the 1500 metres. She represented Serbia at the 2012 Summer Olympics. She holds multiple Serbian records. She is now the Head Cross Country and Assistant Track and Field Coach for Claremont-Mudd-Scripps, in Claremont, CA.

Running career

Collegiate

Munćan attended Villanova, for which she ran track and cross country. In addition to finishing in first place in various Big East middle-distance track races, Munćan earned 11 Big East Conference track and field championship titles, she earned 9 NCAA Division 1 All-American awards for NCAA Track championships in 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006.

Post collegiate

She represented Serbia at the World Championships in 2007 and 2009 and European Championships in 2010 and 2012. At the 2009 Summer Universiade she won a gold medal in 1500 m with a time 4:15:53 minutes. She ran the women's 1500-m race at the 2012 Summer Olympics, barely missing qualification to the semifinal round recording a time of 4:11.25.

Major competition record

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing  Serbia and Montenegro
2000	World Cross Country Championships	Vilamoura, Portugal	88th	Junior race	24:06
2001	European Junior Championships	Grosseto, Italy	12th (h)	1500 m	4:25.21
2003	European U23 Championships	Bydgoszcz, Poland	8th	1500 m	4:15.32
2005	Mediterranean Games	Almería, Spain	9th	1500 m	4:15.56
Representing  Serbia
2007	European Indoor Championships	Birmingham, United Kingdom	9th	1500 m	4:14.60
	Universiade	Bangkok, Thailand	5th	1500 m	4:12.56
	World Championships	Osaka, Japan	7th (sf)	1500 m	4:08.02
2009	European Indoor Championships	Turin, Italy	8th	1500 m	4:20.01
	Universiade	Belgrade, Serbia	1st	1500 m	4:14.13
	World Championships	Berlin, Germany	34th (h)	1500 m	4:15.18
2010	European Championships	Barcelona, Spain	21st (h)	1500 m	4:19.32
2011	European Indoor Championships	Paris, France	21st (h)	1500 m	4:18.09
2012	European Championships	Helsinki, Finland	10th	1500 m	4:15.63
	Olympic Games	London, United Kingdom	27th (h)	1500 m	4:11.25

Personal bests

References

1. ^ IAAF. "athlete profile for Marina Munca".
2. "Claremont Mudd Scripps". Claremont Mudd Scripps. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
3. Villanova University BIG EAST CHAMPIONS through 2019 Villanova Wildcats
4. Villanova University All-Americans through 2019 Villanova Wildcats
5. Villanova Athletics. "Marina Muncan profile".

External links

• Marina Munćan at World Athletics
• Marina Munćan at European Athletics
• Marina Muncan at All-Athletics
• Marina Munćan at Olympedia (archive)
• Marina Munćan at Olympics.com
• Marina Munćan at the Olimpijski Komitet Srbije (in Serbian)

• 1982 births
• Living people
• Sportspeople from Pančevo
• Serbian female middle-distance runners
• Yugoslav female middle-distance runners
• Olympic athletes for Serbia
• Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics
• Villanova Wildcats women's track and field athletes
• Serbia and Montenegro female athletes
• Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field)
• FISU World University Games gold medalists for Serbia
• Competitors at the 2007 Summer Universiade
• Medalists at the 2009 Summer Universiade
• Athletes (track and field) at the 2005 Mediterranean Games
• Mediterranean Games competitors for Serbia and Montenegro
• 21st-century Serbian women