Jasna Šekarić

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Women's shooting
Olympic medal record
Competitor for Yugoslavia
Gold	1988 Seoul	10 m Air Pistol
Bronze	1988 Seoul	25 m Pistol
Competed as Independent Olympic Participant
Silver	1992 Barcelona	10 m Air Pistol
Competitor for Yugoslavia
Silver	2000 Sydney	10 m Air Pistol
Competitor for Serbia and Montenegro
Silver	2004 Athens	10 m Air Pistol

Jasna Šekarić (Serbian Cyrillic Јасна Шекарић, née Brajković/Брајковић) (born in Osijek, Croatia (then in Yugoslavia), on December 17, 1965) is a sport shooter, representing Serbia. She has won one Olympic gold medal and three World Championships in 10 m Air Pistol. In 1992, she lost the Olympic gold despite having the same score as winner Marina Logvinenko.

Šekarić was elected world’s best shooter of the year thrice (1990, 1994 and 2005), and the International Shooting Sport Federation awarded her the title of “Shooter of the Millennium” in 2000. Furthermore she was a three-time world champion (Budapest 1987, Sarajevo 1989, and Milan 1994). Apart from that, she was a four-time European champion in the individual competitions (Espoo 1986; Manchester 1991, Budapest 1992, Budapest 1996, and Belgrade 2005).

Šekarić triumphed six times in the World Cup Finals and won six “Crystal Globes” – one in the sport pistol (1988) and five in the air pistol (1990, 1996, 1997, and 2005). In the 1996 World Cup Finals she first equalled the world record with 392, and then bettered it to 492.7. She won a total numer of 90 medals in major competitions: Olympic Games, European and World Championships, World Cups, and Mediterranean Games.