Tatjana Jelača

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Tatjana Jelača

Personal information

Nationality

Born

Height

1.79 m (5 ft 10 ¹⁄₂ in)

Weight

85 kg (187 lb)

Sport

Country

Sport

Athletics

Event(s)

Achievements and titles

Personal best(s)

Javelin - 62.68 m (NR)

Medal record

Mediterranean Games
Silver	2013 Mersin	Javelin throw
World Junior Championships
Bronze	2008 Bydgoszcz	Javelin throw
European Junior Championships
Gold	2009 Novi Sad	Javelin throw
European Youth Olympic Festival
Gold	2007 Belgrade	Javelin throw

Tatjana Jelača (Serbian Cyrillic: Татјана Јелача, born 10 August 1990) is a Serbian javelin thrower.

Career

She won the bronze medal at the 2008 World Junior Championships and gold medal at the 2009 European Junior Championships. She also competed at the 2008 Olympic Games without reaching the final round, and qualified for 2012 Olympic Games.

At the 2011 World Championships she failed to qualify for the final, finishing at the 24th place in the qualifications.

At the 2010 European Championships she won a 12th place and at the 2012 European Championships she won a 7th place.

Her personal best throw is 60.89 metres, achieved July 15, 2012 in Sremska Mitrovica. That is also a current Serbian national record. ^[1]

Jelača received the award for the best Serbian young athlete in 2009.

Event	Performance	Date	Location	Notes
Javelin throw	62.68 m	16 August 2013	Moscow, Russia	NR

Representing Serbia
2007	World Youth Championships	Ostrava, Czech Republic	6th	48.12 m
2007	European Youth Olympic Festival	Belgrade, Serbia	1st	51.80 m
2008	European Cup Winter Throwing (U23)	Split, Croatia	7th	48.21 m
	World Junior Championships	Bydgoszcz, Poland	3rd	58.77 m
	Olympic Games	Beijing, China	53rd	NM
2009	European Cup Winter Throwing (U23)	Tenerife, Spain	3rd	54.14 m
2009	European Junior Championships	Novi Sad, Serbia	1st	60.35 m
2010	European Cup Winter Throwing (U23)	Arles, France	2nd	56.26 m
2010	European Championships	Barcelona, Spain	12th	52.13 m
2011	World Championships	Daegu, South Korea	24th (q)	56.68 m
2011	European Championships U23	Ostrava, Czech Republic	7th	55.44 m
2012	European Championships	Helsinki, Finland	7th	57.58 m
2012	Olympic Games	London, United Kingdom	26th (q)	57.09 m
2013	Mediterranean Games	Mersin, Turkey	2nd	57.88 m
2013	World Championships	Moscow, Russia	9th	60.81 m

↑ "Jelača oborila državni rekord". b92.net. 15 July 2012. Retrieved 15 July 2012.

Awards
Preceded by Ivana Španović	The Best Young Athlete of Serbia 2009	Succeeded by Olivera and Nikolina Moldovan

Persondata
Name	Jelaca, Tatjana
Alternative names
Short description	Athletics (sport) competitor
Date of birth	10 August 1990
Place of birth	Sremska Mitrovica, SR Serbia, Yugoslavia
Date of death
Place of death

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