- Jasna Šekarić
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Jasna Šekarić ( _sr. Јасна Шекарић, née "Brajković" (Брајковић); born
December 17 ,1965 inOsijek , SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia now Croatia) is aSerbia n/Yugoslav sport shooter. She has won one Olympic gold medal and three World Championships in the 10 m air pistol. In1992 , she lost the Olympic gold despite having the same score as winnerMarina Logvinenko .Šekarić was elected world's best shooter of the year thrice (
1990 ,1994 and2005 ), and the International Shooting Sport Federation awarded her the title of “Shooter of the Millennium” in2000 . 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 number of 90 medals in major competitions: Olympic Games, European and World Championships, World Cups, and Mediterranean Games. In the 2008 games, she will be the country's flag bearer at the opening ceremonies. [ [http://www.setimes.com/cocoon/setimes/xhtml/en_GB/features/setimes/features/2008/07/29/feature-03 Serbia to participate in Olympics as an independent state]
Southeast European Times ,29 July ,2008 ]Olympic results
External links
* [http://www.issfnews.com/default.asp?file=whoiswho&event=&wiwmode=namenat&shtrid=19153 Šekarić's profile at ISSF NEWS]
* [http://jasnasekaric.com/home.html Jasna Šekarić Official Internet Site]References
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