Mirna Jukić

Mirna Jukić
Mirna Jukić
Personal information
Full name Mirna Jukić
Nationality  Austria
Born 9 April 1986 (1986-04-09) (age 25)
Novi Sad, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Stroke(s) Breaststroke

Mirna Jukić (born 9 April 1986) is an retired former Austrian swimmer of Croatian origin who won a bronze medal in both short course and long course at the world championships in swimming. She is trained by her father Željko Jukić, a former basketball player. She has had numerous European and World championship successes.

Jukić was born in Novi Sad (Serbia, then SFR Yugoslavia) and grew up in Vukovar, Croatia. In November 1991, the family moved to Zagreb, and her father started training her at Mladost in 1996. Her brother, Dinko Jukić, with whom she was trained early on, also became an international-level swimmer. In the autumn of 1999, the family moved to Vienna, Austria, and the same year Mirna became an Austrian citizen. Her brother became an Austrian citizen in 2000, while the parents remained Croatian citizens.[3]

At the 2008 Olympics Jukić garnered a bronze medal in the 100 m breaststroke (1:07.34); she also swam the 200 m breaststroke. At the 2009 World Aquatics Championships she won the bronze medal in the 200 meters breaststroke final with a time of 2:21.97.

In January 2010, Mirna Jukić was the host of the Croatian team in Graz for the 2010 European Men's Handball Championship.[4]

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Awards
Preceded by
Stephanie Graf
Austria Austrian Sportswoman of the year
2002
Succeeded by
Michaela Dorfmeister
Preceded by
Nicole Hosp
Austria Austrian Sportswoman of the year
2008–2009
Succeeded by
Andrea Fischbacher



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