Marija Šestak

Medal record
Marija Šestak
Women's Athletics
Competitor for  Yugoslavia
European U23 Championships
Silver	2001 Amsterdam	Triple jump
Mediterranean Games
Silver	2001 Tunis	Triple jump
World Junior Championships
Bronze	1998 Annecy	Triple jump
European Junior Championships
Silver	1997 Ljubljana	Triple jump
Competitor for  Slovenia
World indoor championships
Bronze	2008 Valencia	Triple jump
European Indoor Championships
Silver	2009 Turin	Triple jump

Marija Šestak (Марија Шестак) (born Martinović, Мартиновић) (born 17 April 1979 in Kragujevac, SR Serbia, Yugoslavia) is a Slovenian triple jumper. She switched nationality from Serbia on 13 July 2006.

Her personal best jump is 15.08 metres, achieved on 13 February 2008 in Athens. This is the current national record for Slovenia, beating the seven-year-old record of Anja Valant.^[1] Her 14.52 metres jump, achieved on 11 July 2006 in Lausanne, stands as the national record for Serbia.^[2] She also has 6.50 metres in the long jump.

She is married to Slovenian 400 metres runner Matija Šestak.

Achievements

Year	Tournament	Venue	Result	Extra
Representing  Yugoslavia /  Serbia and Montenegro
1997	European Junior Championships	Ljubljana, Slovenia	2nd	13.54 m
1998	World Junior Championships	Annecy, France	3rd	13.47 m
2001	European U23 Championships	Amsterdam, Netherlands	2nd	13.72 m
	Mediterranean Games	Radès, Tunisia	2nd	13.97 m (w)
2002	European Indoor Championships	Vienna, Austria	6th	14.00 m
Representing  Slovenia
2006	World Athletics Final	Stuttgart, Germany	5th
2007	World Championships	Osaka, Japan	5th	14.72 m
2008	World Indoor Championships	Valencia, Spain	3rd	14.68 m
	Olympic Games	Beijing, China	6th	15.03 m (NR)
2009	European Indoor Championships	Turin, Italy	2nd	14.60 m
	World Championships	Berlin, Germany	25th (q)	13.69 m

References

• IAAF profile for Marija Šestak

1. ^ Nikitardis, Michalis (4 June 2007). "Sestak’s 15.08m the biggest surprise of four world indoor season leads in "Athina 2008"". IAAF.org. http://www.iaaf.org/WIC08/news/kind=100/newsid=43363.html. Retrieved 2007-06-05. 
2. ^ National Records - top 30 countries in women's triple jump - The Athletics Site

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Name	Sestak, Marija
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Date of birth	17 April 1979
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