Marija Šestak ( sr-cyrl, Марија Шестак; born ''Martinović'', Мартиновић) is a

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triple jump The triple jump, sometimes referred to as the hop, step and jump or the hop, skip and jump, is a track and field event, similar to the long jump. As a group, the two events are referred to as the "horizontal jumps". The competitor runs down th ...

er. Marija Martinović was born on 17 April 1979 in Kragujevac (at the time

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, SFR Yugoslavia). She is married to Slovenian 400 metres runner Matija Šestak. She was granted Slovenian citizenship on 13 July 2006. Her personal best jump is 15.08 metres, achieved on 13 February 2008 in

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. This is the current national record for Slovenia, beating the seven-year-old record of Anja Valant. She also has 6.50 metres in the

long jump The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a takeoff point. Along with the triple jump, the two events that measure jumping for distance as a ...

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* 1979 births Living people Slovenian female triple jumpers Serbian female triple jumpers Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Slovenia Olympic athletes for Serbia and Montenegro Sportspeople from Kragujevac Slovenian people of Serbian descent World Athletics Championships athletes for Slovenia Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Serbia and Montenegro Athletes (track and field) at the 2001 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics Competitors at the 1997 Summer Universiade Competitors at the 2003 Summer Universiade Serbia and Montenegro female athletes Naturalized citizens of Slovenia Naturalised sports competitors {{Yugoslavia-athletics-bio-stub