Marija Vuković (; born 21 January 1992) is a Montenegrin athlete specializing in the

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. She won Montenegro's first ever European Athletics Championship medal with silver in the high jump at Munich 2022. As a 17-year-old Vuković was the 2009 European Junior Championship silver medallist. By winning the 2010 World Junior Championships, she became her country's first ever medallist in a global athletics competition.

Biography

Marija Vuković was born in

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, the then-capital of unrecognized

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. In 1995 her family settled as refugees in

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. She won the silver medal in high jump competition at the 2009 European Junior Championships in

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, Serbia, and gold at the 2010 World Junior Championships held in

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, Canada, which was the first medal won by a Montenegrin athlete in global competition. Vuković competed at the

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and finished ninth. Her personal bests are: in the high jump (

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2021, ), in the indoor high jump (

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2022, ), and in the triple jump (+1.0 m/s,

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2008, ).

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Vukovic, Marija 1992 births Living people Montenegrin female high jumpers Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Montenegro World Athletics Championships athletes for Montenegro Athletes (track and field) at the 2015 European Games European Games competitors for Montenegro Athletes (track and field) at the 2009 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games competitors for Montenegro Competitors at the 2015 Summer Universiade Competitors at the 2017 Summer Universiade Sportspeople from Knin People from the Republic of Serbian Krajina Yugoslav Wars refugees 21st-century Montenegrin sportswomen Athletes (track and field) at the 2022 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Montenegro Mediterranean Games gold medalists in athletics European Athletics Championships medalists Athletes (track and field) at the 2023 European Games Serbs of Montenegro