Blanka Vlašić

Blanka Vlašić

Blanka Vlašić
Personal information
Born	(1983-11-08) 8 November 1983 (age 33) Split, SR Croatia, Yugoslavia
Residence	Split, Croatia
Height	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight	75 kg (165 lb)
Sport
Country	Croatia
Coached by	Joško Vlašić Bojan Marinović
Achievements and titles
World finals	1st (Osaka, 2007) 1st (Berlin, 2009)
Olympic finals	2nd (Beijing, 2008) 3rd (Rio de Janeiro, 2016)
Personal best(s)	High jump (outdoor): 2.08 m (NR) High jump (indoor): 2.06 m (NR)
Medal record Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 0 1 1 World Championships 2 2 0 World Indoor Championships 2 1 1 European Championships 1 0 0 European Indoor Championships 0 0 0 Total 5 4 2 Olympic Games 2008 Beijing High jump 2016 Rio de Janeiro High jump World Championships 2007 Osaka High jump 2009 Berlin High jump 2011 Daegu High jump 2015 Beijing High jump World Indoor Championships 2008 Valencia High jump 2010 Doha High jump 2006 Moscow High jump 2004 Budapest High jump World Athletics Final 2007 Stuttgart High jump 2008 Stuttgart High jump 2009 Thessaloniki High jump European Championships 2010 Barcelona High jump European U23 Championships 2003 Bydgoszcz High jump Mediterranean Games 2001 Tunis High jump World Junior Championships 2000 Santiago High jump 2002 Kingston High jump Representing Europe Continental Cup 2010 Split High jump
Updated on 20 August 2016.

Blanka Vlašić (Croatian pronunciation: [ˈblaːŋka ˈʋlaʃitɕ]) (born 8 November 1983) is a Croatian athlete who specialises in the high jump. She is the Croatian record holder in the event, and the former indoor World Champion. The daughter of Croatian decathlon record holder Joško Vlašić, she was a talented junior athlete and attended her first Olympic Games in 2000 Sydney at the age of sixteen. She won the World Junior Championships in Athletics in both 2000 and 2002. Vlašić broke her national record in 2004 and also won her first world senior medal at the World Indoor Championships that year. A hyperthyroid condition hindered her second Olympic appearance in Athens and she spent the 2005 season recuperating from surgery.

She returned in 2006, taking the silver at the World Indoor Championships. The 2007 season signalled a strong run of form: she won at the 2007 World Championships, became the indoor world champion in 2008 and her winning streak came to an end with a narrow loss at the Beijing Olympics, where she took silver. She became World Champion for a second time in 2009. She ranks second in the all-time high jump rankings, behind Stefka Kostadinova. Her awards also including the IAAF World Athlete of the Year 2010 and European Athlete of the Year Trophy (2007, 2010).