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Jasna Šekarić

Jasna Šekarić
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Medal record
Women's Shooting
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1988 Seoul 10 m Air Pistol
Silver medal – second place 1992 Barcelona 10 m Air Pistol
Silver medal – second place 2000 Sydney 10 m Air Pistol
Silver medal – second place 2004 Athens 10 m Air Pistol
Bronze medal – third place 1988 Seoul 25 m Pistol
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1987 Budapest 10 m Air pistol
Gold medal – first place 1990 Moscow 10 m Air pistol
Gold medal – first place 1994 Milan 10 m Air pistol
Silver medal – second place 1989 Sarajevo 10 m Air pistol
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 1986 Espoo 10 m Air pistol
Gold medal – first place 1991 Manchester 10 m Air pistol
Gold medal – first place 1992 Budapest 10 m Air pistol
Gold medal – first place 1996 Budapest 10 m Air pistol
Gold medal – first place 2005 Belgrade 25 m Pistol
Silver medal – second place 1989 Copenhagen 10 m Air pistol
Silver medal – second place 1989 Zagreb 25 m Pistol
Silver medal – second place 1990 Arnhem 10 m Air pistol
Bronze medal – third place 1994 Strasbourg 10 m Air pistol
Bronze medal – third place 1999 Arnhem 10 m Air pistol
Bronze medal – third place 2001 Zagreb 25 m Pistol
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place 1991 Athens 25 m Pistol
Gold medal – first place 1991 Athens 10 m Air pistol
Gold medal – first place 1997 Bari 25 m Pistol
Gold medal – first place 2005 Almería 25 m Pistol
Silver medal – second place 2009 Pescara 25 m Pistol
Bronze medal – third place 1997 Bari 10 m Air pistol
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Pescara 10 m Air Pistol
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Mersin 25 m Pistol

Jasna Šekarić (Serbian Cyrillic: Јасна Шекарић, née Brajković / Брајковић; born 17 December 1965) is a Serbian sport shooter. She has won a total of five Olympic medals: one gold, three silvers and one bronze. She has also won three World Championship gold medals in the 10 m air pistol. In 1992, she lost the Olympic gold medal to Marina Logvinenko despite having the same score. She is one of only six shooters (by 2012) to compete in at least seven Olympic Games.

She was born in Belgrade, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia and grew up in Osijek, SR Croatia, then part of Yugoslavia, where she began to practice shooting. In the school competitions, she first competed with a rifle and achieved a decent place at the regional championships. She later began to use a pistol. In 1990 she moved to Belgrade, where she had a successful year in sports at a private level. She is divorced and has two children, Lea (Леа) and Luka (Лука).

She was named several times was the best sportswoman and shooter in the SFR Yugoslavia, Croatia, FRY, Serbia and Montenegro and Serbia. In 1988 and 1994 she received a Golden Badge of the Sport award for Yugoslavia's best athlete. In the 2008 games, she was the country's flag bearer at the opening ceremonies. Jasna is listed in the golden book of sport shooting as the only shooter participating at five Olympic Games while being a finalist in all five.


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