Bojana Bjeljac
Bojana Bjeljac at 2017 World Athletics Championships
Personal information
NationalityCroatian
Born (1989-04-10) 10 April 1989 (age 34)
Novi Grad, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia[1]
Sport
SportLong-distance running
Event(s)Marathon, half-marathon
College teamAK Dinamo

Bojana Bjeljac (born 10 April 1989) is a Croatian long distance runner.[2] She competed in the women's marathon at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics.[3] In 2017, she won Vienna Half-Marathon and Ferarra Marathon. Those were her first international victories in half-marathon and marathon.[4] In 2019, she competed in the women's marathon at the 2019 World Athletics Championships held in Doha, Qatar.[5] She did not finish her race.[5]

Her marathon personal best is 2:31:26, set in the 2019 Hannover Marathon.[6] As of 2019, she holds national records over 5000 (15:43.73)[7] and 10,000 m (33:08.1).[8]

References

  1. ^ "HRVATSKA MARATONKA I NJEZIN TRENER MEĐU GOSTIMA NA KROSU SN-A 'Pobjeđivala sam na tjelesnom, ali me nitko nije usmjerio prema trčanju' - Sportske Novosti". sportske.jutarnji.hr. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
  2. ^ "Bojana Bjeljac". IAAF. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
  3. ^ "Marathon women". IAAF. Retrieved 6 August 2017.
  4. ^ Bojana Bjeljac winner of Ferrara Marathon AK Dinamo. Published 19 March 2017 Retrieved 28 August 2017
  5. ^ a b "Marathon Women − Final − Results" (PDF). IAAF. 28 September 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 September 2019. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
  6. ^ "Uspješan nastup Bojane Bjeljac u maratonu i Kristine Hendel polumaratonu". has.hr (in Croatian). Croatian Athletics Federation. 7 April 2019. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
  7. ^ "Rekord Bojane Bjeljac na 5000 m". has.hr (in Croatian). Croatian Athletics Federation. 30 May 2019. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
  8. ^ "Bojana Bjeljac osvojila naslov i postavila novi hrvatski rekord". Večernji list (in Croatian). 31 March 2019. Retrieved 30 May 2019.

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