Jasna Šekarić

Jasna Šekarić (Serbian Cyrillic: Јасна Шекарић; born 17 December 1965) is a Serbian sport shooter, considered as one of the most successful female shooters in ISSF history.^[1] She has won a total of five Olympic medals: one gold, three silvers and one bronze.^[2] She has also won three World Championship gold medals in the 10 m air pistol, in addition to five European Championship gold medals she won in the 10 m air pistol and 25 m 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.

Jasna Šekarić

Personal information
Nationality	Serbian
Born	(1965-12-17) 17 December 1965 (age 58) Belgrade, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	68 kg (150 lb)
Sport
Country	Yugoslavia (1985–1991)  Independent Olympic Participants (1992)  FR Yugoslavia/Serbia and Montenegro (1993–2006)  Serbia (2006–)
Sport	Shooting
Event(s)	Air pistol Rapid fire pistol
Medal record Olympic Games 1988 Seoul 10 m Air Pistol 1992 Barcelona 10 m Air Pistol 2000 Sydney 10 m Air Pistol 2004 Athens 10 m Air Pistol 1988 Seoul 25 m Pistol World Championships 1987 Budapest 10 m Air pistol 1990 Moscow 10 m Air pistol 1994 Milan 10 m Air pistol 2014 Granada 10m air pistol team 1989 Sarajevo 10 m Air pistol European Championships 1986 Espoo 10 m Air pistol 1991 Manchester 10 m Air pistol 1992 Budapest 10 m Air pistol 1996 Budapest 10 m Air pistol 2005 Belgrade 25 m Pistol 1989 Copenhagen 10 m Air pistol 1989 Zagreb 25 m Pistol 1990 Arnhem 10 m Air pistol 1994 Strasbourg 10 m Air pistol 1999 Arnhem 10 m Air pistol 2001 Zagreb 25 m Pistol Mediterranean Games 1991 Athens 25 m Pistol 1991 Athens 10 m Air pistol 1997 Bari 25 m Pistol 2005 Almería 25 m Pistol 2009 Pescara 25 m Pistol 1997 Bari 10 m Air pistol 2009 Pescara 10 m Air Pistol 2013 Mersin 25 m Pistol

Personal life

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).^[3]

Career

She was named several times was the best sportswoman and shooter in the SFR Yugoslavia, Croatia, FR Yugoslavia, Serbia and Montenegro and Serbia. In 1988 and 1994 she received a Golden Badge of the Sport award for Yugoslavia's best athlete.^[4] 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.

Despite having never changed nationality, Šekarić has competed under four flags at her six Olympics. She competed for Yugoslavia at the 1988 Olympics. In 1992, since Yugoslavia was under UN sanctions, she (and fifty other Serbians, Montenegrins, and Macedonians) competed as Independent Olympic Participants. Her next two Olympics were under the flag of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (the red star was removed from SFRY's flag). In 2004 she competed representing Serbia and Montenegro, which had the same flag as FR Yugoslavia, and she finally competed for Serbia in 2008.^[2] Another athlete to compete under four different flags is Serbian-American table tennis player Ilija Lupulesku, but he changed nationality in the process.^[5]

Olympic results

Event	1988	1992	1996	2000	2004	2008	2012
25 meter pistol	Bronze 591+95	6th 583+93	6th 580+100.4	17th 577	9th 579	21st 578	18th 579
10 meter air pistol	Gold 389+100.5	Silver 389+97.4	4th 384+103.1	Silver 388+98.5	Silver 387+96.3	6th 384+96.9	—

See also

• List of athletes with the most appearances at Olympic Games
• List of flag bearers for Serbia at the Olympics
• 2008 Summer Olympics national flag bearers

References

1. "Interview with Jasna Sekaric".
2. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Jasna Šekarić". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 1 April 2010.
3. "Razvela se Jasna Šekarić - Story.rs - Upoznajte poznate". Archived from the original on 22 January 2015. Retrieved 22 January 2015.
4. DSL Sport awards Archived 3 February 2015 at the Wayback Machine^{[page needed]}
5. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Ilija Lupulesku". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 11 September 2015.

External links

• Official website
• Jasna Šekarić at the International Shooting Sport Federation
• Jasna Šekarić at Olympedia
• Jasna Šekarić at Olympics.com
• Jasna Šekarić at the Olimpijski Komitet Srbije (former profile) (in Serbian)

Records
Preceded by Anke Schumann Svetlana Smirnova	Women's 10m air pistol final world record holder 1987 – 1989 1996 – 1998	Succeeded by Lieselotte Breker Svetlana Smirnova
Awards
Preceded by Mateja Svet Igor Miladinović	The Best Athlete of Yugoslavia 1988 1994	Succeeded by Dragomir Bečanović Aleksandar Đorđević
Preceded by Mateja Svet	Yugoslav Sportswoman of the Year 1988	Succeeded by Mateja Svet
Preceded by Biserka Perman	Croatian Sportswoman of the Year 1986–1989	Succeeded by Biljana Petrović
Olympic Games
Preceded by Dejan Bodiroga (for  Serbia and Montenegro)	Flagbearer for  Serbia 2008 Beijing	Succeeded by Novak Djokovic