Ivana Maksimović Anđušić (Serbian Cyrillic: Ивана Максимовић Анђушић; born 2 May 1990) is a Serbian sport shooter and Olympic silver medallist, having placed second in the Women's 50 metre rifle three positions event in the 2012 Summer Olympics.
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| Nationality | Serbian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 2 May 1990 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 51 kg (112 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Serbia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Sports shooting | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Club | Maksimović Shooting Academy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Early life
editMaksimović, who originally played tennis as a child, started to shoot when she was eleven.[1]
Career
editMaksimović represented Serbia at the 2012 Summer Olympics,[2] most notably winning a silver at the Women's 50 metre rifle three positions. She achieved the best individual round of the competition, but was unable to finish ahead of American Jamie Lynn Gray, who set a new Olympic record in the event, winning by 4.4 points.[3] Maksimović's medal was Serbia's 100th at the Olympic Games.[4]
Maksimović was chosen as 2014 Summer Youth Olympics shooting athlete role model.[5] She was chosen to be the flag bearer for Serbia at the opening ceremony of the 2016 Summer Olympics.[6]
At the 2016 Summer Olympics, she competed in 10 metre air rifle and 50 metre rifle three positions. In the 10 m air rifle competition, she finished in 12th place during the qualification round and did not advance to the final.[7] In the 50 m rifle three positions competition, she finished 19th in the qualification round and did not advance to the final.[8]
After taking part in the 2017 European Shooting Championships in Baku, Maksimović had a two-year break from sports shooting until returning for the 2019 ISSF World Cup in Rio de Janeiro in August 2019.[9]
Personal life
editMaksimović is a daughter of Serbian sports shooter and Olympic gold medalist Goran Maksimović.[10] In June 2015, she married basketball player Danilo Anđušić on the Greek island of Santorini.[11] Together with her husband she has two sons, Filip and Uroš.[12]
References
edit- ↑ Agar, Marcus (24 July 2012). "Serbian Beauty Has Olympic Gold In Her Sights". Wild Rooster. Archived from the original on 26 July 2012.
- ↑ "Ivana Maksimović: Hoću zlato kao tata" [Ivana Maksimović: I want gold like my father]. Kurir (in Serbian). Adria Media Group. 12 July 2012. Archived from the original on 14 July 2012. Retrieved 14 July 2012.
- ↑ "Olympics shooting: Jamie Lynn Gray achieves record". BBC Sport. 4 August 2012. Retrieved 21 April 2025.
- ↑ "Orlovi uživo: Poraz odbojkaša, laku noć" (in Serbian). Radio Television of Serbia. 4 August 2012. Retrieved 21 April 2025.
- ↑ "Ivana Maksimović Named Athlete Role Model at Nanjing 2014 Youth Olympic Games". International Shooting Sport Federation. 17 March 2014. Retrieved 21 April 2025.
- ↑ "Ivana nosi zastavu Srbije na otvaranju Igara u Riju!" [Ivana will Bear the Flag of Serbia at the Opening Ceremony the Rio Olympic Games] (in Serbian). N1. 19 July 2016. Archived from the original on 22 July 2016. Retrieved 19 July 2016.
- ↑ "10m Air Rifle Women". Rio 2016 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
- ↑ "50m Rifle 3 Positions Women". Rio 2016 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
- ↑ "Jedna od najlepših srpskih sportistkinja se vraća u reprezentaciju: Ivana opet s puškom u rukama!". telegraf.rs (in Bosnian). 13 August 2019. Retrieved 21 April 2025.
- ↑ "Maksimović appointed Iran shooting coach". Tehran Times. 18 April 2018. Retrieved 21 April 2025.
- ↑ Mašojević, Danilo (24 July 2015). "Ivana Maksimović i Danilo Anđušić: Sve o našoj svadbi na Santoriniju" [Ivana Maksimović and Danilo Anđušić: All about our wedding in Santorini]. Story.rs (in Serbian). Archived from the original on 13 October 2016. Retrieved 21 July 2016.
- ↑ "Naša olimpijka završila u suzama! Ivana Maksimović se rasplakala zbog sina: "Van sebe sam"". telegraf.rs (in Bosnian). 19 September 2024. Retrieved 21 April 2025.
