Daneja Grandovec (born 2 July 1984) is a Slovenian long-distance runner. She competes in marathons, steeplechase and mountain running.
 Grandovec at the 2016 Olympics | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 2 July 1984 (age 40) Maribor, Slovenia |
| Height | 175 cm (5 ft 9 in)[1] |
| Weight | 58 kg (128 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
| Event(s) | Steeplechase, 10,000 m, half marathon, marathon |
| Club | AD Stajerska Maribor |
| Coached by | Igor Salamun[2] |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal best(s) | 3000 mS – 10:03.33 (2005) 10,000 m – 37:20.21 (2005) HM – 1:20:19 (2010) Marathon – 2:40:23 (2015)[3] |
In 2005, Grandovec finished sixth in the women's 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2005 European Athletics U23 Championships.[4]
She has won the 2005 Ljubljana Marathon and the 2010 Three Hearts Marathon.[5][6]
Grandovec finished 33rd at the women's marathon at the 2010 European Athletics Championships.
She finished 46th, as the last finisher, at the women's marathon at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics.[7]
In 2015, she competed in the Valencia Marathon and finished with a time that is lower than the qualifying standard for the 2016 Olympics.[8]
She has also competed in the European Mountain Running Championships.[9][10]
References
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- ^ Daneja Grandovec Archived 26 August 2016 at the Wayback Machine. rio2016.com
- ^ Daneja Grandovec. nbcolympics.com
- ^ Daneja Grandovec at World Athletics
- ^ "RusAthletics – Russian Athletics". Eng.rusathletics.com. 17 July 2005. Retrieved 5 March 2016.
- ^ Volkswagen 21st Ljubljana marathon. "Volkswagen 21st Ljubljana marathon". Vw-ljubljanskimaraton.si. Archived from the original on 7 March 2016. Retrieved 5 March 2016.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "31. Three Hearts Marathon Radenci 2011". Runinternational.eu. Retrieved 5 March 2016.
- ^ "Marathon Result | 14th IAAF World Championships". iaaf.org. Retrieved 5 March 2016.
- ^ "Results: 2015 Valencia Marathon – Watch Athletics – THE BEST TRACK AND FIELD ONLINE VIDEOS". Watch Athletics. Retrieved 5 March 2016.
- ^ mediasprint gmbh / WMRA. "WMRA – European Mountain Running Championships". Wmra.ch. Retrieved 5 March 2016.
- ^ Jioulia Mochalova; et al. (March 2006). "World Mountain Running Trophy Wellington 2005" (PDF). World Mountain Running Association Newsletter (11): 11. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 September 2015.
