Ivana Španović

Considering her achievements and longevity, Ivana Španović is regarded as one of the best all-time female long jumpers, with her indoor 7.24m jump ranked 3rd in all-time records.

Her new national record, 7.24, put her as the third all-time indoor performers, and result is the second best ever jumped in the European Indoor Championships (after Drechsler's 7.30 in 1988) and the best performance got in the latest 18 years, since Chistyakova has jumped 7.30 on 28.01.1989.

During the outdoor season, she had injuries so before the World outdoor championships she competed only in two Diamond League meetings.

Ivana Španović (Ивана Шпановић, ; formerly Vuleta, Вулета; born 10 May 1990) is a Serbian long jumper, the 2023 World champion, a two-time World indoor champion, a two-time European champion, a three-time European indoor champion and a five-time Diamond League Trophy Winner.

She also won silver medals at the 2007 World Youth Championships, the 2009 European Junior Championships and the 2011 European U23 Championships.

Španović earned gold medals at the 2008 World Junior Championships and the 2009 Summer Universiade.

She was selected as Serbia's Best Young Athlete of 2008.

Španović participated in the qualifying round at the 2008 Olympic Games, and was a finalist at the 2012 Olympic Games.

In 2013, Španović became the first Serbian track and field athlete to win a medal at the World Championships in Athletics.

In 2013, she started at the European Indoor Championship when she was ranked fifth.

At the World outdoor championship she had achieved the best result in her career by then, bronze medal with the new national record 6.82 meters, getting the first medal for Serbia in an outdoor World Championships.

The Olympic Committee of Serbia therefore declared her the best female athlete of the year.

In 2014, she won the bronze medal at the World Indoor Championships and silver medals at the European Outdoor championship and IAAF Continental Cup in Marrakesh.

She also improved her outdoor personal best on 6.88 meters in the Diamond League meet in Eugene.

Španović was second in long jump at 2014 Diamond League race.

In 2015, she won her first gold medal as a senior athlete becoming European indoor champion with new national record 6.98 meters.

She won the second bronze medal at the World outdoor championship, improving her national record twice, both in qualification (6.91) and the final (7.01 got twice).

Španović was second in long jump at 2015 Diamond League race.

The Olympic Committee of Serbia therefore declared her the best female athlete of the year for the second time.

During the indoor season, Španović won the silver medal at the World Indoor Championships improving her national record twice,

7.00 (at first round) and 7.07 (at fifth round).

She was ahead for all the competition but she lost the gold medal because Reese had a fantastic 7.22 at the final round.

During the outdoor, first Španović won the gold at the European Outdoor championship with 6.94, then she won the bronze medal at the Olympic Games with 7.08, new national record.

Španović won for Serbia a medal in athletics at Olympic Games 60 years after the last medal.

So, she defended her gold medal got in 2015.

Španović clearly won 2016 Diamond League race in long jump.

She won 5 of 7 meetings (a new record for Diamond League in long jump because before her none won more than 4 meetings in a year) and she was second in the other two ones.

At the end of her long season, Španović improved her national record to 7.10 in a street meeting in front of her home fans in Belgrade on September 11.

This manifestation was held to promote 2017 European Indoor Championships in Belgrade.

In 2017, she had an impressive win at European indoor championships in Belgrade.

During the qualification she achieved

the best ever indoor mark in a qualification round with 7.03.

In the final she broke her national records twice, 7.16 (at second round) and 7.24 (at third round).

In the 2017 World outdoor championships, she led in the first part of the competition, but was 4th before her last attempt.

With her final jump, Spanović seemed to clear the 7.02 mark of the leading, Brittney Reese, and tensely awaited the measurement but was awarded only 6.91.

In 2018, she became the first Serbian track and field athlete to win a senior gold medal at the World Indoor Championships in Athletics.

In 2023, she became the first Serbian track and field athlete to win a senior gold medal at the World Outdoor Championship in Athletics.

During her 15 years long career, she successfully claimed both outdoor and indoor European and World titles.

She is the Serbian record holder in the long jump, indoors and outdoors, and also she is the national indoor record holder in the 60 metres and in the pentathlon.

Her coach is Goran Obradović and she is a member of the Vojvodina Athletic Club, based in Novi Sad.