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Ljubica Christina Vukicevic (Serbian: Ljubica Kristina Vukičević, Љубица Кристина Вукићевић; born 18 June 1987 in Lørenskog) is a Norwegian hurdler of Serbian descent. She represents Ski IL, and is coached by her father Petar Vukićević, who participated for Yugoslavia in the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow.〔(Men 110m Hurdles Olympic Games Moscow 1980 )〕 Her gold medal in the 2003 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival in Paris was her first international medal. She finished fifth at the 2004 World Junior Championships, and won a silver medal at the 2005 European Junior Championships in Kaunas.〔(Norwegian international athletes – V ) 〕 She was forced to take a prolonged break during the summer of 2005 due to a knee-injury and the following surgery. At the 2006 World Junior Championships she took the silver medal with the time 13.34 seconds, a national junior record.〔(Norwegian junior athletics records )〕 She made her senior global debut at the 2007 World Championships and ran a personal best of 13.07 seconds in the heats.〔(100 Metres Hurdles – W Heats ). IAAF (2007-08-27). Retrieved on 2011-02-06.〕 Since 2004 she has been the Norwegian champion, last in 2008 with a time of 13.20 seconds.〔(Norwegian championships in 100 metres hurdles ) 〕 She has later lowered her personal best time to 13.05 seconds, achieved during the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. On the 60 meter hurdles she has 8.03 seconds set on an international meeting in Düsseldorf 2008. She just missed out on the podium with a fourth-place finish at the 2009 European Indoor Championships. She won her first international gold medal at the 2009 European U23 Championships in Kaunas, with a time of 12.99 seconds. She lowered her best that year to 12.74, which she achieved in Hengelo.〔(U23-gull til Vukicevic ) 〕 She competed at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics but she could not reach heights she had in Hengelo, and was knocked out in the semifinals after running 13.00 seconds. She started the 2010 season by setting a new best in the 60 metres hurdles with a run of 7.94 seconds – a Norwegian record.〔(Vukicevic goes to Doha hoping to end Norway's long barren streak ). European Athletics (2010-03-02). Retrieved on 2010-03-02.〕 She narrowly missed a place in the final at the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships. At the 2010 European Team Championships she won the bronze medal and came fourth at the 2010 European Athletics Championships later on, recording her season's best of 12.78 seconds in the final.〔(2010 European Athletics Championships – Women's 100 metres hurdles final ). European Athletics. Retrieved on 2011-02-06.〕 Her 2011 opened just as it had the previous year, with a national record over 60 m hurdles (7.92 seconds). She set her sights on a medal at the 2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships, hoping to go beyond her fourth place at the 2009 event.〔Sonninen, Antti-Pekka (2011-02-05). (Vukicevic 7.92 sec world season lead and Torro’s 2.33m star in Tampere ). IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-02-06.〕 She improved her mark further to 7.90 seconds at the BW Bank Meeting in February.〔(Records tumble in Karlsruhe, Spiegelburg clears 4.76m ). European Athletics (2011-02-14). Retrieved on 2011-02-14.〕 In March 2011 Vukicevic and Andreas Thorkildsen announced in Norwegian media that they no longer were a couple. In November 2012 it was reported that she had been training with the controversial doctor Srdjan Djordjevic.〔http://www.vg.no/sport/friidrett/artikkel.php?artid=10063381〕 ==Personal bests== *All information taken from IAAF profile. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Christina Vukicevic」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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