Goran Nava

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Goran Nava
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Nava (in red) at the 2010 European Athletics Championships
Personal information
NationalitySerbian
Born (1981-04-15) April 15, 1981 (age 40)
Bologna, Italy
Sport
SportTrack
Event(s)1500 metres
College teamRadford
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)800m: 1:46.63[1]
1500m: 3:38.04[1]
Medal record
Men’s athletics
Representing  Serbia
Universiade
Silver medal – second place 2009 Belgrade 800 m
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Belgrade 1500 m

Goran Nava (Serbian Cyrillic: Горан Нава, born April 15, 1981) is a Serbian-Italian middle distance runner who competed for Serbia in track and field. Born in Castello di Brianza in Italy,[2] he attended Radford University in Virginia, United States.[2] He is a graduate student at the London School of Business (LSB).[3] Nava competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics and was also named "Most Successful Athlete of the Year" by the Serbian Athletic Federation in 2009.

Running career[]

Collegiate[]

Nava represented Radford University at the 2004 NCAA Men's Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships, where he ran the 1500 metres in 3:48.85 (min:sec).[4] Nava holds multiple track records in various distances for Radford.[5]

Post-collegiate[]

At the 2008 Summer Olympics, he represented Serbia in the 1500 metres, running a time of 3:42.92. At the 2009 Summer Universiade, he finished second overall in the 800 metres with a time of 1:48.06, only 0.04 seconds behind the first-place Sajjad Moradi. In the same competition he earned third place in the 1500 metres, at 3:42.88. Later in his career he began to race more often in the indoor 1500 metres, competing in the European Indoor Championships in 2011 and 2013.

Achievements[]

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  Serbia
2008 Olympic Games Beijing, China 35th (h) 1500 m 3:42.92
2009 European Indoor Championships Turin, Italy 8th 1500 m 3:48.65
Mediterranean Games Pescara, Italy 5th 1500 m 3:39.58
Universiade Belgrade, Serbia 2nd 800 m 1:48.06
3rd 1500 m 3:42.88
World Championships Berlin, Germany 31st (h) 1500 m 3:44.13
2010 World Indoor Championships Doha, Qatar 16th (h) 1500 m 3:42.79
European Championships Barcelona, Spain 12th 1500 m 3:45.77
2011 European Indoor Championships Paris, France 7th 1500 m 3:42.37
2012 European Championships Helsinki, Finland 8th 1500 m 3:47.74
2013 European Indoor Championships Gothenburg, Sweden 15th (h) 1500 m 3:45.58
2014 European Championships Zürich, Switzerland 18th (h) 1500 m 3:41.43
2015 European Indoor Championships Prague, Czech Republic 17th (h) 1500 m 3:48.80
2017 European Indoor Championships Belgrade, Serbia 13th (h) 1500 m 3:48.53

See also[]

  • Serbian records in athletics

References[]

  1. ^ a b World Athletics. "Goran NAVA - Profile".
  2. ^ a b Radford University Athletics – Former Highlander Goran Nava Set to Compete in Olympics
  3. ^ Goran Nava – RU Today
  4. ^ [1] Athletic.net: Goran Nava – Track and Field
  5. ^ Radford Athletics. "School Records".

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