Goran Nava
 Nava (in red) at the 2010 European Athletics Championships | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Nationality | Serbian | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 15 April 1981 Bologna, Italy | |||||||||||||||||
| Sport | ||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Track | |||||||||||||||||
| Event | 1500 metres | |||||||||||||||||
| College team | Radford | |||||||||||||||||
| Achievements and titles | ||||||||||||||||||
| Personal best(s) | 800m: 1:46.63[1] 1500m: 3:38.04[1] | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Goran Nava (Serbian Cyrillic: Горан Нава, born 15 April 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
[edit]Collegiate
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing  Serbia
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| 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
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b World Athletics. "Goran NAVA - Profile".
- ^ a b Radford University Athletics – Former Highlander Goran Nava Set to Compete in Olympics
- ^ Goran Nava – RU Today
- ^ [1] Athletic.net: Goran Nava – Track and Field
- ^ Radford Athletics. "School Records".
External links
[edit]- Goran Nava at World Athletics
- Goran Nava at European Athletics
- Goran Nava at Olympedia
- Goran Nava at Olympics.com
- Goran Nava at the Olimpijski Komitet Srbije (former profile) (in Serbian)
- 1981 births
- Living people
- Italian expatriates in England
- Italian expatriate sportspeople in the United States
- Serbian expatriates in England
- Serbian expatriate sportspeople in the United States
- Serbian male middle-distance runners
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes for Serbia
- Radford Highlanders athletes
- Sportspeople from the Province of Lecco
- Athletes from Bologna
- Italian male middle-distance runners
- Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field)
- FISU World University Games silver medalists for Serbia
- FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Serbia
- Medalists at the 2009 Summer Universiade
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2009 Mediterranean Games
- Mediterranean Games competitors for Serbia
- Radford Highlanders men's track and field athletes
- 21st-century Italian sportsmen