Goran Nava
Nava (in red) at the 2010 European Athletics Championships
Personal information
NationalitySerbian
Born (1981-04-15) 15 April 1981
Bologna, Italy
Sport
SportTrack
Event1500 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 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

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

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
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

References

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