Marina Munćan Explained

Marina Munćan (Serbian: Марина Мунћан; born 6 November 1982, in Pančevo) is a Serbian former professional middle distance runner who specialised in the 1500 metres. She represented Serbia at the 2012 Summer Olympics. She holds multiple Serbian records. She is now the Head Cross Country and Assistant Track and Field Coach for Claremont-Mudd-Scripps, in Claremont, CA.^[2]

Running career

Collegiate

Munćan attended Villanova, for which she ran track and cross country. In addition to finishing in first place in various Big East middle-distance track races, Munćan earned 11 Big East Conference track and field championship titles,^[3] she earned 9 NCAA Division 1 All-American awards^[4] for NCAA Track championships in 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006.^[5]

Post collegiate

She represented Serbia at the World Championships in 2007 and 2009 and European Championships in 2010 and 2012. At the 2009 Summer Universiade she won a gold medal in 1500 m with a time 4:15:53 minutes. She ran the women's 1500-m race at the 2012 Summer Olympics, barely missing qualification to the semifinal round recording a time of 4:11.25.

Major competition record

Representing
2000	World Cross Country Championships	Vilamoura, Portugal	88th	Junior race	24:06
2001	European Junior Championships	Grosseto, Italy	12th (h)	1500 m	4:25.21
2003	European U23 Championships	Bydgoszcz, Poland	8th	1500 m	4:15.32
2005	Mediterranean Games	Almería, Spain	9th	1500 m	4:15.56
Representing
2007	European Indoor Championships	Birmingham, United Kingdom	9th	1500 m	4:14.60
	Universiade	Bangkok, Thailand	5th	1500 m	4:12.56
	World Championships	Osaka, Japan	7th (sf)	1500 m	4:08.02
2009	European Indoor Championships	Turin, Italy	8th	1500 m	4:20.01
	Universiade	Belgrade, Serbia	1st	1500 m	4:14.13
	World Championships	Berlin, Germany	34th (h)	1500 m	4:15.18
2010	European Championships	Barcelona, Spain	21st (h)	1500 m	4:19.32
2011	European Indoor Championships	Paris, France	21st (h)	1500 m	4:18.09
2012	European Championships	Helsinki, Finland	10th	1500 m	4:15.63
	Olympic Games	London, United Kingdom	27th (h)	1500 m	4:11.25

Personal bests

Outdoor

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Event	Performance	Date	Location	Notes
800m	align=center	2:02.86	26 July 2009	Brasschaat, Belgium	align=center
1500m	align=center	4:06.48	17 July 2012	Lignano Sabbiadoro, Italy	align=center
One mile	align=center	4:31.52	20 April 2012	Walnut, United States	align=center
3000m	align=center	9:17.04	31 August 2009		align=center

Indoor

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Event	Performance	Date	Location	Notes
800m	align=center	2:05.75	11 February 2011	Boston, United States	align=center	NR
1000m	align=center	2:45.40	29 January 2005	State College, United States	align=center	NR
1500m	align=center	4:12.23	6 March 2009	Torino, Italy	align=center	NR
One mile	align=center	4:31.84	22 January 2011	New York City, United States	align=center
3000m	align=center	9:08.44	15 December 2004	Haverford, United States	align=center

External links

• • • Marina Muncan at All-Athletics

Notes and References

1. Web site: athlete profile for Marina Munca. IAAF.
2. Web site: Claremont Mudd Scripps. 2021-11-18. Claremont Mudd Scripps. en.
3. https://s3.amazonaws.com/villanova.com/documents/2019/10/22/BIG_EAST_Champions.pdf Villanova University BIG EAST CHAMPIONS through 2019
4. https://s3.amazonaws.com/villanova.com/documents/2019/10/22/All_Americans.pdf Villanova University All-Americans through 2019
5. Web site: Marina Muncan profile. Villanova Athletics.