# Marija Vuković

Marija Vuković (Montenegrin: Марија Вуковић; born 21 January 1992) is a Montenegrin athlete specializing in the high jump. She won Montenegro's first ever European Athletics Championship medal with silver in the high jump at Munich 2022.
As a 17-year-old Vuković was the 2009 European Junior Championship silver medallist. By winning the 2010 World Junior Championships, she became her country's first ever medallist in a global athletics competition.

## Biography

Marija Vuković was born in Knin, the then-capital of unrecognized Republic of Serbian Krajina. In 1995 her family settled as refugees in Cetinje.
She won the silver medal in high jump competition at the 2009 European Junior Championships in Novi Sad, Serbia, and gold at the 2010 World Junior Championships held in Moncton, Canada, which was the first medal won by a Montenegrin athlete in global competition.
Vuković competed at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and finished ninth.
Her personal bests are: 1.97 m (6 ft 5+1⁄2 in) in the high jump (Smederevo 2021, NR), 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) in the indoor high jump (Banská Bystrica 2022, NR), and 11.55 m (37 ft 10+1⁄2 in) in the triple jump (+1.0 m/s, Bar 2008, NU18R NU20R).

## Competition record

Representing  Montenegro :
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Notes |
| 2007 | World Youth Championships | Ostrava, Czech Republic | 26th (q) | 1.65 m |
| 2007 | Balkan U20 Championships | Kragujevac, Serbia | 2nd | 1.78 m |
| 2008 | World Junior Championships | Bydgoszcz, Poland | 18th (q) | 1.78 m |
| 2009 | Balkan Indoor Championships | Piraeus, Greece | 3rd | 1.80 m i |
| 2009 | Mediterranean Games | Pescara, Italy | 5th | 1.75 m |
| 2009 | World Youth Championships | Brixen, Italy | 9th | 1.75 m |
| 2009 | European Junior Championships | Novi Sad, Serbia | 2nd | 1.89 m |
| 2010 | World Junior Championships | Moncton, Canada | 1st | 1.91 m |
| 2010 | European Championships | Barcelona, Spain | 21st (q) | 1.87 m |
| 2011 | Games of the Small States of Europe | Schaan, Liechtenstein | 1st | 1.86 m |
| 2011 | European Junior Championships | Tallinn, Estonia | 8th | 1.81 m |
| 2011 | World Championships | Daegu, South Korea | 28th (q) | 1.80 m |
| 2013 | Balkan Indoor Championships | Istanbul, Turkey | 5th | 1.74 m i |
| 2013 | Games of the Small States of Europe | Luxembourg, Luxembourg | 1st | 1.77 m |
| 2013 | Balkan Championships | Stara Zagora, Bulgaria | 7th | 1.75 m |
| 2015 | Balkan Indoor Championships | Istanbul, Turkey | 3rd | 1.82 m i |
| 2015 | European Indoor Championships | Prague, Czech Republic | 20th (q) | 1.77 m i |
| 2015 | Games of the Small States of Europe | Reykjavík, Iceland | 1st | 1.80 m |
| 2015 | European Games | Baku, Azerbaijan | 1st | 1.86 m |
| 2015 | Universiade | Gwangju, South Korea | 4th | 1.80 m |
| 2015 | Balkan Championships | Pitești, Romania | 3rd | 1.87 m |
| 2016 | Balkan Indoor Championships | Istanbul, Turkey | 2nd | 1.84 m i |
| 2016 | Balkan Championships | Pitești, Romania | 2nd | 1.88 m |
| 2016 | European Championships | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 18th (q) | 1.85 m |
| 2017 | Balkan Indoor Championships | Belgrade, Serbia | 2nd | 1.86 m i |
| 2017 | European Indoor Championships | Belgrade, Serbia | 17th (q) | 1.86 m i |
| 2017 | Games of the Small States of Europe | Serravalle, San Marino | 1st | 1.91 m |
| 2017 | European Team Championships Third League | Marsa, Malta | 1st | 1.90 m |
| 2017 | Balkan Championships | Novi Pazar, Serbia | 3rd | 1.84 m |
| 2017 | World Championships | London, United Kingdom | 21st (q) | 1.85 m |
| 2017 | Universiade | Taipei, Taiwan | 4th | 1.88 m |
| 2018 | Balkan Indoor Championships | Istanbul, Turkey | 2nd | 1.89 m i |
| 2018 | Championships of the Small States of Europe | Schaan, Liechtenstein | 1st | 1.86 m |
| 2018 | Balkan Championships | Stara Zagora, Bulgaria | 5th | 1.80 m |
| 2018 | European Championships | Berlin, Germany | 18th (q) | 1.81 m |
| 2019 | Balkan Indoor Championships | Istanbul, Turkey | 2nd | 1.92 m i |
| 2019 | European Indoor Championships | Glasgow, United Kingdom | 13th (q) | 1.89 m i |
| 2019 | Games of the Small States of Europe | Bar, Montenegro | 1st | 1.86 m |
| 2019 | European Team Championships Third League | Skopje, North Macedonia | 1st | 1.84 m |
| 2019 | World Championships | Doha, Qatar | 18th (q) | 1.85 m |
| 2020 | Balkan Indoor Championships | Istanbul, Turkey | 2nd | 1.88 m i |
| 2020 | Balkan Championships | Cluj-Napoca, Romania | 4th | 1.84 m |
| 2021 | Balkan Indoor Championships | Istanbul, Turkey | 1st | 1.90 m i |
| 2021 | European Indoor Championships | Toruń, Poland | 7th | 1.92 m i |
| 2021 | Championships of the Small States of Europe | Serravalle, San Marino | 1st | 1.86 m |
| 2021 | European Team Championships Third League | Limassol, Cyprus | 1st | 1.90 m |
| 2021 | Balkan Championships | Smederevo, Serbia | 1st | 1.97 m PB |
| 2021 | Olympic Games | Tokyo, Japan | 9th | 1.96 m |
| 2022 | Balkan Indoor Championships | Istanbul, Turkey | 2nd | 1.90 m |
| 2022 | World Indoor Championships | Belgrade, Serbia | 4th | 1.95 m i |
| 2022 | Mediterranean Games | Oran, Algeria | 1st | 1.92 m |
| 2022 | World Championships | Eugene, OR, United States | 14th (q) | 1.90 m |
| 2022 | European Championships | Munich, Germany | 2nd | 1.95 m |
| 2023 | European Indoor Championships | Istanbul, Turkey | 10th (q) | 1.87 m i |
| 2023 | World Championships | Budapest, Hungary | 25th (q) | 1.85 m |
| 2024 | European Championships | Rome, Italy | – | NM |
| 2024 | Championships of the Small States of Europe | Gibraltar | 2nd | 1.77 m |
| 2025 | European Indoor Championships | Apeldoorn, Netherlands | 8th | 1.85 m |