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 bests | 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
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 |
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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 2 World Athletics. "Goran NAVA - Profile".
- 1 2 "Radford University Athletics – Former Highlander Goran Nava Set to Compete in Olympics". Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 15 November 2012.
- ↑ Goran Nava – RU Today
- ↑ Athletic.net: Goran Nava – Track and Field
- ↑ Radford Athletics. "School Records".
External links
- Goran Nava at World Athletics
- Goran Nava at European Athletics
- Goran Nava at Olympedia
- Goran Nava at Olympics.com
- Goran Nava at the Olympic Committee of Serbia (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 men 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 Lombardy
- Athletes from Bologna
- Italian men 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
- 21st-century Serbian sportsmen
- Olympic men middle-distance runners