Luka Bošković

Luka Bošković
Personal information
Born (2006-07-06) 6 July 2006
Sport
SportAthletics
Event
Long jump
Achievements and titles
Personal bestLong jump: 8.23 m (2026)
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Serbia
World U20 Championships
Silver medal – second place2024 LimaLong jump
European U20 Championships
Bronze medal – third place2025 TampereLong jump

Luka Bošković (born 6 July 2006) is a Serbian long jumper. He won the silver medal at the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships, and has won senior Serbian national titles both outdoors and indoors.[1]

Biography

In June 2024, Bošković won the senior long jump title at the Serbian Athletics Championships in Kraljevo, with a wind-assisted 7.99 metres (+2.1 m/s).[2] He won the silver medal at the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships in Lima, Peru with a jump of 7.93 metres to finish runner-up to Roko Farkas.[3][4]

At the 2025 European Athletics U20 Championships in Tampere, Finland, Bošković won the bronze medal behind Petr Meindlschmid and Daniele Inzoli with Boškovic and Inzoli both jumping 7.69m but with Inzoli taking silver by virtue of a superior second best jump.[5]

In February 2026, Bošković won the long jump title at the Serbian Indoor Athletics Championships in Belgrade.[6] In June 2026, Boskovic set a new lifetime best of 8.14m in the long jump in Kraljevo, Serbia, before jumping a new personal best of 8.19m (-0.4 m/s) in the final round of the 2026 Balkan Athletics Championships in Volos, Greece, to win the silver medal behind Miltiadis Tentoglou and ahead of Bozhidar Sarâboyukov.[7][8] Competing at the Boris Hanzekovic Memorial in Zagreb, a World Athletics Continental Tour Gold meeting, on 26 June, he improved his personal best to 8.23m in the long jump to finish second behind Anvar Anvarov.[9] On 11 August, Boškovic placed fifth with a jump of 8.08 m in the final of the long jump at the 2026 European Athletics Championships in Birmingham.[10] Competing at the 2026 Athletissima in Lausanne on 21 August, he placed third overall with a jump of 8.07 metres.[11]

References

  1. ↑ "Luka Bošković". World Athletics. Retrieved 7 June 2026.
  2. ↑ "Serbian Championships". World Athletics. 29 June 2024. Retrieved 7 June 2026.
  3. ↑ "Jarvinen threatens world U20 decathlon record to get gold in Lima". World Athletics. 31 August 2024. Retrieved 12 February 2025.
  4. ↑ "World Athletics U20 Championships 2024: Torrie Lewis, Gout Gout lead Australia's medal rush on penultimate day". Olympics.com. 31 August 2024. Retrieved 12 February 2025.
  5. ↑ "14.24m! Saraceni wins triple jump with championship record". European Athletics. 8 August 2025. Retrieved 8 August 2025.
  6. ↑ "Serbian Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 28 February 2026. Retrieved 7 June 2026.
  7. ↑ Mills, Steven (7 June 2026). "German 100m record of 9.98 for Ansah in Regensburg". European Athletics. Retrieved 7 June 2026.
  8. ↑ Broadbent, Chris (20 June 2026). "8.36m! Tentoglou lands championship record on day one at Balkan Championships". European Athletics. Retrieved 21 June 2026.
  9. ↑ Mills, Steven (26 June 2026). "His longest throw in four years! Fajdek returns with 81.89m in Zagreb". European Athletics. Retrieved 26 June 2026.
  10. ↑ "TENTOGLOU BATTLES THE WIND TO MAKE IT FOUR EUROPEAN TITLES IN A ROW". Athletics Weekly. 11 August 2026. Retrieved 12 August 2026.
  11. ↑ Mills, Steven (21 August 2026). "Werro holds off Broeders-Bol for 800m victory in Lausanne". European Athletics. Retrieved 22 August 2026.
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