Biography
Blanka Vlašić (Blanka Vlašić) is a famous Croatian athlete, a height jumping, a twin champion and a multiple winner of the world championships, champion in Europe. It is the winner of the Mediterranean Games, the owner of the silver and bronze awards of the Olympiad, the daughter of the record holder-decathar Yoshko, the sister of the Nikola Nikola's football player.Childhood and youth
Vlashich Blanca was born on November 8, 1983 in the city of Split, Croatia, in a sports family. Her mother Venus was a champion of Croatia in ski racing, played basketball. Father Yoshko was engaged in a decade. In 1983, he won the Gold Mediterranean Games in the Moroccan city of Casablanca, the girl was named after this victory.
In the Netherian family, four children: the older brother of Blanca, Marin - the former handball player, was fond of basketball and throwing a disc, the middle bow studied physiotherapy, and the youngest Nikola is a football player of the national team of Croatia and leading clubs in Europe.
From an early age, the future champion joined the sport, went to workout with his father. At first, the form dreamed of becoming a sprinter, then tried his hand in other athletics disciplines, finally, it became clear that in physical parameters it was ideal for jumping in height. The growth of athletes - 193 cm, weight - 75 kg.
Yoshko Vlashich became the first coach of a promising daughter, which quickly reached the international studcture of jumper in height. At 15, the form established a personal record at an altitude of 1.8 m, and in a year improved it to 1.93 m.
High jump
The wistuch had an early start in international competitions: at the age of 17 she participated in the first youth world championship in athletics and took the 8th place. The form was the first representative of Croatia at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. To this level of competition athlete was not ready, she did not get into the offset and returned to the youth tournaments.
In 2000, Vlasch won the world championship of athletics among juniors, conquering a bar at an altitude of 1.91 m. She trained hard and hardly participated in qualifying competitions among professionals. In 2001, the form ranked 6th on the world championship in Edmonton, and at the end of the year won the first gold medal among the "adults" in Mediterranean games in Tunisia.
In July 2002, Vlašach won the World Junior Championships in Kingston, established a personal record, jumped by 1.96 m. Her gap from rivals was 9 cm. Inspired by the victory, Blanca tried to overcome the 2-meter height, it did not succeed, but the main thing - The athlete retained the title. In the final of the 2002 season, the form did not show high results, but entered the top 10 of the best jumpers in the world ranking.
The beginning of 2003 became promising for athletes: she installed a new personal record of 1.98 m and ranked 4th at the World Championships in the closed premises, won the 1st tournament of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) with a result of 1.99 m and, Finally, overcame the 2-meter bar on the Grand Prix in Zagreb.
Vlašić took gold at the 2003 European Athletics Championships among young men and girls up to 23 years old, took place at the World Championship and the Final Tournament IAAF. Despite the impressive results, the 2003 season was unsuccessful for the athlete. Blanca did not win the medal in the world championship (7th place - 1.95 m), nor on the athletics finals in Paris (4th place - 1.96 m)
The next year began with a bronze medal at the World Championships in the closed premises in Budapest. Vlašić regularly climbed the pedestal in open-air tournaments, won the national championship, overcoming a bar at an altitude of 2.03 m. Thanks to this result, the jump in the national team of Croatia went to the 2004 Olympics in Athens, where in the final ranked 11th with a jump in the final by 1.89 m.
After such a lesion, the form was in the oppressed state, psychological problems were reflected on the health of athletes, the doctors have discovered hyperthyroidism - a disease requiring surgical intervention and subsequent treatment. In 2005, Vlasch participated in 2 tournaments: the National Championship of Croatia - became the winner, and the World Cup did not go to the final stage.
Fully recovery Blanca was able to season 2006. She improved a personal record in the room to 2.05 m, won the silver of the World Championship held in the Olympic SC in Moscow.
The European Athletics Championship in 2006 in Gothenburg became disappointment for wistuch: she overcame 2.01 m, but finished on the 4th place. It was the best in the history of the jump without a medal, Kais Bergquist bronze medalist took the same height, but with fewer attempts. Croatian athlete completed the season with a performance in the World Championship final of the 2006 World Championship, but flew out of the fight after the third jump, taking the 6th place.
In the 2007 season, Vlasch won 18 out of 19 outdoor competitions, the only defeat she suffered at the first tournament of the Golden League IAAF in Oslo from the Russians Elena Slesarenko. The form won the World Championships in Osaka with a result of 2.05 m, winning the first gold medal for Croatia on world athletics competitions. Noshich chose the year athlete according to the European Sports Association and Journalists.
In March 2008, the title of world champion in the room first won in Valencia Blanca. At the Olympics in Beijing Croatchata went in the status of the favorite. Unexpectedly, the Gold of the Belgian athlete of Tia Hellebaut, who conquered a height of 2.05 m, and became a silver medalist of the competition for fans and experts.
At the 2009 World Championships in Berlin, the Blanca finals competed with Ariana Friedrich and Anna Chicle. The victory went to Croatke, which with 2 attempts took a height of 2.04 m. Athletes tried to establish a new world record, raising the bar for 2.10 m, but did not succeed in this. In August 2009, the wedject was overcome by a height of 2.08 m, it became its best achievement at this point of career.
In 2010-2011, the form successfully competed in the IAAF tournaments series, won the title of world champion in closed premises, became a silver medalist of the championship of the planet. At the end of the 2011 season, Vlašić received an injury to the left leg. In January 2012, the athlete made 2 operations on Achille tendons. Recovery took longer than expected, and the blank missed the entire season of 2012, including the Olympic Games in London.
To competitive practice, Croataca returned in 2013. She won several stages of the IAAF League, was preparing for the World Cup in Moscow, in which he did not participate due to the incomplete restoration of the tendon.
In 2015, Vlašić participated in some international competitions that ended outside the pedestal. Success returned to Croatke at the 2015 World Championship in Beijing. After what happened in the biography of athletes over the past couple of years, a silver medal, conquered in the fight against Russians Maria Kuchina and Anna Chicherova, was equivalent to gold.
Problems with tendons continued to pursue forms. In 2016, she suffered another operation and almost did not participate in the tournaments of the season. However, fell into the national team of Croatia to participate in the 2016 Summer Olympiad.
On August 18, 2016, Vlasch won the bronze of London Games and became the seventh athlete in the history of jumping in height among women (since 1928), which won the two Olympic medals. In 2017, refused to participate in the world series due to health problems, but the fact that he plans to complete his career did not report.
Personal life
Vlashich Blanca thoroughly protects personal life from the public. As far as is known, athletes have no husband or children. She caught a bouquet at the wedding of Nikola's younger brother in 2014, but since then, according to official information, her marital status has not changed.
Jumper does not live in the house of parents, but did not leave the native city of Split. She trains in the Gym "Joker", which is specifically built by one Croatian businessman.
In the interruptions between the community, the weddy participated in several photo shoots in different images.
In order to overcome depression, in 2013, the form accepted Catholicism, she opposed same-sex marriages.
In Instagram athletes a lot of photos from training, competitions and official ceremonies.
Blanca Noshich now
Croatian jumping is not planning to complete the sports career. She actively trains, dreams of returning to competitions at the end of 2018 to begin preparations for the Olympic Games in Tokyo in 2020.
Now the form closely monitors the career of the younger brother-football player who recently switched to the Moscow club CSKA. In the official Twitter many repost about the sports achievements of Nikola Vladychach.
Awards and titles
- 2000 - Junior World Cup - 1st place
- 2001 - Mediterranean Games - 1st place
- 2004 - World Championship in closed premises - 3rd place
- 2006 - World Championships in closed premises - 2nd place
- 2007 - World Cup - 1st place
- 2008 - World Championships in closed premises - 1st place
- 2008 - Olympic Games - 2nd place
- 2009 - World Cup - 1st place
- 2010 - World Cup in closed premises - 1st place
- 2010 - European Championship - 1st place
- 2011 - World Cup - 2nd place
- 2016 - Olympic Games - 3rd place