Daneja Grandovec

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Daneja Grandovec
Daneja Grandovec Rio2016.jpg
Grandovec at the 2016 Olympics
Personal information
Born2 July 1984 (1984-07-02) (age 39)
Maribor, Slovenia
Height175 cm (5 ft 9 in) [1]
Weight58 kg (128 lb)
Sport
SportAthletics
Event(s) Steeplechase, 10,000 m, half marathon, marathon
ClubAD Stajerska Maribor
Coached byIgor Salamun [2]
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)3000 mS – 10:03.33 (2005)
10,000 m – 37:20.21 (2005)
HM – 1:20:19 (2010)
Marathon – 2:40:23 (2015) [3]

Daneja Grandovec (born 2 July 1984) is a Slovenian long-distance runner. She competes in marathons, steeplechase and mountain running.

In 2005, Grandovec finished sixth in the women's 3000 metres steeplechase at the 2005 European Athletics U23 Championships. [4]

She has won the 2005 Ljubljana Marathon and the 2010 Three Hearts Marathon. [5] [6]

Grandovec finished 33rd at the women's marathon at the 2010 European Athletics Championships.

She finished 46th, as the last finisher, at the women's marathon at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics. [7]

In 2015, she competed in the Valencia Marathon and finished with a time that is lower than the qualifying standard for the 2016 Olympics. [8]

She has also competed in the European Mountain Running Championships. [9] [10]

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