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Brigita Langerholc
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Brigita Langerholc

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Kranj
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48 years
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Biography

Brigita Langerholc (born July 23, 1976 in Kranj, Slovenia) is a Slovenian middle distance runner who specializes in the 800 metres.
She finished fourth at the 2000 Olympics in a then personal best time of 1:58.51 minutes. In 2001 she won the silver medal at the Mediterranean Games and a gold medal at the Universiade. She then finished fifth at the 2006 European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg and sixth at the 2007 European Indoor Championships.
She has competed at the World Championships in 1999, 2001, 2003 and 2005 without ever reaching the final.
In Osaka 2007 World championship she finished fifth in final with 1:58:52. In semifinal she ran PB 1:58.41.
Running for Gimnazia Ljubljana, she set the Slovenian national high school record in the 400 metres. She followed that with a 5th place showing at the 1995 European Athletics Junior Championships. She attended college at the University of Southern California, where she was an 8 time All American in the 800 and 4x400 relay. She won the 800 meters at the 2001 NCAA Championships to help the USC Trojans win their first women's NCAA Championship ever.. Her time from the 2000 Olympics is the USC school record and Pac-12 record.

Competition record

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing  Slovenia
1993European Junior ChampionshipsSan Sebastián, Spain7th400 m54.93
1995European Junior ChampionshipsNyíregyháza, Hungary5th400 m54.40
1996European Indoor ChampionshipsStockholm, Sweden400 mDQ
1997European U23 ChampionshipsTurku, Finland5th400 m53.80
1999UniversiadePalma de Mallorca, Spain2nd800 m1:59.87
World ChampionshipsSeville, Spain15th (sf)800 m2:04.51
2000Olympic GamesSydney, Australia4th800 m1:58.51
2001World ChampionshipsEdmonton, Canada11th (h)800 m2:01.05
UniversiadeBeijing, China1st800 m2:00.96
Mediterranean GamesTunis, Tunisia2nd800 m2:04.91
2002European ChampionshipsMunich, Germany10th (sf)800 m2:02.43
2003World Indoor ChampionshipsBirmingham, United Kingdom10th (sf)800 m2:04.75
World ChampionshipsParis, France16th (sf)800 m2:01.58
2005European Indoor ChampionshipsMadrid, Spain11th (h)800 m2:04.54
Mediterranean GamesAlmería, Spain4th800 m2:03.23
World ChampionshipsHelsinki, Finland24th (h)800 m2:03.06
2006European ChampionshipsGothenburg, Sweden5th800 m1:59.30
2007European Indoor ChampionshipsBirmingham, United Kingdom6th800 m2:01.24
World ChampionshipsOsaka, Japan5th800 m1:58.52
2008Olympic GamesBeijing, China18th (sf)800 m2:00.00

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