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Goran Nava
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Goran Nava

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Bologna, Italy
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43 years
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Biography

Goran Nava (Serbian Cyrillic: Горан Нава, born April 15, 1981) is a Serbian-Italian middle distance runner who competed for Serbia in track and field. Born in Castello di Brianza in Italy, he attended Radford University in Virginia, United States. He is a graduate student at the London School of Business (LSB). 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). Nava holds multiple track records in various distances for Radford.

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

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing  Serbia
2008Olympic GamesBeijing, China35th (h)1500 m3:42.92
2009European Indoor ChampionshipsTurin, Italy8th1500 m3:48.65
Mediterranean GamesPescara, Italy5th1500 m3:39.58
UniversiadeBelgrade, Serbia2nd800 m1:48.06
3rd1500 m3:42.88
World ChampionshipsBerlin, Germany31st (h)1500 m3:44.13
2010World Indoor ChampionshipsDoha, Qatar16th (h)1500 m3:42.79
European ChampionshipsBarcelona, Spain12th1500 m3:45.77
2011European Indoor ChampionshipsParis, France7th1500 m3:42.37
2012European ChampionshipsHelsinki, Finland8th1500 m3:47.74
2013European Indoor ChampionshipsGothenburg, Sweden15th (h)1500 m3:45.58
2014European ChampionshipsZürich, Switzerland18th (h)1500 m3:41.43
2015European Indoor ChampionshipsPrague, Czech Republic17th (h)1500 m3:48.80
2017European Indoor ChampionshipsBelgrade, Serbia13th (h)1500 m3:48.53
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