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Tijana Bošković(Serbian Cyrillic: Тијана Бошковић; born 8 March 1997) is a Serbian volleyball player for the Serbia women's national volleyball team. She was the leading scorer for the Serbia women's national volleyball team in her debut in the 2014 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship, and 2017 Women's European Volleyball Championship. She has won the Serbian Championship title (2013-2014 season) and two Serbian Super Cups (2013 and 2014). Her current club is Eczacıbaşı VitrA since 2015-2016 season.
At the national team level she won the European Junior Girls Championship in 2014 and was selected as Most Valuable Player of the tournament. She was the leading scorer for the Serbia Women's National Volleyball Team when she made her debut in the 2014 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship. She won a silver medal with the national team in Rio 2016 Olympic Games, a gold medal at the 2017 CEV European Championship and a gold medal at the 2018 FIVB World Championship, where she was selected as the MVP in two consecutive years. At the 2019 European Volleyball Championship she led her team to clinch the European title for the second time in a row and became the MVP. Being selected as the 2019 CEV Female Volleyball Player of the Year, Bošković has recorded an impressive achievement by receiving that award for the third consecutive year.
She currently holds women's world record for spike speed of 110.3 km/h.
Personal life
Tijana was born on March 8, 1997 in Trebinje, Republika Srpska. Her father was a football player. She has two siblings– – a brother Vuk and a sister Dajana. Tijana can speak three languages: Serbian, Turkish and English. Her older sister Dajana Bošković plays for the national team of Bosnia and Hercegovina. The two sisters played their first international match against each other in 2021 Women's European Volleyball Championship.
Awards
National team
Junior Team
Senior Team
Club
Individual awards
- 2013 European Youth Olympic Festival"Most Valuable Player
- 2013 European Youth Olympic Festival"Best Spiker
- 2014 Junior European Championship "Most Valuable Player"
- 2016 FIVB Club world Championship "Most Valuable Player"
- 2016 FIVB Club world Championship "Best Opposite"
- 2016-17 Turkish League Regular Season "Best Opposite"
- 2017 FIVB Club world Championship "Best Opposite"
- 2017 FIVB World Grand Prix "Best Opposite"
- 2017 European Championship "Most Valuable Player"
- 2017-18 Turkish League Regular Season "Best Opposite"
- 2017-18 CEV Cup "Most Valuable Player"
- 2018 World Championship "Most Valuable Player"
- 2018 FIVB Club world Championship "Best Opposite"
- 2018-19 AXAInsurance Cup Championship (Turkish Cup) "Most Valuable Player"
- 2018-19 Turkish League "Best Spiker"
- 2019 European Championship "Most Valuable Player"
- 2019 European Championship "Best Opposite"
- 2019 Spor Toto Champion's Cup (Turkish Super Cup) "Most Valuable Player"
- 2019-20 Turkish League Regular Season "Best Opposite"
- 2020 AXA Sigorta Champions Cup (Turkish Super Cup) "Most Valuable Player"
- 2020 Summer Olympics – "Best Opposite Spiker"
- 2021 European Championship "Best Opposite"
Individual achievements
- 2017 CEV Female Volleyball Player of the Year
- 2018 CEV Female Volleyball Player of the Year
- 2019 CEV Female Volleyball Player of the Year
- 2017 Young Athlete of The Year by the Serbian Olympic Committee
- 2018 Sport Woman of The Year by the Serbian Olympic Committee
- 2019 Sport Woman of The Year by the Serbian Olympic Committee