Goran Nava
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,[2] he attended Radford University in Virginia, United States.[2] He is a graduate student at the London School of Business (LSB).[3] Nava competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics and was also named "Most Successful Athlete of the Year" by the Serbian Athletic Federation in 2009.
 Nava (in red) at the 2010 European Athletics Championships | |||||||||||||||||
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| Nationality | Serbian | ||||||||||||||||
| Born | April 15, 1981 Bologna, Italy | ||||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Track | ||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | 1500 metres | ||||||||||||||||
| College team | Radford | ||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 800m: 1:46.63[1] 1500m: 3:38.04[1] | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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).[4] Nava holds multiple track records in various distances for Radford.[5]
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
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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Representing  Serbia | |||||
| 2008 | Olympic Games | Beijing, China | 35th (h) | 1500 m | 3:42.92 |
| 2009 | European Indoor Championships | Turin, Italy | 8th | 1500 m | 3:48.65 |
| Mediterranean Games | Pescara, Italy | 5th | 1500 m | 3:39.58 | |
| Universiade | Belgrade, Serbia | 2nd | 800 m | 1:48.06 | |
| 3rd | 1500 m | 3:42.88 | |||
| World Championships | Berlin, Germany | 31st (h) | 1500 m | 3:44.13 | |
| 2010 | World Indoor Championships | Doha, Qatar | 16th (h) | 1500 m | 3:42.79 |
| European Championships | Barcelona, Spain | 12th | 1500 m | 3:45.77 | |
| 2011 | European Indoor Championships | Paris, France | 7th | 1500 m | 3:42.37 |
| 2012 | European Championships | Helsinki, Finland | 8th | 1500 m | 3:47.74 |
| 2013 | European Indoor Championships | Gothenburg, Sweden | 15th (h) | 1500 m | 3:45.58 |
| 2014 | European Championships | Zürich, Switzerland | 18th (h) | 1500 m | 3:41.43 |
| 2015 | European Indoor Championships | Prague, Czech Republic | 17th (h) | 1500 m | 3:48.80 |
| 2017 | European Indoor Championships | Belgrade, Serbia | 13th (h) | 1500 m | 3:48.53 |
See also
- Serbian records in athletics
References
- IAAF. "Athlete profile for Goran Nava".
- Radford University Athletics – Former Highlander Goran Nava Set to Compete in Olympics
- Goran Nava – RU Today
- Athletic.net: Goran Nava – Track and Field
- Radford Athletics. "School Records".
