Christina Vukicevic

Vukicevic earned her first international medal when she won the gold medal in the 100 metres hurdles event at the 2003 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival in Paris. She finished fifth at the 2004 World Junior Championships, and won a silver medal at the 2005 European Junior Championships in Kaunas.[http://www.friidrett.no/friidrett/statistikk/internasjonal/kv.htm Norwegian international athletes – V] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070908041413/http://www.friidrett.no/friidrett/statistikk/internasjonal/kv.htm |date=2007-09-08 }} {{in lang|no}} Vukicevic was forced to take a prolonged break during the summer of 2005 due to a knee-injury and the following surgery.{{Citation needed|date=June 2007}} At the 2006 World Junior Championships, she took the silver medal with the time 13.34 seconds, a national junior record.[http://www.athlerecords.net/Records/EUROPE/JUNIORSPLEINAIR/NORu20.htm Norwegian junior athletics records] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070926224435/http://www.athlerecords.net/Records/EUROPE/JUNIORSPLEINAIR/NORu20.htm |date=2007-09-26 }} She made her senior international debut at the 2007 World Championships and ran a personal best of 13.07 seconds in the heats.[http://osaka2007.iaaf.org/results/gender=W/discipline=100H/combCode=hash/roundCode=h/result.html 100 Metres Hurdles – W Heats] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120909044140/http://osaka2007.iaaf.org/results/gender%3DW/discipline%3D100H/combCode%3Dhash/roundCode%3Dh/result.html |date=2012-09-09 }}. IAAF (2007-08-27). Retrieved on 2011-02-06. Since 2004, she has been the Norwegian champion, last in 2008 with a time of 13.20 seconds.[http://www.friidrett.no/friidrett/statistikk/nm/k100h.htm Norwegian championships in 100 metres hurdles] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928000000/http://www.friidrett.no/friidrett/statistikk/nm/k100h.htm |date=September 28, 2007 }} {{in lang|no}}

Vukicevic has later lowered her personal best time to 13.05 seconds, achieved during the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. On the 60 meter hurdles she has 8.03 seconds set on an international meeting in Düsseldorf 2008. She just missed out on the podium with a fourth-place finish at the 2009 European Indoor Championships. She won her first international gold medal at the 2009 European U23 Championships in Kaunas, with a time of 12.99 seconds. She lowered her best that year to 12.74, which she achieved in Hengelo.[http://msn.tv2sporten.no/ovrig/article2820769.ece U23-gull til Vukicevic ] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090721121917/http://msn.tv2sporten.no/ovrig/article2820769.ece |date=2009-07-21 }} {{in lang|no}} She competed at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics but she could not reach heights she had in Hengelo, and was knocked out in the semifinals after running 13.00 seconds.

Vukicevic started the 2010 season by setting a new best in the 60 metres hurdles with a run of 7.94 seconds – a Norwegian record.[http://www.european-athletics.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=8352&Itemid=2 Vukicevic goes to Doha hoping to end Norway's long barren streak]{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}. European Athletics (2010-03-02). Retrieved on 2010-03-02. She narrowly missed a place in the final at the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships. At the 2010 European Team Championships she won the bronze medal and came fourth at the 2010 European Athletics Championships later on, recording her season's best of 12.78 seconds in the final.[https://web.archive.org/web/20120612055216/http://www.sportresult.com/sports/la/ajax/user_files/2010/barcelona/pdf/re1250040.pdf 2010 European Athletics Championships – Women's 100 metres hurdles final]. European Athletics. Retrieved on 2011-02-06. Her 2011 season opened just as it had the previous year, with a national record over 60 m hurdles (7.92 seconds). She set her sights on a medal at the 2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships, hoping to go beyond her fourth place at the 2009 event.Sonninen, Antti-Pekka (2011-02-05). [http://www.iaaf.org/news/kind=100/newsid=59218.html Vukicevic 7.92 sec world season lead and Torro’s 2.33m star in Tampere]. IAAF. Retrieved on 2011-02-06. She improved her mark further to 7.90 seconds at the BW Bank Meeting in February.[http://www.european-athletics.org/31th-european-athletics-indoor-championships/records-tumble-in-karlsruhe-spiegelburg-clears-476m.html Records tumble in Karlsruhe, Spiegelburg clears 4.76m] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110218031156/http://www.european-athletics.org/31th-european-athletics-indoor-championships/records-tumble-in-karlsruhe-spiegelburg-clears-476m.html |date=2011-02-18 }}. European Athletics (2011-02-14). Retrieved on 2011-02-14. In November 2012 it was reported that she had been training with the controversial doctor Srdjan Djordjevic.{{Cite web |title=Christina Vukicevic trente med omstridt lege |url=http://www.vg.no/sport/friidrett/artikkel.php?artid=10063381}} On 29 February 2016, Vukicevic announced her retirement as an athlete, not having competed since 2012 due to an injury. She has worked as a commentator for the Norwegian public broadcaster NRK since 2021.

Vukicevic was born and raised in Drøbak by Serbian professional hurdler and sport of athletics couch Petar Vukičević and a half-Norwegian, half-Serbian mother. She grew up with her younger brother, Vladimir Vukicevic and three younger half-siblings, and is married to the Norwegian footballer, Vadim Demidov, residing in Bærum. On 29 February 2016, she revealed that she is expecting a child with Demidov and announced her retirement from professional sport, not having competed since 2012 due to an injury.[http://www.abcnyheter.no/nyheter/sport/2016/02/29/195202574/idrettskarrieren-over-gravid-vukicevic-demidov Idrettskarrieren over for gravid Vukicevic Demidov]

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