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Serbian canoe sprinter Olivera Moldovan retired from competitive sport

Serbian canoe sprinter Olivera Moldovan retired from competitive sport 21.3.2019

Serbian canoe sprinter Olivera Moldovan has announced her retirement from professional sport. She won two medals at European Championships in 2014 and 2015, and two medals at World Championships, as well as a medal at first European Games.


Olivera Moldovan decided to seek for new challenges and waved goodbye to canoe sprint competitions at the age of 30.  
 
She had a lot of success in her career in K2 where she paddled with her younger sister Nikolina. Girls won silver medal at the 2014 World Championships in K2W 500 metres event in Moscow and a bronze medal a year before in Duisburg at the 200 metres distance. They were third twice at European Championships in Brandenburg (K2W 500m) and Račice (K2W 200m), and picked up silver medal at first European Games in Baku in the K2W 200 metres final. She is also a holder of medals from Universities Games and Universities World Championships. She participated at two Olympic Games – in London 2012 and Rio de Janeiro 2016.

 

 

“I finished my sporting career as an athlete, but I still remain in canoeing. I am working in my club and the feeling is great. I am very touched everyone is still behind me, even though I am not an athlete anymore. I spent 17 years in canoeing, 15 of them in national team, and thanks to canoeing I had a very nice life, full of happiness and everything that sports bring,” said Olivera Moldovan.

 

 

Photo: Serbian Canoe Federation

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