Olga Šikovec
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Born | (1933-01-17)17 January 1933 Trbovlje, Slovenia |
Died | 4 April 2023(2023-04-04) (aged 90) Zagreb, Croatia |
Height | 162 cm (5 ft 4 in) |
Weight | 60 kg (132 lb) |
Sport | |
Sport | Athletics |
Event | Sprint |
Club | AD Kladivar, Celje |
Achievements and titles | |
Highest world ranking | 20 |
Personal best(s) | 100 m – 11.7 (1961) 200 m – 24.2 (1961)[1] |
Olga Šikovec (later Luncer, 17 January 1933 – 4 April 2023) was a Croatian sprinter of Slovenian origin.[2] She competed for Yugoslavia at the 1960 Summer Olympics in the 100 m and 200 m events, but failed to reach the finals.[1] Two years later she was part of the Yugoslav 4 × 100 m relay team that finished fourth at the European championships and set a national record.[2]
Šikovec had a brother Rudi and sister Sonja; they lost their father in World War II. At school she played volleyball and table tennis, and changed to athletics in 1953. In 1959 she married a well known sports journalist Vilko Luncer, and in 1961 moved from Trbovlje to Zagreb. Between 1955 and 1965 she won 24 Yugoslav titles over 60 m, 100 m and 200 m distances, and was named as Slovenian (1960) and Croatian (1962) Athlete of the Year. She retired from competitions in 1966 and later worked as a sports administrator and referee. Following an example of her husband, who was a long-term editor for the Zagreb Sports News, she also wrote on sport-related topics. Her son Bojan Luncer became a middle-distance runner and a member of the Yugoslav junior team and Croatian champion in 800m and 4x400m relay. He was first founding CEO of Lidl Croatia and Lidl International Board Member later.[2]
Olga Šikovec died in Zagreb on 4 April 2023, at the age of 90.[3]
References
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- ^ a b Olga Šikovec. Sports-Reference.com
- ^ a b c ŽIVLJENJEPISI SLOVENCEV V HRVAŠKEM ŠPORTU. slovenci-zagreb.hr (2014). pp. 206–210
- ^ "Olga Šikovec-Luncer". In Memoriam Servis. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
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(1952–90)
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- Eša Ligorio (1954)
- Milka Babović (1955)
- Vinka Jeričević (1956)
- Nada Vučković (1957)
- Hilda Zeier (1958)
- Tanja Zoković (1959)
- Tanja Kokeza (1960)
- Hilda Zeier (1961)
- Olga Šikovec (1962–63)
- Nada Vučković (1964)
- Ljiljana Petnjarić (1965–66)
- Mirjana Resler (1967)
- Đurđica Bjedov (1968)
- Ana Boban (1969)
- Ružica Meglaj (1970)
- Vera Nikolić (1971–72)
- Mara Torti (1973)
- Jelica Pavličić (1974)
- Branka Batinić (1975)
- Štefica Krištof (1976)
- Jelica Pavličić (1977)
- Pavica Galošević (1978)
- Sanda Dubravčić (1979)
- Štefica Krištof (1980)
- Sanda Dubravčić (1981)
- Biserka Perman (1982)
- Renata Šašak (1983)
- Branka Batinić (1984)
- Biserka Perman (1985)
- Jasna Šekarić (1986–89)
- Biljana Petrović (1990)
(1991–present)
- Danira Nakić (1991)
- Biserka Perman (1992)
- Suzana Skoko (1993)
- Iva Majoli (1994–97)
- Janica Kostelić (1998–2003)
- Blanka Vlašić (2004)
- Janica Kostelić (2005–06)
- Blanka Vlašić (2007–11)
- Sandra Perković (2012–19)
- Barbara Matić (2020)
- Matea Jelić (2021)
- Sandra Perković (2022)
- Lena Stojković (2023)
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