Jovana Peković
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| Born | 16 January 1998 Nikšić, Montenegro, FR Yugoslavia | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Judoka | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Montenegro | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Judo | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight class | –78 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Achievements and titles | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Olympic Games | R32 (2020) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| World Champ. | R32
(2017, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| European Champ. | R16
(2016, 2017, 2018, 2021, 2022, 2024, 2025) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| Profile at external databases | |||||||||||||||||||||
| IJF | 18702 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| JudoInside.com | 67245 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Updated on 26 April 2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Jovana Peković (Montenegrin: Јована Пековић, born 16 January 1998) is a Montenegrin judoka. She qualified to represent Montenegro at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo 2021, competing in women's –78 kg category. She has contested a number of International Judo Federation (IJF) events and won medals at European U-23 and World Cadet championships.
Early life
Peković was born on 16 January 1998 in Nikšić, Montenegro, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.[1]
Career
Peković took part in the 2015 World Judo Cadets Championships in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina in the women's –70 kg category. After receiving a bye in the first round, she defeated Bruna Silva of Brazil in the second round and Nefeli Papadakis of the United States in the quarter-finals. However, she lost to eventual gold medalist Karla Prodan of Croatia in the semi-finals. In the repechage, Peković defeated Suzuka Takaku of Japan to win bronze.[2]
In 2019, she contested the 2019 European U23 Judo Championships in Izhevsk, Russia in the women's –78 kg category. In the first round, she defeated Shelley Ludford of Great Britain and then defeated Sophie Berger of Belgium in the quarter-finals. She won her semi-final against Inbar Lanir of Israel before defeating Teresa Zenker of Germany in the final to win the gold medal.[3]
Peković qualified to represent Montenegro at the delayed 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[4][5] The judo evens took place at the Nippon Budokan in Chiyoda, Tokyo and Peković competed in the women's –78 kg category. In the first round, she lost by waza-ari to Karla Prodan of Croatia.[6]
References
- ^ "Jovana Peković". Tokyo 2020. Archived from the original on 27 July 2021. Retrieved 14 July 2025.
- ^ "2015 World Cadets Championships". International Judo Federation. Retrieved 14 July 2025.
- ^ "2019 European U23 Championships". International Judo Federation. Retrieved 14 July 2025.
- ^ "Jovana Peković". Olympedia. Retrieved 14 July 2025.
- ^ "Judo Results Book" (PDF). Tokyo 2020. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 14 July 2025.
- ^ "2020 Summer Olympics, Half-Heavyweight (≤78 kilograms), Women". Olympedia. Retrieved 14 July 2025.
External links
- Jovana Peković at the International Judo Federation
- Jovana Peković at JudoInside.com
- Jovana Peković at AllJudo.net (in French)
- Jovana Peković at Olympics.com
- Jovana Peković at Olympedia
- Jovana Peković at The-Sports.org
- Jovana Peković on Facebook