Brigita Bukovec

Brigita Bukovec (lane 4) ant the 1996 Summer Olympics 100 m hs semi-final.

Brigita Bukovec (born May 21, 1970 in Ljubljana) is a retired Slovenian hurdler who won a surprising Olympic silver medal in 1996. During the Olympics she set a personal best time with 12.59 seconds.

She stopped competing on top level after the 1999 season.

Competition record

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing Yugoslavia
1988	World Junior Championships	Sudbury, Canada	11th (sf)	100m hurdles	13.96 (wind: +1.5m/s)
1989	European Junior Championships	Varaždin, Yugoslavia	3rd	100 m hurdles	13.50
1990	European Indoor Championships	Glasgow, United Kingdom	14th (h)	60 m hurdles	8.50
	European Championships	Split, Yugoslavia	16th (sf)	100 m hurdles	13.46
1991	World Indoor Championships	Seville, Spain	11th (sf)	60 m hurdles	8.16
	World Championships	Tokyo, Japan	25th (h)	100 m hurdles	13.44
Representing Slovenia
1992	European Indoor Championships	Genoa, Italy	11th (sf)	60 m hurdles	8.23
	Olympic Games	Barcelona, Spain	17th (sf)	100 m hurdles	13.68
1993	World Indoor Championships	Toronto, Canada	7th	60 m hurdles	8.28
	Mediterranean Games	Narbonne, France	1st	100 m hurdles	13.10
	World Championships	Stuttgart, Germany	10th (sf)	100 m hurdles	12.98
1994	European Indoor Championships	Paris, France	4th	60 m hurdles	7.94
	Goodwill Games	St. Petersburg, Russia	1st	100 m hurdles	12.83 (w)
	European Championships	Helsinki, Finland	4th	100 m hurdles	13.01
1995	World Indoor Championships	Barcelona, Spain	3rd	60 m hurdles	7.93
	World Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	8th	100 m hurdles	13.02
1996	European Indoor Championships	Stockholm, Sweden	2nd	60 m hurdles	7.90
	Olympic Games	Atlanta, United States	2nd	100 m hurdles	12.59
1997	World Indoor Championships	Paris, France	5th (sf)	60 m hurdles	7.93
	Mediterranean Games	Bari, Italy	2nd	100 m hurdles	13.01
	World Championships	Athens, Greece	4th	100 m hurdles	12.69
1998	European Indoor Championships	Valencia, Spain	7th	60 m hurdles	8.34
	Goodwill Games	Uniondale, United States	5th	100 m hurdles	13.19
	European Championships	Budapest, Hungary	2nd	100 m hurdles	12.65
1999	World Indoor Championships	Maebashi, Japan	4th	60 m hurdles	7.92

External links

• Brigita Bukovec profile at IAAF

Olympic Games
Preceded by Rajmond Debevec	Flagbearer for Slovenia Atlanta 1996	Succeeded by Iztok Čop