Background
Jevtić was born in Titovo Užice, Yugoslavia, otherwise known presently as Užice, Serbia.
long-distance runner marathon runner
Jevtić was born in Titovo Užice, Yugoslavia, otherwise known presently as Užice, Serbia.
She has represented her country four times at the Olympics in 2000, 2004, 2008 and 2012. She is based in her native city, coached by Slavoljub "Slavko" Kuzmanović, and she competes for the running club Alaska Mladost Užice. Jevtić holds the Serbian marathon record of 2:25:23, which she established at the Rotterdam Marathon in 2003.
In December 2007, coach Kuzmanović and Jevtić went on an altitude training trip to Eldoret, Kenya, when violent conflict erupted from the 2007 Kenyan election crisis.
After Jevtić and Kuzmanović were picked up by a Serbian diplomat-evacuation flight, Kipruto was caught by rebels, tortured, and lost four fingers. Subsequent to the violence in Kenya, Kipruto moved in to live with Jevtić and Kuzmanović in Užice and joined their running team Mladost.
Jevtić was selected as young athlete of the year of 1996. Jevtić was stripped of third place in 2002 New York City Marathon and received a public warning after testing positive for the banned drug ephedrine.
The president of NYRR at the time, Alan Steinfeld, told the New York Times that it was likely an "innocent mistake" and that ephedrine is common in cough suppressants.
2013 European Team Championships, Second league 5000 m - 1st place
2013 European Cup 10,000m - 3rd place
2013 Belgrade Marathon 1st place
2012 European Cross Country Championships 26th place
2012 Podgorica Marathon 1st place
2011 European Cross Country Championships 21st place
2011 Torino Marathon 5th place
2010 European Championship marathon 4th place
2009 Saint Silvester Road Race 2nd place
2009 Sarajevo Half Marathon 1st place
2009 Belgrade Half Marathon 1st place
2009 Podgorica Marathon 1st place
2008 Belgrade Half Marathon 1st place
2007 Porto Half Marathon 2nd place
2006 Boston Marathon 7th place
2006 European Championship marathon silver medal
2005 Saint Silvester Marathon 1st place
2004 Boston Marathon 3rd place
2004 Olympic Games marathon 6th place
2003 New York City Marathon 9th place
2003 World Championship marathon 8th place
2003 Amsterdam Marathon 1st place
2002 New York City Marathon 3rd place (debut and DSQ)
2002 New York City Mini Marathon 4th place
2001 World Half Marathon Championships 7th place
1998 Saint Silvester Marathon 1st place
1998 European Championship 10,000 m fourth
1998 European Championship 5000 m fourth
1996 World Junior Championship in Athletics 5000 m silver medal.
She won the silver medal in the marathon at the 2006 European Athletics Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden. She won the women"s race at the Balkan Cross Country Championships in March 2011. In 2006 she was awarded Golden Badge of Sport, award for the sportperson of the Year in Serbia, and the same year, and the 1998 and 1999 was declared the best sportswoman by the Olympic Committee of Serbia and Yugoslavia.
