Brigita Bukovec

Brigita Bukovec ( born May 21, 1970 in Ljubljana ) is a Slovenian former track and field athlete and Olympic medal winner.

From 1989 to 1991 Brigita Bukovec won three times in a row, the Yugoslav championship title in the 100 - meter hurdles. In 1992, she was then first Slovenian Champion after independence. 1993 and 1997, she was again national champion.

At the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona Bukovec eliminated in the semifinals. Your first major final at the senior level it reached at the 1993 World Indoor Championships in Toronto, where she finished in seventh place. 1994 at the European Championships in Helsinki she missed in fourth in 13.01 s only 0.08 seconds, a medal, but won at the Goodwill Games. In 1995, she won bronze s with only one hundredth of a second behind the Cuban Aliuska López at number one and the Kazakh Olga Schischi Gina in second place at the World Indoor Championships in Barcelona in 7.93.

At the European Indoor Championships 1996 in Stockholm Bukovec was in second in 7.90 s again a hundredth of a second behind the winner, this time it was the Frenchwoman Patricia Girard. In the outdoor season she won in 12.59 s also the silver medal at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta behind the Swede Ludmila Engquist and before Patricia Girard. 1997 in Athens succeeded Bukovec with fourth place in 12.69 s her best finish at the World Championships. At the European Championships 1998 in Budapest Bukovec won in 12.65 s the silver medal behind the Bulgarian Svetla Dimitrova. With the fourth in 7.92 s at the World Indoor Championships in Maebashi 1999 Brigita Bukovec was the last time in a grand finale, ten years after their bronze medal at the European Junior Championships in 1989.

Your personal best of 12.59 s in 1996 in Atlanta means the Slovenian national record. At a height of 1.68 m her competition weight was 62 kg.