Amela Terzić

Amela Terzić
	Terzić at Salzburg in May 2015
Personal information
Nationality	Serbian
Born	2 January 1993 (age 31); Priboj, Serbia, FR Yugoslavia
Home town	Novi Pazar
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight	58 kg (128 lb)
Sport
Sport	Track
Event(s)	1500 metres, 3000 metres,; cross country running
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	800m: 1:59.90 ; 1500m: 4:04.77 ; Mile: 4:33.46 ; 3000m: 8:57.20
Medal record
Representing Serbia
Universiade
European U23 Championships
European Cross Country Championships
World Junior Championships
European Junior Championships
World Youth Championships
European Youth Olympic Festival
	Updated on July 14, 2015

Amela Terzić (Serbian Cyrillic: Амела Терзић, born 2 January 1993)^[3] is a Serbian middle-distance runner. She won two gold medals at 2011 European Athletics Junior Championships in Tallinn and was the junior champion at the 2012 European Cross Country Championships. She has also been a medallist in the 1500 metres at the World Junior and World Youth Championships and a gold medalist at the 2013 European U23 Championship.

Terzić lives in Barakovac, Novi Pazar and is coached by Rifat Zilkić. She was awarded a golden badge for the best young athlete of Serbia in 2011 and 2012.

Running career

Her first international appearances came in 2008 at the age of fifteen. That year she was second in the 800 m and third in the 1500 m at the Balkan Junior Athletics Championships. She established herself as a youth and junior athlete the following year: she was the Balkan junior champion in cross country and both middle-distance events, took bronze in the 1500 m at the 2009 World Youth Championships in Athletics,^[4] and was the champion in the 3000 metres at the European Youth Olympic Festival (where she also took 1500 m bronze).^[5] Further to this, she was a finalist in the 1500 m and 3000 m at the 2009 European Athletics Junior Championships and came twelfth in the junior section of the 2009 European Cross Country Championships.^[6]^[7]

Terzić began 2010 with a win at the Belikros cross country race in Serbia.^[8] On the track she was eighth in the 1500 m at the 2010 World Junior Championships in Athletics and won the 3000 m at the European junior clubs championship.^[9] He first major junior medal came in the form of a silver medal at the 2010 European Cross Country Championships, finishing three seconds behind winner Charlotte Purdue.^[10] Another win at the Belikros opened 2011^[11] In her world debut on grass she came 32nd at the junior race of the 2011 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, which was among the best placings by a European.^[12] A 1500/3000 m double at the 2011 European Athletics Junior Championships confirmed her place among the top junior runners in the region.^[13] She won a third European medal of the season at the 2011 European Cross Country Championships, taking the bronze medal.^[14]

Terzić made her first impact in senior level athletics in the 2012 season. She won the silver medal at the 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics with a Serbian national record time of 4:07.59 minutes for the 15000 m.^[15] A week later she took both the 1500 m and 3000 m titles at the Balkan Athletics Championships. She placed fourth in the 1500 at the Rieti Meeting and ran another national record in the non-standard 1000 m distance at the Athletics Bridge meet. In her final appearance in the junior category, she won the gold medal at the 2012 European Cross Country Championships.^[16] She celebrated the New Year by winning at the Silvesterlauf Peuerbach 5K road race, beating top marathon runner Irina Mikitenko.^[17]

In 2013 season she won a gold medal at the European U23 Championship in 1500m with a national record of 4:05.69 and debuted at the senior World Championship without reaching finals. In the same season she won her first cross-county medal as U23 athlete, silver at home at the European Cross Country Championships in Serbia.

In 2014, she competed for the first time in senior European Outdoor Championship and finished 12th in final.^[18]

Personal bests

Event	Time (min)	Date	Venue	Notes
800 m	1:59.90	20 June 2015	Stara Zagora, Bulgaria	NR
1000 m	2:39.79	26 August 2012	Dubnica nad Váhom, Slovakia	NR
1500 m	4:04.77	12 July 2015	Tallinn, Estonia	NR
2000 m	5:55.62	17 June 2014	Ostrava, Czech Republic	NR
3000 m	8:57.20	27 May 2015	Salzburg, Austria

International competitions

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing Serbia
2009	World Youth Championships	Brixen, Italy	3rd	1500 m	4:16.7
	European Youth Olympic Festival	Tampere, Finland	3rd	1500 m	4:22.46
	European Youth Olympic Festival	Tampere, Finland	1st	3000 m	9:22.44
	European Junior Championships	Novi Sad, Serbia	9th	1500 m	4:23.99
	European Junior Championships	Novi Sad, Serbia	6th	3000 m	9:22.44
	European Cross Country Championships	Dublin, Ireland	12th	Junior race	14:42
2010
	World Junior Championships	Moncton, Canada	8th	1500 m	4:19.03
	European Cross Country Championships	Albufeira, Portugal	2nd	Junior race	12:59
2011
	World Cross Country Championships	Punta Umbría, Spain	32nd	Junior race	20:56
	European Junior Championships	Tallinn, Estonia	1st	1500 m	4:20.73
	European Junior Championships	Tallinn, Estonia	1st	3000 m	9:30.23
	European Cross Country Championships	Velenje, Slovenia	3rd	Junior race	13:22
2012	World Junior Championships	Barcelona, Spain	2nd	1500 m	4:07.59
2012	European Cross Country Championships	Szentendre, Hungary	1st	Junior race	13:29
2013	European Team Championships — 2nd League	Kaunas, Lithuania	3rd	800 m	2:04.67
	European Team Championships — 2nd League	Kaunas, Lithuania	1st	1500 m	4:26.73
	European U23 Championships	Tampere, Finland	1st	1500 m	4:05.69
	World Championships	Moscow, Russia	37th (h)	1500 m	4:27.89
	European Cross Country Championships	Belgrade, Serbia	2nd	U23 race	19:46
2014	European Team Championships — 2nd League	Riga, Latvia	3rd	800 m	2:05.24
			1st	1500 m	4:28.99
			1st	3000 m	9:11.64
	European Championships	Zürich, Switzerland	12th	1500 m	4:19.11
	European Cross Country Championships	Samokov, Bulgaria	10th	U23 race	23:04
2015	European Indoor Championships	Prague, Czech Republic	16th (h)	3000 m	9:17.73
	European Team Championships — 2nd League	Stara Zagora, Bulgaria	1st	800 m	1:59.90
	European Team Championships — 2nd League	Stara Zagora, Bulgaria	1st	1500 m	4:16.13
	European U23 Championships	Tallinn, Estonia	1st	1500 m	4:04.77
	World Championships	Beijing, China	15th (h)	1500 m	4:13.92
	European Cross Country Championships	Hyères, France	3rd	U23 race	19:49
2016	European Championships	Amsterdam, Netherlands	12th	1500 m	4:37.70
	Olympic Games^[19]	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	23rd (sf)	800 m	2:03.81
	Olympic Games^[19]	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	34th (h)	1500 m	4:15.17
2017	European Indoor Championships	Belgrade, Serbia	8th	1500 m	4:25.15
	World Championships	London, United Kingdom	22nd (h)	1500 m	4:08.55
	Universiade	Taipei, Taiwan	17th (sf)	800 m	2:07.54
	Universiade	Taipei, Taiwan	1st	1500 m	4:19.18
2018	Mediterranean Games	Tarragona, Spain	9th (h)	800 m	2:08.38
	Mediterranean Games	Tarragona, Spain	7th	1500 m	4:19.13
	European Championships	Berlin, Germany	23rd (h)	1500 m	4:17.22
2019	European Indoor Championships	Glasgow, United Kingdom	9th	1500 m	4:24.20