Jovana Stevanović (born 30 June 1992) is a Serbian professional volleyball player who won the 2016 Summer Olympics silver medal with the Serbia national team. Until 2022 she played for the Italian club Unet E-Work Busto Arsizio and until May 2023 for Vero Volley Monza. She currently plays for Turkish team Eczacıbaşı Dynavit.
Career
edit2014/2015 - 'Scudetto' Winner of Women's Italian Volleyball Championship with Italian team Casalmaggiore
2015 - Supercup Winner of Women's Italian Volleyball Championship with Italian team Casalmaggiore.
2015/2016 - CEV Champions League Winner and competition Best Middle Blocker with Italian team Casalmaggiore
2016 - Silver medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics with the Serbian National team[1] and silver medal at the 2016 FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship with Italian team Casalmaggiore.[2] She was selected to play the Italian League All-Star game in 2017.[3]
Awards
editNational team
editJunior team
edit- 2009 Youth European Volleyball Championship - Silver medal
- 2009 U19 World Championship - Silver medal
- 2010 Junior European Championship - Silver medal
National team
edit- 2012 European League - Bronze Medal
- 2015 European games - Bronze Medal
- 2015 World Cup - Silver Medal
- 2015 European Championship - Bronze Medal
- 2016 Olympic Games - Silver Medal
- 2017 Yeltsin Cup - Gold Medal[4]
- 2017 World Grand Prix - Bronze Medal
- 2017 European Championship - Gold Medal
- 2018 World Championship - Gold Medal
- 2022 Nations League - Bronze Medal
- 2022 World Championship - Gold Medal
- 2023 European Championship - Silver Medal
Club
edit- 2008–09 Serbian Cup – Runner-Up, with OK Crvena Zvezda
- 2009–10 Serbian Cup – Champion, with OK Crvena Zvezda
- 2010–11 Serbian Cup – Champion, with OK Crvena Zvezda
- 2011–12 Serbian Cup – Champion, with OK Crvena Zvezda
- 2012–13 Serbian Cup – Champion, with OK Crvena Zvezda
- 2008–09 Serbian Superleague – Runner-Up, with OK Crvena Zvezda
- 2009–10 Serbian Superleague – Champion, with OK Crvena Zvezda
- 2010–11 Serbian Superleague – Champion, with OK Crvena Zvezda
- 2011–12 Serbian Superleague – Champion, with OK Crvena Zvezda
- 2012–13 Serbian Superleague – Champion, with OK Crvena Zvezda
- 2014–15 Italian Serie A1 – Champion, with Pomì Casalmaggiore
- 2018–19 Italian Serie A1 – Bronze medal, with Savino Del Bene Scandicci
- 2022–23 Italian Serie A1 – Runner-Up, with Vero Volley Milano
- 2015–16 Cup – Bronze medal, with Pomì Casalmaggiore
- 2018–19 Cup – Bronze medal, with Savino Del Bene Scandicci
- 2021–22 Cup – Bronze medal, with Unet E-Work Busto Arsizio
- 2022–23 Cup – Runner-Up, with Vero Volley Milano
Italian Supercup
- 2015 Supercup – Champion, with Pomì Casalmaggiore
- 2020 Superup – Runner-Up, with Unet E-Work Busto Arsizio
- 2023–24 Turkish Volleyball League - Runner-Up, with Eczacıbaşı Dynavit
- 2009–10 CEV Cup - Runner-Up, with Crvena Zvezda Beograd
- 2010–11 CEV Cup - Bronze medal, with Crvena Zvezda Beograd
- 2016–17 CEV Cup - Bronze medal, with Pomì Casalmaggiore
- 2015–16 CEV Champions League - Champion, with Pomì Casalmaggiore
- 2020–21 CEV Champions League - Bronze medal, with Unet E-Work Busto Arsizio
FIVB Volleyball Club World Championship
- 2016 Club World Championship - Runner-Up, with Pomì Casalmaggiore
- 2023 Club World Championship - Champion, with Eczacıbaşı Dynavit
Individual Awards (awarded)
editNational Team
editClub
edit- 2013–14 Italian Volley League A1 "Best middle blocker"
- 2015–16 Italian Volley League A1 "Best middle blocker"
- 2015–16 CEV Women's Champions League "Best middle blocker"
- 2023 FIVB Club World Championship "Best middle blocker"
Individual awards (not awarded)
editNational Team
editClub
edit- 2012/13 Serbian Cup – Best middle blocker
Individual achievements
edit- 2023 OSS Best Female Volleyball Player of the Year[5]
Personal life
editShe is a daughter of the ex football player and nowadays coach Goran Stevanović and sister of ex footballer Anđelo Stevanović, now co-trainer for the young boys of Partizan Beograd.
References
edit- ^ "Volleyball: Chinese women win gold in clash with Serbia". Reuters. Rio de Janeiro. 20 August 2016. Retrieved 25 December 2017.
- ^ "Kosheleva blasts Eczacıbaşı to second club worlds title". FIVB. 23 October 2016. Retrieved 25 December 2017.
- ^ "All Star Game: A Bergamo la sfida Selezione Italia vs Resto del Mondo" (in Italian). Bergamo: Volleyball.it. 18 December 2017. Retrieved 25 December 2017.
- ^ https://odbojka-volleyball.com/jeljcin-kup-u-srpskim-rukama/ [bare URL]
- ^ https://www.rts.rs/sport/odbojka/5336226/jovana-stevanovic-marko-podrascanin-odbojkasi.html [bare URL]