Maja Savić - Wikipedia
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| Maja Savić | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Maja Savić | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
29 April 1976 (age 48) Ivangrad, SR Montenegro, SFR Yugoslavia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Montenegrin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing position | left wing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 14 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1990–2004 | ŽRK Budućnost | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2004–2008 | Slagelse Dream Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2008–2010 | F.C. Copenhagen | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2010–2011 | Viborg HK | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2011–2012 | ŽRK Budućnost | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Teams managed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2021– | Montenegro (assistant coach) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Maja Savić (born April 29, 1976) is a former Montenegrin handball player, playing for ŽRK Budućnost, where she came to from Viborg HK. She plays on the left wing position, and was member of ŽRK Budućnost and Slagelse Dream Team (2004–2008).[1]
Maja Savić played for the national teams of FR Yugoslavia and Serbia and Montenegro. In the 2001 World Women's Handball Championship, where Yugoslavia won bronze, Maja Savić was declared the Best Left Wing of the World[2][3] and member of All Star Team[4] At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she was part of the Montenegrin handball team that won the silver medal.[5]
She was included in the European Handball Federation Hall of Fame in 2023.[6]
- ^ "EHF Champions League 2007/08 - Maja+Savic". Archived from the original on 5 June 2011. Retrieved 10 December 2010. (Retrieved on October 08, 2008)
- ^ "Nezavisne Novine". Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 8 October 2008. (Retrieved on October 08, 2008)
- ^ [1] (Retrieved on October 08, 2008)
- ^ [2] (Retrieved on October 08, 2008)
- ^ "London 2012 Women's Handball". www.olympic.org. IOC. Retrieved 13 September 2014.
- ^ "LEGENDARY PLAYERS ENTER THE HALL OF FAME OF EUROPEAN HANDBALL". www.eurohandball.com. European Handball Federation. 26 June 2023. Retrieved 27 June 2023.