Amela Terzić (Serbian Cyrillic: Амела Терзић, born 2 January 1993)Dupla kruna Amele Terzić na EP! . Novosti (24 July 2011). Retrieved on 2013-02-17. 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,World Youth Championships 2009. World Junior Athletics History (WJAH). Retrieved on 2013-02-17. and was the champion in the 3000 metres at the European Youth Olympic Festival (where she also took 1500 m bronze).European Youth Games 2009 . WJAH. Retrieved on 2013-02-17. 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.European Junior Championships 2009 . WJAH. Retrieved on 2013-02-17.European Cross Country Championships 2009. WJAH. Retrieved on 2013-02-17.

Terzić began 2010 with a win at the Belikros cross country race in Serbia.. European Athletics. Retrieved on 2013-02-17. 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.World Junior Championships 2010. WJAH. Retrieved on 2013-02-17. 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.European Cross Country Championships 2010. WJAH. Retrieved on 2013-02-17. Another win at the Belikros opened 2011. European Athletics (2011-02-01). Retrieved on 2013-02-17. 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.World Cross Country Championships 2011. WJAH. Retrieved on 2013-02-17. A 1500/3000 m double at the 2011 European Athletics Junior Championships confirmed her place among the top junior runners in the region.Amela Terzić dvostruka šampionka Evrope . Trcanje (2011-07-24). Retrieved on 2013-02-17. She won a third European medal of the season at the 2011 European Cross Country Championships, taking the bronze medal.European Cross Country Championships 2011. WJAH. Retrieved on 2013-02-17.

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.Valiente, Emeterio (2012-07-15). Barcelona 2012 - Event Report - Women's 1500m Final. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-02-17. 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.Terzić takes it a step at a time . European Athletics (2012-12-13). Retrieved on 2013-02-17. She celebrated the New Year by winning at the Silvesterlauf Peuerbach 5K road race, beating top marathon runner Irina Mikitenko.Leonard Komon shatters course record in Peuerbach New Year's Eve Run. IAAF (2013-01-01). Retrieved on 2013-02-17.

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.EP: Amela Terzić poslednja u finalu. B92 (2014-08-15). Retrieved on 2015-04-10.

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 Representing 2009World Youth ChampionshipsBrixen, Italy 3rd1500 m4:16.7European Youth Olympic FestivalTampere, Finland 3rd1500 m4:22.461st3000 m9:22.44European Junior ChampionshipsNovi Sad, Serbia9th1500 m4:23.996th3000 m9:22.44European Cross Country ChampionshipsDublin, Ireland12thJunior race14:422010World Junior ChampionshipsMoncton, Canada8th1500 m4:19.03European Cross Country ChampionshipsAlbufeira, Portugal 2ndJunior race12:592011World Cross Country ChampionshipsPunta Umbría, Spain32ndJunior race20:56European Junior ChampionshipsTallinn, Estonia 1st1500 m4:20.73 1st3000 m9:30.23European Cross Country ChampionshipsVelenje, Slovenia 3rdJunior race13:222012World Junior ChampionshipsBarcelona, Spain 2nd1500 m4:07.59European Cross Country ChampionshipsSzentendre, Hungary 1stJunior race13:292013European Team Championships — 2nd LeagueKaunas, Lithuania 3rd800 m2:04.67 1st1500 m4:26.73European U23 ChampionshipsTampere, Finland 1st1500 m4:05.69World ChampionshipsMoscow, Russia37th (h)1500 m4:27.89European Cross Country ChampionshipsBelgrade, Serbia 2ndU23 race19:462014European Team Championships — 2nd LeagueRiga, Latvia 3rd800 m2:05.24 1st1500 m4:28.99 1st3000 m9:11.64European ChampionshipsZürich, Switzerland 12th1500 m4:19.11European Cross Country ChampionshipsSamokov, Bulgaria 10thU23 race23:042015European Indoor ChampionshipsPrague, Czech Republic 16th (h)3000 m9:17.73European Team Championships — 2nd LeagueStara Zagora, Bulgaria 1st800 m1:59.90 1st1500 m4:16.13European U23 ChampionshipsTallinn, Estonia 1st1500 m4:04.77World ChampionshipsBeijing, China 15th (h)1500 m4:13.92European Cross Country ChampionshipsHyères, France 3rdU23 race19:492016European ChampionshipsAmsterdam, Netherlands12th1500 m4:37.70Olympic GamesRio de Janeiro, Brazil23rd (sf)800 m2:03.8134th (h)1500 m4:15.172017European Indoor ChampionshipsBelgrade, Serbia8th1500 m4:25.15World ChampionshipsLondon, United Kingdom22nd (h)1500 m4:08.55UniversiadeTaipei, Taiwan17th (sf)800 m2:07.54 1st1500 m4:19.182018Mediterranean GamesTarragona, Spain9th (h)800 m2:08.387th1500 m4:19.13European ChampionshipsBerlin, Germany23rd (h)1500 m4:17.222019European Indoor ChampionshipsGlasgow, United Kingdom9th1500 m4:24.20

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