Marija Vuković (; born 21 January 1992) is a Montenegrin athlete specializing in the high jump. She won Montenegro's first ever European Athletics Championship medal with silver in the high jump at Munich 2022.
As a 17-year-old Vuković was the 2009 European Junior Championship silver medallist. By winning the 2010 World Junior Championships, she became her country's first ever medallist in a global athletics competition.
Biography Marija Vuković was born in Knin, the then-capital of unrecognized Republic of Serbian Krajina. In 1995 her family settled as refugees in Cetinje.
She won the silver medal in high jump competition at the 2009 European Junior Championships in Novi Sad, Serbia, and gold at the 2010 World Junior Championships held in Moncton, Canada, which was the first medal won by a Montenegrin athlete in global competition.
Vuković competed at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and finished ninth.
Her personal bests are: in the high jump (Smederevo 2021, ), in the indoor high jump (Banská Bystrica 2022, ), and in the triple jump (+1.0 m/s, Bar 2008, ).
She won the bronze medal at high jump at the 2026 European Championship in Birmingham. At a Diamond League meeting, she cleared 1.98 metres, equalling her personal best. She also won gold at the Mediterranean Games and was subsequently named the best female athlete in the Balkans.
Competition record 2007World Youth ChampionshipsOstrava, Czech Republic26th (q)1.65 mBalkan U20 ChampionshipsKragujevac, Serbia2nd1.78 m2008World Junior ChampionshipsBydgoszcz, Poland18th (q)1.78 m2009Balkan Indoor ChampionshipsPiraeus, Greece3rd1.80 m iMediterranean GamesPescara, Italy5th1.75 mWorld Youth ChampionshipsBrixen, Italy9th1.75 mEuropean Junior ChampionshipsNovi Sad, Serbia2nd1.89 m2010World Junior ChampionshipsMoncton, Canada1st1.91 mEuropean ChampionshipsBarcelona, Spain21st (q)1.87 m2011Games of the Small States of EuropeSchaan, Liechtenstein1st1.86 mEuropean Junior ChampionshipsTallinn, Estonia8th1.81 mWorld ChampionshipsDaegu, South Korea28th (q)1.80 m2013Balkan Indoor ChampionshipsIstanbul, Turkey5th1.74 m iGames of the Small States of EuropeLuxembourg, Luxembourg1st1.77 mBalkan ChampionshipsStara Zagora, Bulgaria7th1.75 m2015Balkan Indoor ChampionshipsIstanbul, Turkey3rd1.82 m iEuropean Indoor ChampionshipsPrague, Czech Republic20th (q)1.77 m iGames of the Small States of EuropeReykjavík, Iceland1st1.80 mEuropean GamesBaku, Azerbaijan1st1.86 mUniversiadeGwangju, South Korea4th1.80 mBalkan ChampionshipsPitești, Romania3rd1.87 m2016Balkan Indoor ChampionshipsIstanbul, Turkey2nd1.84 m iBalkan ChampionshipsPitești, Romania2nd1.88 mEuropean ChampionshipsAmsterdam, Netherlands18th (q)1.85 m2017Balkan Indoor ChampionshipsBelgrade, Serbia2nd1.86 m iEuropean Indoor ChampionshipsBelgrade, Serbia17th (q)1.86 m iGames of the Small States of EuropeSerravalle, San Marino1st1.91 mEuropean Team Championships Third LeagueMarsa, Malta1st1.90 mBalkan ChampionshipsNovi Pazar, Serbia3rd1.84 mWorld ChampionshipsLondon, United Kingdom21st (q)1.85 mUniversiadeTaipei, Taiwan4th1.88 m2018Balkan Indoor ChampionshipsIstanbul, Turkey2nd1.89 m iChampionships of the Small States of EuropeSchaan, Liechtenstein1st1.86 mBalkan ChampionshipsStara Zagora, Bulgaria5th1.80 mEuropean ChampionshipsBerlin, Germany18th (q)1.81 m2019Balkan Indoor ChampionshipsIstanbul, Turkey2nd1.92 m iEuropean Indoor ChampionshipsGlasgow, United Kingdom13th (q)1.89 m iGames of the Small States of EuropeBar, Montenegro1st1.86 mEuropean Team Championships Third LeagueSkopje, North Macedonia1st1.84 mWorld ChampionshipsDoha, Qatar18th (q)1.85 m2020Balkan Indoor ChampionshipsIstanbul, Turkey2nd1.88 m iBalkan ChampionshipsCluj-Napoca, Romania4th1.84 m2021Balkan Indoor ChampionshipsIstanbul, Turkey1st1.90 m iEuropean Indoor ChampionshipsToruń, Poland7th1.92 m iChampionships of the Small States of EuropeSerravalle, San Marino1st1.86 mEuropean Team Championships Third LeagueLimassol, Cyprus1st1.90 mBalkan ChampionshipsSmederevo, Serbia1st1.97 m Olympic GamesTokyo, Japan9th 1.96 m2022Balkan Indoor ChampionshipsIstanbul, Turkey2nd1.90 mWorld Indoor ChampionshipsBelgrade, Serbia4th1.95 m iMediterranean GamesOran, Algeria1st1.92 mWorld ChampionshipsEugene, OR, United States14th (q)1.90 mEuropean ChampionshipsMunich, Germany2nd1.95 m2023European Indoor ChampionshipsIstanbul, Turkey10th (q)1.87 m iWorld ChampionshipsBudapest, Hungary25th (q)1.85 m2024European ChampionshipsRome, Italy –NMChampionships of the Small States of EuropeGibraltar2nd1.77 m2025European Indoor ChampionshipsApeldoorn, Netherlands8th1.85 mGames of the Small States of EuropeAndorra la Vella, Andorra1st1.85 mWorld ChampionshipsTokyo, Japan12th1.88 m2026World Indoor ChampionshipsToruń, Poland10th1.85 mEuropean ChampionshipsBirmingham, United Kingdom3rd1.95 mMediterranean GamesTaranto, Italy1st1.94 m
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