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 of the Serbian main league Serbian SuperLiga team FK Napredak FK Napredak Kruševac and sister of ex footballer Anđelo Stevanović, now in the staff of the same team.
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. Archived from the original on 26 December 2017. Retrieved 25 December 2017.
- ^ "Jeljcin Kup U Srpskim Rukama – Odbojka Volleyball".
- ^ "РТС :: Одбојка :: Јована Стевановић и Марко Подрашчанин најбољи одбојкаши у 2023".
