Živa Remic
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| Born | 23 August 2009 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Middle-distance running | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 400m: 52.21 (2025) NU20R 800m: 2:00.73 (Ostrava, 2026) EU18B | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Živa Remic (born 23 August 2009) is a Slovenian middle-distance runner. In February 2026, she ran the European indoor under-18 best time for the 800 metres and won her first senior title at the Slovenian Indoor Championships. Prior to that, she won the silver medal as a 15 year-old at the 2025 European Athletics U20 Championships and won the 2025 European Youth Olympic Festival over 400 metres.[1]
Career
A member of Olimpija Athletic Club and from Grosuplje, she is coached by of Gregor Grad.[2] Remic attended Bežigrad Grammar School in Ljubljana, Slovenia.[3] In 2024, Remic set a Slovenian under-18 (and under-16) best time in the 800 metres with 2:05.88. That year, she also set Slovenia best times in those age-groups over 600 metres and 1000 metres.[4]
In June 2025, she improved her personal best by more than two and a half seconds to 2:03.19 for the 800 metres.[4] That month, she was the youngest member of the Slovenian team to compete at the 2025 European Athletics Team Championships Second Division in Maribor, placing sixth in the 400 metres, in a personal best time of 52.23 seconds.[5][6] On 22 July 2025, Remic won the 400 metres title at the European Youth Olympic Festival in Skopje in 52.21 seconds.[7][8]
As a 15 year-old, Remic won the silver medal finishing nine hundredths of a second behind Jana Becker of Germany at the 2025 European Athletics U20 Championships in Tampere in 2:01.76. The time was only by 24 hundredths of a second outside the Slovenian under-20 record.[9][10][11] That year, Remic signed a contract with sportswear brand Puma.[12]
Competing indoors at the Czech Golden Gala in Ostrava on 3 February 2026, Remic ran the metres in 2:00.73, setting a European under-18 indoor best time improving the previous best, set in 2013 by Aníta Hinriksdóttir, and placed Remic second on the world U18 all-time list. The time broke six Slovenian records, including the outright under-23 record held previously by Jolanda Čeplak.[13][14] The time also met the automatic qualification standard for the 2026 World Indoor Championships.[15] The following month, she won the senior Slovenian Indoor Athletics Championships over 800 metres in 2:01.45.[16]
References
- ^ "Živa Remic". World Athletics. Retrieved 4 February 2026.
- ^ Kastelic, Žiga (11 August 2025). "Živa Remic, Grosupeljčanka melje državne rekorde enega za drugim". dolenjskainfo.com. Retrieved 4 Feb 2026.
- ^ "Inspiring Bežiža High School Student: Živa Remic, an exceptional athlete, now an ambassador". ljubljanainfo.com. September 9, 2025. Retrieved 4 Feb 2026.
- ^ a b "Record throw not technically the best". Dnevnik.si. 1 June 2025. Retrieved 4 Feb 2026.
- ^ "Ne z eno, Slovenija na EP s kar dvema 15-letnicama". SportKlub. 21 June 2025. Retrieved 4 Feb 2026.
- ^ "European Athletics Team Championships Second Division". World Athletics. 28 June 2025. Retrieved 4 Feb 2026.
- ^ "Brilliant Živa Remic at 15, European runner-up among girls under 20". Delo.si. 10 August 2025. Retrieved 4 Feb 2026.
- ^ "18th European Youth Olympic Festival". World Athletics. 20 July 2025. Retrieved 3 Feb 2026.
- ^ "Živa Remic, European Junior Vice Champion at 15". Siol.net. 10 August 2025. Retrieved 4 February 2026.
- ^ Mills, Steven (10 Aug 2025). "Moe Berg leads Norway 1-2 in 1500m final to clinch distance double". European Athletics. Retrieved 28 August 2025.
- ^ "Živa Remic wins silver at the European Youth 800m Championships". zanima.me. 11 August 2025. Retrieved 4 Feb 2026.
- ^ "Vzhajajoča slovenska zvezda med olimpijske prvake". Sport Klub. 21 November 2025. Retrieved 4 Feb 2026.
- ^ "History repeats as Crestan and Molnar headline record spree in Ostrava". World Athletics. 3 February 2026. Retrieved 4 Feb 2026.
- ^ "Nor debi v Ostravi, 16-letna Živa Remic osupnila Evropo". Sport Klub. 3 Feb 2026. Retrieved 3 Feb 2026.
- ^ "Crazy run by Živa Remic, Tina Šutej with second result of the season in the world". Siol.net. 3 Feb 2026. Retrieved 4 Feb 2026.
- ^ "Slovenian Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 1 March 2026. Retrieved 3 March 2026.