To achieve decent results in professional sports, you must have certain physical parameters. Taller people are more likely to choose basketball. After some doubts, Blanca Vlašić chose athletics.
Starting conditions
In modern conditions, every adequate person tries to protect and strengthen his health. Physical education and sports help maintain a healthy body. Not everyone is moving from active athletes to professional sports. Only those who have sufficient potential. Blanca Vlašić is a famous sportswoman from Croatia. The high jumper was born on November 8, 1983 in a sports family. Parents lived in the city of Split. The husband and wife went in for sports professionally. The mother is a well-known skier in Europe. Repeatedly won prizes at the Croatian championships. Played basketball well.
Father, at one time, was thoroughly engaged in decathlon. The year his eldest daughter was born, he won the gold medal at the Mediterranean Games. The competition was held in the iconic city of Casablanca, which is located on the Atlantic coast in Morocco. On the occasion of the victory, the daughter received the name Blanca. In addition to her, three younger brothers were growing up in the house. The girl grew and developed in an environment when one of her parents was preparing for the next competition. The conversations were mainly about sporting events and activities.
From a young age, Blanca was involved in sports activities. Her father often took her with him to training. While at the stadium, the future champion tried her hand at different types of athletics. I ran short distances. Throwing a hammer and a spear. She jumped long and high. Vlašić studied well at school. At all competitions that were held in the city, she defended the honor of her educational institution. Already in high school, high jump specialists drew attention to it. By that time, Blanca was showing pretty decent results.
When fans watch the competition, they cannot see the downside to success. Before taking a place on the podium, an athlete has to work hard and hard. Training, at its core, is hard, grueling work. Blanca Vlašić, already at the age of sixteen, took a height of 1 m 93 cm. It is important to emphasize that the jumps were performed on their home ground, in the usual conditions. At the 2000 Olympic Games, which were held in Sydney, the Croatian athlete was unable to make it to the final. With good physical condition, Blanke lacked psychological preparation.
Formation and achievements
The failure at the 2000 Olympics did not discourage Blanca. She pulled herself together and a month later "snatched" the gold medal at the World Junior Athletics Championships. In order to prevent further miscalculations in important competitions, the athlete and coaches changed the training system. Vlašić began to devote more time to practicing the technical elements of the jump. She had to repeatedly watch video recordings of the jumps of the leading world-class athletes. And then hone certain movements to automatism.
Blanca's sports career was successful. The results of the new approach were immediate. In 2001, Vlašić won first place at the Mediterranean Games in Tunisia. Two seasons later, she finished third at the World Indoor Championships. In 2007, an athlete from Croatia took first place at the World Championships in the Japanese city of Osaka. At the 2008 Olympics in China, Blanke won a silver medal. Although all experts predicted gold for her, she was at the peak of her athletic form.
Injuries and side effects
By that time, the general level of training of female athletes in the world had improved markedly. Competition has intensified. Several years ago, in 2005, Vlašić suffered from an overactive thyroid syndrome. She had to recover for almost the entire year. Extreme psychological and physical stress became the cause of the disease. Once again, the coaches and the athlete laid out an updated system of training, restorative procedures and balanced nutrition.
At the end of 2011, Blanca injured her left leg. The athlete had to undergo two operations to eliminate the rupture of the ankle ligaments. Due to this injury, Vlašić was unable to attend the 2012 Olympics in London. Practice shows that such damage affects the physical condition of the athlete. Moreover, if she is engaged in high jumps. In the summer of 2016, the Croatian jumper gathered strength and won a bronze medal at the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.
Personal life
In 2018, answering questions from journalists, Vlašić said that she did not plan to leave the big sport. She received a specialized education and, in the future, is preparing for a career as a coach. Blanca is closely following the success of his younger brother Nikola, who plays football for one of the Russian teams. Brother and sister try to meet more often and exchange impressions.
The famous jumper prefers not to talk about her personal life. It is known for certain that she is not married. There are no children either. Blanca Vlašić has her own apartment in Split. She trains in the gym, which was built according to her design. The necessary resources for the construction were allocated by one of the Croatian businessmen.
