Brigita Bukovec (born 21 May 1970)[1][2] is a retired Slovenian hurdler who won an Olympic silver medal in 1996.
[3] Bukovec started her career as an athlete in her home country, specializing in hurdles.
She achieved fourth place in 60m hurdles at the 1994 European Athletics Indoor Championships in Paris and fourth place in 100m hurdles at the 1994 European Athletics Championships in Helsinki.
Bukovec won a silver medal in 100m hurdles at the 1997 Mediterranean Games, and in 1998 she won the silver at the European Athletics Championships, where she ran the 100m in 12.65, just shy of her Olympic record.
[5] After her retirement she gave birth to two children and devoted herself to her new job as a mother.