Olga Šikovec

Olga Šikovec

Personal information
Born	(1933-01-17)17 January 1933 Trbovlje, Slovenia
Died	4 April 2023(2023-04-04) (aged 90) Zagreb, Croatia
Height	162 cm (5 ft 4 in)
Weight	60 kg (132 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	Sprint
Club	AD Kladivar, Celje
Achievements and titles
Highest world ranking	20
Personal best(s)	100 m – 11.7 (1961) 200 m – 24.2 (1961)

Olga Šikovec (later Luncer, 17 January 1933 – 4 April 2023) was a Croatian sprinter of Slovenian origin. She competed for Yugoslavia at the 1960 Summer Olympics in the 100 m and 200 m events, but failed to reach the finals. Two years later she was part of the Yugoslav 4 × 100 m relay team that finished fourth at the European championships and set a national record.

Šikovec had a brother Rudi and sister Sonja; they lost their father in World War II. At school she played volleyball and table tennis, and changed to athletics in 1953. In 1959 she married a well known sports journalist Vilko Luncer, and in 1961 moved from Trbovlje to Zagreb. Between 1955 and 1965 she won 24 Yugoslav titles over 60 m, 100 m and 200 m distances, and was named as Slovenian (1960) and Croatian (1962) Athlete of the Year. She retired from competitions in 1966 and later worked as a sports administrator and referee. Following an example of her husband, who was a long-term editor for the Zagreb Sports News, she also wrote on sport-related topics. Her son Bojan Luncer became a middle-distance runner and a member of the Yugoslav junior team. He was first founding CEO of Lidl Croatia and Lidl International Board Member later.

Olga Šikovec died in Zagreb on 4 April 2023, at the age of 90.