Suzana Lazović

Suzana Lazović (born 28 January 1992) is a retired Montenegrin handballer that played for ŽRK Budućnost Podgorica and the Montenegro women's national handball team. She was also a Serbia and Montenegro national junior judo champion.

Handball and coaching career Lazović was part of the Montenegrin teams that won silver at the 2012 Summer Olympics, and gold at the 2012 Women's EHF European Championship.

Lazović had to retire at the age of 25 due to injuries, including a severely herniated disc, heart ablation and a neck injury, and moved into handball coaching. She coached the Montenegrin junior team. She then moved to China and coached their youth, junior and senior teams. During her reign, the Chinese junior team reached the last 16 of the IHF Women's Junior World Championship, for the first time in 33 years. She has also coached at club level with the Hungarian team, Alba Fehervar. Lazović was Montenegro's coach at the 2024 European handball championships, taking over from Bojana Popovic. Prior to their April 2025 match against Portugal, Lazović talked about 'rejuvenating the line up' of the team.

Judo career Despite her success at handball, Lazović's original sport was judo. As a junior, she won the Serbia and Montenegro national championship. She signed her first professional contract at 16, for Budućnost. She played for them for her entire career.