Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Dević akaberekerwa muDonje Biljane, musha muduku muRavni Kotari. Achikura muKninska Krajina, akatanga kuita zvemamita chiuru nemazana mashanu. Akava mumwe wevanonyanya kukwikwidzana vepakati-kureba track runners muSR Croatia yese uye akamhanya ku1987 Summer Universiade muZagreb. Apo Yugoslavia yakatanga kuparara, akatamira kwenguva pfupi kuSarajevo, asi nokukurumidza akapotera muBelgrade apo vabereki vake vakatamira kunogara muUnited States. Sezvo akanga asina vabereki vake kana kuti dzimwe hama dzepedyo muBelgrade, akakokwa naGoran Raičević nomudzimai wake Jelena kuti vagare navo. Akaumba ushamwari hwapedyo zvikuru naGoran, uye kurovedza kwavo pamwe chete kwakatora nguva apo Dević akatungamirira
marathon yevarume kumaOlympics a1996, achipedza ari pachinzvimbo chechi49 pakati pevanhu 111 vakapedza aine nguva ya2:21:22. Akapedza ari pachinzvimbo chechinomwe pa1997 Belgrade Marathon munguva ye2:16:01.