Željko Dimitrijević
Appearance
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Personal information | |
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Birth name | Жељко Димитријевић |
Nationality | Serbian |
Born | Petrovac na Mlavi, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia | 4 January 1971
Sport | |
Sport | Athletics |
Event | Club throw |
Achievements and titles | |
Personal best | 34.71 WR |
Medal record |
Željko Dimitrijević (Serbian Cyrillic: Жељко Димитријевић; born 4 January 1971) is a gold medal-winning Paralympian athlete from Serbia. He competes in seated throws in the F51 classification, a class for quadriplegics. He is the current world record holder in club throw.
Career
[edit]At the 2012 Summer Paralympics held in London, he won a gold medal in club throw, broke a world record and became first Paralympic gold medalist for Serbia.[1] At the 2016 Summer Paralympics, Dimitrijević won another gold medal in the same event with new world record (29.96 m).[2]
At the 2021 World Para Athletics European Championships, Dimitrijević won gold medal in club throw in the F51 classification with a new world record of 34.71 m.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Prvo zlato za Srbiju: Željko Dimitrijević oborio svetski rekord". Blic. 31 August 2012. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
- ^ "KAKAV PODVIG Dimitrijeviću paraolimpijsko zlato u Riju uz svetski rekord, Mitiću srebro!". Blic. 16 September 2016. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
- ^ "SVAKA ČAST, MAJSTORI Željko Dimitrijević osvojio zlato i oborio SVETSKI REKORD, a Aleksandar Radišić se okitio bronzom na prvenstvu Evrope za paraolimpijce". Blic. 2 June 2021. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
External links
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- The Official Website of the London 2012 Paralympic Games - Željko Dimitrijević Profile Archived 2 September 2012 at the Wayback Machine
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