Personal information | |
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Birth name | Жељко Димитријевић |
Nationality | Serbian |
Born | (1971-01-04) 4 January 1971 (age 54) Petrovac na Mlavi, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia |
Sport | |
Sport | Athletics |
Event | Club throw |
Achievements and titles | |
Personal best | 35.29 |
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
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. At the 2016 Summer Paralympics, Dimitrijević won another gold medal in the same event with new world record (29.96 m).
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.
References
- "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
- The Official Website of the London 2012 Paralympic Games - Željko Dimitrijević Profile Archived 2 September 2012 at the Wayback Machine
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