Kemal Mešić

Last updated • a couple of secsFrom Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Kemal Mešić
Hanzekovic Memorial 20160905 DSC 5787.jpg
Mešić at the 2016 Hanžeković Memorial
Personal information
Born (1985-08-04) 4 August 1985 (age 38)
Rogatica, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia
Height2.00 m (6 ft 6+12 in)
Weight125 kg (276 lb)
Sport
CountryFlag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina
SportAthletics
Event(s) Shot put
Updated on 15 August 2012.

Kemal Mešić (born 4 August 1985, in Rogatica [1] ) is a shot putter and discus thrower from Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Contents

He competed at the 2012 Olympic Games and the 2016 Olympic Games, both times without reaching the final.

His personal best throw in shot put is 20.83 meters, achieved in June 2019 in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and 56.88 meters in the discus throw, achieved in May 2009 in Tallahassee, Florida.

Competition record

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina
2004 World Junior Championships Grosseto, Italy 25th (q)Discus (1.75 kg) 49.06 m
2005 European U23 Championships Erfurt, Germany 22nd (q)Discus 48.36 m
2007 European U23 Championships Debrecen, Hungary 16th (q)Shot put 17.19 m
19th (q)Discus 51.78 m
2009 Mediterranean Games Pescara, Italy 9thShot put 17.96 m
Universiade Belgrade, Serbia 9thShot put 18.37 m
2011 Universiade Shenzhen, China 10thShot put 18.66 m
2012 Olympic Games London, United Kingdom 23rd (q)Shot put 19.60 m
2013 European Indoor Championships Gothenburg, Sweden 9th (q)Shot put 19.71 m
Mediterranean Games Mersin, Turkey 4thShot put 19.60 m
World Championships Moscow, Russia 22nd (q)Shot put 18.98 m
2014 World Indoor Championships Sopot, Poland 15th (q)Shot put 19.50 m
European Championships Zürich, Switzerland 22nd (q)Shot put 18.81 m
2015 European Indoor Championships Prague, Czech Republic 20th (q)Shot put 19.04 m
2016 European Championships Amsterdam, Netherlands Shot put NM
Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 30th (q)Shot put 18.78 m
2018 European Championships Berlin, Germany 27th (q)Shot put 18.70 m
2019 World Championships Doha, Qatar 33rd (q)Shot put 19.49 m

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Discus throw</span> Event in track and field athletics

The discus throw, also known as disc throw, is a track and field event in which an athlete throws a heavy disc—called a discus—in an attempt to mark a farther distance than their competitors. It is an ancient sport, as demonstrated by the fifth-century-BC Myron statue Discobolus. Although not part of the current pentathlon, it was one of the events of the ancient Greek pentathlon, which can be dated back to at least 708 BC, and it is part of the modern decathlon.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's discus throw</span>

The men's discus throw competition at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens was held at the Olympic Stadium on 21–23 August. It was originally planned to hold the discus throw at the Ancient Olympia Stadium, but it was discovered that the field was not large enough to accommodate the range of modern discus throwers, and would have posed a danger to spectators. As such, it was decided to move the discus throw and to hold the shot put at the ancient stadium, despite the fact that the shot put was not contested at the Ancient Olympic Games. Thirty-nine athletes from 26 nations competed.

Leslie Roy Mills is a retired New Zealand track and field athlete and politician. He represented New Zealand at the Olympic Games and Commonwealth Games over two decades, competing in the shot put and discus throw. He won a total of five medals at the Commonwealth Games including gold in the discus at the 1966 Games.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Wolfgang Schmidt (athlete)</span> East German discus thrower (born 1954)

Wolfgang Schmidt is a German former track and field athlete who competed for East Germany at the 1976 Summer Olympics and won the silver medal in the discus throw. A former world record holder, he also won several medals at the European Athletics Championships. Schmidt made headlines in 1982 due to his failed attempt to escape from East Germany. He later competed for the Federal Republic of Germany and won third place in the 1990 European Athletics Championships. Born in Berlin, he competed for the SC Dynamo Berlin / Sportvereinigung (SV) Dynamo.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Burger Lambrechts</span> South African shot putter

Burger Lambrechts is a South African shot putter.

Margaret "Meg" Elizabeth Stone is a retired Scottish discus thrower and Shot putter. She reached the Olympic finals at discus in Moscow 1980 (9th) and Los Angeles 1984 (5th). She also won the 1982 Commonwealth Games title. Her discus best of 67.48 metres has stood as the British record since 1981, while her shot put best of 18.99 metres has stood as the Scottish record since 1983.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Vikas Gowda</span> Indian athletics competitor

Vikas Shive Gowda is an Indian discus thrower and shot putter. Born in Mysore, he grew up in Frederick, Maryland in the United States. His father, Shive Gowda, coached the 1988 Indian Olympic track team. Vikas Gowda is a Padma Shri awardee in 2017.

The final of the men's discus throw event at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain was held on August 5, 1992. There were 32 participating athletes from 24 nations. The maximum number of athletes per nation had been set at 3 since the 1930 Olympic Congress. The top 12 and ties, and all those reaching 63.00 metres advanced to the final. The event was won by Romas Ubartas of Lithuania, a victory for the nation in its debut appearance in the men's discus throw. Jürgen Schult took silver, the first medal for unified Germany. Roberto Moya earned Cuba's first men's discus throw medal since 1980 with his bronze. Ubartas and Schult became the 11th and 12th men to win multiple discus throw medals; they had both represented different nations (the Soviet Union and East Germany, respectively, in 1988 and had finished one-two then as well, though in the opposite order.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Chang Ming-huang</span> Taiwanese athlete

Chang Ming-huang is a Taiwanese discus thrower and shot putter.

Edis Elkasević is a Bosnian-born Croatian athletics coach and retired shot putter.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Stephanie Brown Trafton</span> American discus thrower

Stephanie Brown Trafton is an American track and field athlete who won the discus throwing gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. She is thus one of only three American women to have ever won the event.

Sultana Frizell is a Canadian track and field athlete competing in the hammer throw. Frizell currently trains under the guidance of Derek Evely in Kamloops, British Columbia. She competed at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing and the 2012 Olympic Games in London. Frizell is the former Commonwealth Games champion in the hammer throw and Commonwealth Games record holder for the event as well.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Dragan Perić</span> Serbian athletics competitor

Dragan Perić is a Serbian retired shot putter who occasionally competed in the discus throw. He holds the Serbian records in both events. He represented Yugoslavia/Serbia and Montenegro in four consecutive Summer Olympics from 1992 to 2004, in eight World Championships from 1991 to 2005 and three European Championships from 1990 to 1998.

Dragan Mustapić is a male discus thrower from Croatia. His personal best throw was 64.40 metres, achieved in July 2000 in Ljubljana. He also had 18.35 metres in the shot put, achieved in July 2005 in Zagreb.

Ivan Ivančić was a Croatian athletics coach and shot putter who represented Yugoslavia. He was the gold medalist in the 1975 Mediterranean Games, as well as a multiple national champion and record holder. As a coach, Ivančić specialized in the throwing events, and was best known for coaching Sandra Perković, an Olympic and two-time World discus throw champion.

Zlatan Saračević is a retired Bosnian shot putter who represented SFR Yugoslavia and Bosnia and Herzegovina.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ivona Dadic</span> Austrian track and field athlete

Ivona Dadic is an Austrian track and field athlete of Bosnian descent. She competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the women's heptathlon event. At the 2020 Summer Olympics she finished 8th.

Filip Mihaljević is a Croatian discus thrower and shot putter. He became European champion in shot put in 2022. He also won bronze medals at the 2016 World Indoor Championships and 2021 European Indoor Championships.

Jessica Ramsey is an American shot putter. She won the bronze medal in the women's shot put event at the 2019 Pan American Games held in Lima, Peru.

References