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Željko Dimitrijevic
Personal information
Birth nameЖељко Димитријевић
NationalitySerbian
Born (1971-01-04) 4 January 1971 (age 53)
Petrovac na Mlavi, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
Sport
SportAthletics
EventClub throw
Achievements and titles
Personal best35.29

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

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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

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  1. ^ "Prvo zlato za Srbiju: Željko Dimitrijević oborio svetski rekord". Blic. 31 August 2012. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
  2. ^ "KAKAV PODVIG Dimitrijeviću paraolimpijsko zlato u Riju uz svetski rekord, Mitiću srebro!". Blic. 16 September 2016. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
  3. ^ "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.
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