Rok Kopitar

Rok Kopitar (born May 5, 1959 in Celje) is a former Slovenian athlete who placed 5th in the 400 m hurdles final at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, competing for Yugoslavia. He won a gold medal in the same event at the 1979 Mediterranean Games in Split.

Kopitar's personal best over 400 m hurdles was 49.11 s, set in 1980, and still standing as a Slovenian national record as of 2008[update].

References

  • Rok Kopitar at Sports Reference
  • http://www.oks.org.rs/mi08e.htm


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Mediterranean Games champions in men's 400 metres hurdles
  • 1951: Armando Filiput (ITA)
  • 1955: Guy Cury (FRA)
  • 1959: Fahir Özgüden (TUR)
  • 1963: Roberto Frinolli (ITA)
  • 1967: Alessandro Scatena (ITA)
  • 1971: Stavros Tziortzis (GRE)
  • 1975: Jean-Claude Nallet (FRA)
  • 1979: Rok Kopitar (YUG)
  • 1983–1987: José Alonso (ESP)
  • 1991: Stéphane Caristan (FRA)
  • 1993–1997: Zid Abou Hamed (SYR)
  • 2001: Periklis Iakovakis (GRE)
  • 2005: Gianni Carabelli (ITA)
  • 2009: Sébastien Maillard (FRA)
  • 2013: Emir Bekrić (SRB)
  • 2018: Ludvy Vaillant (FRA)
  • 2022: Yasmani Copello (TUR)
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