Zlatan Saračević
Bosnia and Herzegovina shot putter
| Medal record | ||
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Representing  Yugoslavia | ||
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| European Indoor Championships | ||
 | 1980 Sindelfingen | Shot put |
 | 1981 Grenoble | Shot put |
| Universiade | ||
 | 1983 Edmonton | Shot put |
Zlatan Saračević (born 27 July 1956) is a retired Bosnian[1] shot putter who represented SFR Yugoslavia and Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Biography
He was born in Zenica, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina.[2] but represented the clubs AK Sloboda Tuzla, AK Slavonija Osijek, AK Mladost Zagreb, AK Crvena Zvezda and AK Zmaj od Bosne Tuzla. He won the gold medal at the 1980 European Indoor Championships, the bronze medal at the 1981 European Indoor Championships,[3] and the silver medal at the 1983 Summer Universiade.[4] He also competed at the 1992 Olympic Games[2] and the 1996 European Indoor Championships without reaching the final.[5]
His personal best throw was 21.11 metres, achieved in June 1984 in Zagreb.[6]
He also represented Bosnia and Herzegovina at the 1992 Summer Olympics and was the country's first ever flag bearer.[7]
References
- ^ Zlatan Saračević at World Athletics
- ^ a b "Zlatan Saračević". Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 24 January 2011.
- ^ "European Indoor Championships (Men)". GBR Athletics. Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 24 January 2011.
- ^ "World Student Games (Universiade - Men)". GBR Athletics. Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 24 January 2011.
- ^ "1996 European Indoor Championships, men's shot put qualification". Die Leichtatletik-Statistik-Seite. Retrieved 24 January 2011.
- ^ World men's all-time best shot put (last updated 2001)
- ^ "Saračević: Kada sam nosio zastavu na otvorenju igara u Barceloni bio sam najsretniji čovjek na svijetu".
| Olympic Games | ||
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| Preceded by N/A | Flagbearer for  Bosnia and Herzegovina Barcelona 1992 | Succeeded by |
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European Athletics Indoor Champions in men's shot put
- 1966:
Vilmos Varjú (HUN) - 1967:
Nikolay Karasyov (URS) - 1968:
Heinfried Birlenbach (FRG) - 1969: Heinfried Birlenbach (FRG)
- 1970:
Hartmut Briesenick (GDR) - 1971: Hartmut Briesenick (GDR)
- 1972: Hartmut Briesenick (GDR)
- 1973:
Jaroslav Brabec (TCH) - 1974:
Geoff Capes (GBR) - 1975:
Valcho Stoev (BUL) - 1976: Geoff Capes (GBR)
- 1977:
Hreinn Halldórsson (ISL) - 1978:
Reijo Ståhlberg (FIN) - 1979: Reijo Ståhlberg (FIN)
- 1980:
Zlatan Saračević (YUG) - 1981: Reijo Ståhlberg (FIN)
- 1982: Vladimir Milić (YUG)
- 1983: Jānis Bojārs (URS)
- 1984: Jānis Bojārs (URS)
- 1985: Remigius Machura (TCH)
- 1986:
Werner Günthör (SUI) - 1987: Ulf Timmermann (GDR)
- 1988: Remigius Machura (TCH)
- 1989: Ulf Timmermann (GDR)
- 1990:
Klaus Bodenmüller (AUT) - 1992:
Oleksandr Bagach (UKR) - 1994: Oleksandr Bagach (UKR)
- 1996:
Paolo Dal Soglio (ITA) - 1998: Oliver-Sven Buder (GER)
- 2000: Timo Aaltonen (FIN)
- 2002:
Manuel Martínez (ESP) - 2005:
Joachim Olsen (DEN) - 2007:
Mikuláš Konopka (SVK) - 2009:
Tomasz Majewski (POL) - 2011: Ralf Bartels (GER)
- 2013:
Asmir Kolašinac (SRB) - 2015: David Storl (GER)
- 2017: Konrad Bukowiecki (POL)
- 2019: Michał Haratyk (POL)
- 2021: Tomáš Staněk (CZE)
- 2023: Zane Weir (ITA)
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