Dragutin Topić
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| Nationality | Serbian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
12 March 1971 Belgrade, SR Serbia, Yugoslavia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Residence | Belgrade | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 77.0 kg (169.8 lb; 12.13 st) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Track and field | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | High jump | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Partizan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) |
Outdoor: 2.38 m | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Dragutin Topić (Serbian Cyrillic: Драгутин Топић, born March 12, 1971 in Belgrade, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia) is a Serbian high jumper.
Biography
He is a World junior record holder with 2.37 when he won World Junior Championships 1990, three weeks before his win at European Championships. In the same year Topić received the Golden Badge award for best athlete of Yugoslavia. Topic has set five national records, and claimed four national titles for Yugoslavia in the men's high jump event. He was a member of AK Crvena zvezda where he spent almost entire carrier.
Topić still competes as of 2012, and has one of the longest careers in high-level high jump, since he holds not only World junior record with 2.37, but also World masters record for the ages over 35 (2.31, set in 2009), and over 40 years of age (2.28, set in 2012).
He has competed at six Olympic Games between 1992 and 2012,[1] as well as at seven World Championships.[2]
Personal bests
| Event | Performance | Date | Location |
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| High jump (outdoor) | 2.38 m | August 1, 1993 | Belgrade |
| High jump (indoor) | 2.35 m | March 10, 1996 | Stockholm |
International competitions
Notes:
- (q) Indicates overall position in the qualifying round.
- At the 2012 Olympic Games, Topic had three failures at the opening height of 2.16 m in the qualifying round.
Doping
2 of February 2001 after a meeting in Wuppertal, Germany, he was tested and his urine sample showed the presence of norandrosterone in concentrations slightly higher than allowed. He was tested positive to norandrosterone and suspended for two years.[3][4]
Personal life
His wife is Serbian triple jumper Biljana Topić. He is also her personal trainer.
See also
- Serbian records in athletics
- List of junior world records in athletics
- List of world records in masters athletics
- List of doping cases in athletics
References
- ↑ Olympic results
- ↑ Most appearances; p25
- ↑ http://www.arhiva.serbia.gov.rs/news/2001-03/07/22681.html
- ↑ Druga strana medalje - Both sides clean By Marija Midžović p.157
External links
- Dragutin Topić profile at IAAF
- Dragutin Topić at Sports Reference
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| Preceded by Dragomir Bećanović |
The Best Athlete of Yugoslavia 1990 |
Succeeded by Dejan Savićević |