Edis Elkasević
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Born | Prijedor, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia | February 18, 1983||||||||||||||
Height | 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) [1] | ||||||||||||||
Weight | 118 kg (260 lb) [1] | ||||||||||||||
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Sport | Track and field | ||||||||||||||
Event | Shot put | ||||||||||||||
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Edis Elkasević (born February 18, 1983) is a Bosnian-born Croatian athletics coach and retired shot putter.
He won the 2002 World Junior Championships. He did not quite adapt to an international senior level, but competed at the 2004 Olympic Games and the 2005 World Championships without reaching the final.
His personal best throw is 20.94 metres, achieved in June 2005 in Velenje. With the junior shot (6 kg) he has 21.96 metres, achieved in June 2002 in Zagreb. This was the junior world record until June 2009, when it was surpassed by David Storl.[2] He also has 60.54 metres in the discus throw, achieved in May 2005 in La Jolla, California.
Since 2013, Elkasević has coached Sandra Perković, a multiple World, Olympic and European discus throw champion. The two married on 31 December 2023.[3]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Edis Elkasević profile, SportsReference.com. Accessed 7 March 2024.
- ^ "Germany's Storl breaks World junior record in the 6 kg Shot Put with 22.34m". berlin.iaaf.org. IAAF. 15 June 2009. Archived from the original on 21 September 2012. Retrieved 20 August 2012.
- ^ "Razišli se 'zlatnici' Sandra Perković i Ivan Ivančić".
Sources[edit]
- 1983 births
- Living people
- People from Prijedor
- Sportspeople from Banja Luka Region
- Croatian male shot putters
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Athletics (track and field) coaches
- Olympic athletes for Croatia
- Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Croatia
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2005 Mediterranean Games
- Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics
- Bosniaks of Croatia
- NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships winners
- Croatian athletics biography stubs