Dragutin Topić
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Dragutin Topić (Serbian Cyrillic: Драгутин Топић, born 12 March 1971) is a Serbian former high jumper.
Biography
Topić is a
Topić competed until 2012, and had one of the longest careers in high-level high jump, since he holds not only world junior record with 2.37 m, but also world masters record for the ages over 35 (2.31 m, set in 2009), and over 40 years of age (2.28 m, set in 2012).
He competed at eight World Championships,[2] and at six Olympic Games (between 1992 and 2012),[3] which is an Olympic record for high jump, and he also shared the record for most appearances at the Olympics by a male track and field athlete with distance runner João N'Tyamba and race walker Jesús Ángel García,[4] who later broke the record.
Personal bests
Event | Performance | Date | Location |
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High jump (outdoor) | 2.38 m | 1 August 1993 | Belgrade |
High jump (indoor) | 2.35 m | 10 March 1996 | Stockholm |
International competitions
- (q) Indicates overall position in the qualifying round.
- At the 2012 Olympic Games, Topić had three failures at the opening height of 2.16 m in the qualifying round.
Doping
On 2 February 2001, after a meeting in
Personal life
His wife is Serbian former track and field athlete and national record holder in triple jump, Biljana Topić (née Mitrović), and he served as her coach while he was still an active competitor. Their daughter, Angelina Topić, won the high jump event at the 2022 European U18 Championships and also holds the national record in high jump, as well as equal world U18 best.[7]
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
- ^ a b c d Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Dragutin Topić Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
- ^ Most appearances Archived 2011-06-05 at the Wayback Machine; p25
- ^ Olympic results
- ^ "London 2012 Olympics: Topic's record appearance at Olympics is the result of a bet". athleticsweekly.com. 26 July 2012. Archived from the original on 28 July 2012.
- ^ "Serbian Government >> News >> Sports >> Yugoslavian High Jumper Fails Test".
- ^ Druga strana medalje - Both sides clean By Marija Midžović p.157
- ^ "Topic equals world U18 high jump best with 1.96m at Serbian Championships". European Athletics. 27 June 2022. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
External links
- Dragutin Topić at World Athletics
- Dragutin Topić at European Athletics
- Dragutin Topić at Olympedia
- Dragutin Topić at Olympics.com
- Dragutin Topić at the Olimpijski Komitet Srbije (former profile) (in Serbian)