Peter Svet
10,000 meters: 28:45.4[1] |
Peter Svet (
Slovenian records in athletics
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Hailing from Celje,[2] Svet won the 1974 Balkan Cross Country Championships. At the 1974 European Athletics Championships, he placed 10th in the men's 5000 meters finals, running a personal best time of 13:41.6. His previous best time before the race was 13:52.[3] He also ran in the men's 10,000 meters event, placing 18th.[4] That same summer of 1974, he set the national record for the 3000 m steeplechase at 8:29.6; after that summer however, his athletic career stagnated starting with a surgery and he never returned to form.[3]
He was a Yugoslavian champion on five occasions: twice in
European Veterans Athletics Championships, where he was the over-50s steeplechase winner.[6]
References
- ^ a b c All-Athletics. "Profile of Petar Svet".
- ^ Peter Svet. Knjiznica. Retrieved on 2014-12-03.
- ^ a b Kastelic, Peter (13 June 2014). "Peter Svet po 40 letih še vedno rekorder: Čas je, da me nekdo prehiti".
- ^ Peter Svet. Tilastopaja. Retrieved on 2014-12-03.
- ^ Yugoslavian Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2014-12-03.
- ^ European Veterans Championships (Men). GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2014-12-03.
