Rožle Prezelj

Rožle Prezelj
	Rožle Prezelj
Personal information
Born	September 26, 1979 (age 44); Maribor
Height	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)
Weight	80 kg (176 lb)
Sport
Country	Slovenia
Sport	Athletics
Event	High jump
	Updated on 15 August 2012.

Rožle Prezelj (born 26 September 1979) is a Slovenian high jumper.^[1]

Prezelj represented Slovenia at the 2004, 2008 and 2012

Summer Olympics. His best result came at the 2008 Olympics when he finished the competition in 12th place.^[2] His father Dušan, who competed in the decathlon, had a high jump personal best of 2.15 m (set in 1976) and his mother Stanka Lovše-Prezelj was a two-time Yugoslav high jump champion with a personal best of 1.86 m (set in 1981).^[3]

After his retirement from professional competitions, Prezelj continued to be actively involved in athletics. In February 2016, he was elected Chairman of the

Frank Fredericks in the role.^[4]

International competitions

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Notes
Representing Slovenia
1998	World Junior Championships	Annecy, France	22nd (q)	2.05 m
2001	European U23 Championships	Amsterdam, Netherlands	1st	2.21 m
2001	Mediterranean Games	Radès, Tunisia	5th	2.19 m
2002	European Indoor Championships	Vienna, Austria	17th (q)	2.17 m
2002	European Championships	Munich, Germany	18th (q)	2.15 m
2003	World Championships	Paris, France	29th (q)	2.20 m
2004	World Indoor Championships	Budapest, Hungary	13th (q)	2.24 m
2004	Olympic Games	Athens, Greece	20th (q)	2.20 m
2005	European Indoor Championships	Madrid, Spain	21st (q)	2.18 m
2005	Mediterranean Games	Almería, Spain	8th	2.18 m
2006	European Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	17th (q)	2.19 m
2007	European Indoor Championships	Birmingham, United Kingdom	21st (q)	2.13 m
2007	World Championships	Osaka, Japan	19th (q)	2.26 m
2008	Olympic Games	Beijing, China	12th	2.20 m
2010	European Championships	Barcelona, Spain	24th (q)	2.15 m
2011	European Indoor Championships	Paris, France	9th (q)	2.22 m
2011	World Championships	Daegu, South Korea	21st (q)	2.25 m
2012	European Championships	Helsinki, Finland	21st (q)	2.15 m
2012	Olympic Games	London, United Kingdom	25th (q)	2.21 m
2013	Mediterranean Games	Mersin, Turkey	7th	2.21 m
2013	World Championships	Moscow, Russia	25th (q)	2.17 m