Dragan Mustapić

Dragan Mustapić (born 23 March 1963) is a male discus thrower from Croatia. His personal best throw was 64.40 metres, achieved in July 2000 in Ljubljana. He also had 18.39 metres in the shot put, achieved in December 2005 in Toronto.[1]

Mustapić was born in Imotski.[2] He was a five-time Yugoslav discus throw champion (1987–1991)[3] and was the first Yugoslav discus thrower to surpass 60 meters.[4] He finished seventh at the 2001 Mediterranean Games. He also competed at the 1995 World Championships,[1] the 1998 European Championships,[5] as well as the Olympic Games in 1992, 1996, 2000 and 2004[2] without reaching the final.

Mustapić has a B.Sc. degree in criminology[6] and a Ph.D. in economics.[4] During his sports career, he was an officer in the Croatian Army.[6] As of 2019, he attained a rank of colonel, and was teaching at the Franjo Tuđman Military Academy in Zagreb.[7]

Achievements

YearCompetitionVenuePositionNotes
Representing  Yugoslavia
1987 UniversiadeZagreb, Yugoslavia8th 54.79 m
Mediterranean GamesLatakia, Syria4th 57.12 m
1989 UniversiadeDuisburg, West Germany9th 56.39 m
Representing Bosnia and Herzegovina
1992 Olympic GamesBarcelona, Spain29th (q) 48.80 m
Representing  Croatia
1995 World ChampionshipsGothenburg, Sweden41st (q) 53.54 m
1996 Olympic GamesAtlanta, United States27th (q) 57.94 m
1997 Mediterranean GamesBari, Italy6th 57.04 m
1998 European ChampionshipsBudapest, Hungary27th (q) 54.73 m
2000 Olympic GamesSydney, Australia34th (q) 58.10 m
2001 Mediterranean GamesRadès, Tunisia7th 58.45 m
2004 Olympic GamesAthens, Greece34th (q) 54.66 m

References

  1. ^ abDragan Mustapić at World Athletics
  2. ^ ab"Dragan Mustapić". Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 28 March 2009. Retrieved 21 March 2009.
  3. ^"Yugoslavian Championships". Archived from the original on 2002-02-15. Retrieved 2020-08-19.
  4. ^ ab"Prvi olimpijci BiH: Živi, zdravi i zaboravljeni". Archived from the original on 2018-10-17. Retrieved 2020-08-19.
  5. ^"European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 Statistics Handbook"(PDF). p. 58. Archived(PDF) from the original on 28 March 2019. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
  6. ^ ab"Mustapić bez značajnog rezultata - Sportnet".
  7. ^"Jutarnji list - PUKOVNIKA MUSTAPIĆA U VOJNOM UČILIŠTU STAVILI NA LED do daljnjega ne smije predavati jer je rekao da je 'Medački džep' bila štetna akcija". 6 March 2019. Archived from the original on 7 October 2021. Retrieved 19 August 2020.

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