Dragutin Topić (Serbian Cyrillic: Драгутин Топић, born 12 March 1971) is a retired Serbian high jumper, former European champion and world junior record holder.
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| Nationality | Serbian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 12 March 1971[1] Belgrade, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 73 kg (161 lb; 11.5 st)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Track and field | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | High jump | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | AK Crvena zvezda, AK Partizan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | Outdoor: 2.38 m Indoor: 2.35 m | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Biography
editTopić is a world junior record holder with 2.37 m, which he set while winning the 1990 World Junior Championships, three weeks before his win at the senior European Championships. In the same year, Topić received the Golden Badge award for best athlete of Yugoslavia. Topić set five national records and claimed four Yugoslav national championships in the men's high jump event. He is a former member of AK Crvena zvezda, where he spent the majority of his career.
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. In 2024 he received Coaching award at the Golden Tracks awards organized by the European Athletic Association (EAA).[5]
Personal bests
edit| 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
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- (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
editOn 2 February 2001, after a meeting in Wuppertal, Germany, he was tested and his urine sample showed the presence of norandrosterone in concentrations slightly higher than allowed. He was tested positive to norandrosterone and suspended for two years.[6][7]
Personal life
editHis 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.[8] During the 1990's, Topić was a member of the Yugoslav Left (JUL) political party.[9]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c d Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Dragutin Topić". 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.
- ^ "Mahuchikh and Duplantis crowned 2024 European Athletes of the Year in Skopje". European athletics. 26 October 2024. Retrieved 28 October 2024.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "NIN / Skok u mestu". www.nin.rs. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
External links
edit- 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)
