Dragutin Topić

Dragutin Topić
Драгутин Топић
Personal information
Nationality Serbian
Born 12 March 1971 (1971-03-12) (age 40)
Belgrade, SR Serbia, Yugoslavia
Residence Belgrade
Height 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)
Weight 77.0 kg (170 lb; 12.13 st)
Sport
Sport Track and field
Event(s) High jump
Club Crvena Zvezda
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)

Outdoor: 2.38 m

Indoor: 2.35 m
Medal record
Competitor for / Yugoslavia
and  Serbia
World Indoor Championships
Bronze 1997 Paris High jump
European Championships
Gold 1990 Split High jump
European Indoor Championships
Gold 1996 Stockholm High jump
Bronze 1992 Genoa High jump
Bronze 2000 Ghent High jump
Mediterranean Games
Bronze 2009 Pescara High jump
World Junior Championships
Gold 1990 Plovdiv High jump
Universiade
Gold 1995 Fukuoka High jump

Dragutin Topić (Serbian: Драгутин Топић, born March 12, 1971 in Belgrade, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia) is a Serbian high jumper.

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Career

He is a World junior record holder with 2.37 when he won World Junior Championships 1990, three weeks before his win at European Championships. In the same year Topić received the golden badge award for best athlete of Yugoslavia. Topic has set five national records, and claimed four national titles for Yugoslavia in the men's high jump event. He was a member of AK Crvena zvezda where he spent almost entire carrier.

Topić still competes as of 2011, and has one of the longest careers in high-level high jump, since he holds not only World junior record with 2.37, but also World masters record for the ages over 35 (2.31, set in 2009), and over 40 years of age (2.24, set in 2011).

Topić tested positive for norandrosterone on February 2, 2001 at a meet in Wuppertal and was banned for two years.[1]

He has competed at five Olympic Games between 1992 and 2008,[2] as well as at seven World Championships.[3]

Personal bests

Outdoor

Event Performance Date Location
High jump 2.38 m August 1, 1993 Belgrade

Indoor

Event Performance Date Location
High jump 2.35 m March 10, 1996 Stockholm

Achievements

Year Competition Venue Position Notes
1990 World Junior Championships Plovdiv, Bulgaria 1st 2.37 m
1990 European Championships Split, Yugoslavia 1st 2.34 m
1991 World Championships Tokyo, Japan 9th 2.28 m
1992 European Indoor Championships Genoa, Italy 3rd 2.29 m
Olympic Games Barcelona, Spain 9th 2.28 m
1994 European Championships Helsinki, Finland 5th 2.31 m
1995 World Championships Gothenburg, Sweden 8th 2.25 m
1996 European Indoor Championships Stockholm, Sweden 1st 2.35 m
Olympic Games Atlanta, Georgia 4th 2.32 m
1997 World Indoor Championships Paris, France 3rd 2.32 m
2000 European Indoor Championships Ghent, Belgium 3rd 2.34 m
2004 Olympic Games Athens, Greece 10th 2.29 m
2005 World Championships Helsinki, Finland 9th 2.25 m
2008 World Indoor Championships Valencia, Spain 6th 2.27 m

Personal life

His wife is Serbian triple jumper Biljana Topić. He is also her personal trainer.

See also

References

  1. ^ Topic clears the best high jump in Europe
  2. ^ Olympic results
  3. ^ Most appearances; p25

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Awards
Preceded by
Dragomir Bećanović		 The Best Athlete of Yugoslavia
1991		 Succeeded by
Dejan Savićević