Predrag Filipović (racewalker)

Predrag Filipović
Personal information
Born (1978-10-05) October 5, 1978
Leskovac, Serbia
Height 1.82 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in)
Weight 73 kg (161 lb; 11 st 7 lb)
Sport
Country  Serbia
Sport Athletics
Event(s) Race walking
Club AK Vlasotince
Coached by Tomislav Stefanović
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s) 10 km – 40:47.12 (2010)
20 km – 1:21:50 (2003)
50 km – 3:57:22 (2010)[1]

Predrag Filipović (Serbian Cyrillic: Предраг Филиповић; born 5 October 1978) is a Serbian racewalker. He competed for Serbia and Montenegro at the 2004 Summer Olympics and finished 39th in the 20 kilometre walk with a time of 1:31:35. He represented Serbia at the 2008, 2012 and 2016 Olympics, and placed 41st and 48th in the 20 km walk in 2008 and 2012, respectively. In 2016, he finished 50th in the 50 km walk. His twin brother Nenad competed alongside at the 2008, 2012 and 2016 Olympics.[2]

Achievements

Year Competition Venue Position Event Notes
Representing  Serbia and Montenegro (Yugoslavia)
2000 European Race Walking Cup Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany 34th of 59 20 km 1:26:04
2002 European Championships Munich, Germany — 20 km DQ
World Race Walking Cup Torino, Italy 54th of 87 20 km 1:32:41
2003 World Championships Paris, France 22nd of 29 20 km 1:25:15
2004 World Race Walking Cup (U20) Naumburg, Germany — 20 km DNF
Olympic Games Athens, Greece 39th of 41 20 km 1:31:35
Representing  Serbia
2007 World Championships Osaka, Japan 32nd of 32 20 km 1:35:51
2008 World Race Walking Cup Cheboksary, Russia 38th of 100 20 km 1:24:07
Olympic Games Beijing, PR China 41st of 49 20 km 1:28:15
2009 World Championships Berlin, Germany 35th of 45 20 km 1:27:44
2010 European Championships Barcelona, Spain 15th of 15 50 km 4:06:29
2011 European Race Walking Cup Olhão, Portugal 15th of 28 50 km 4:07:54
2012 World Race Walking Cup Saransk, Russia 65th of 104 20 km 1:27:56
Olympic Games London, UK 48th of 48 20 km 1:27:22
2013 World Championships Moscow, Russia — 50 km DNF
2016 Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 49th of 49 50 km 4:39:48

See also

References

  1. ↑ Predrag Filipović. IAAF
  2. ↑ Predrag Filipović. sports-reference.com
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