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Asmir Kolašinac

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Asmir Kolašinac
Kolašinac at the 2022 European Championships in Munich
Personal information
NationalitySerbian
Born (1984-10-15) 15 October 1984 (age 40)
Skopje, SR Macedonia, SFR Yugoslavia
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight132 kg (291 lb)
Sport
Country Serbia
SportTrack and field
EventShot put
ClubAK Partizan
Achievements and titles
Olympic finals7th - 2012 Summer Olympics
Personal best(s)Outdoor: 21.58[1] m
Indoor: 21.06 m
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  Serbia
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2012 Helsinki Shot put
European Indoor Championships
Gold medal – first place 2013 Gothenburg Shot put
Silver medal – second place 2015 Prague Shot put
Mediterranean Games
Silver medal – second place 2022 Oran Shot put

Asmir Kolašinac (Serbian Cyrillic: Асмир Колашинац; born 15 October 1984) is a Serbian shot putter who competed at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, 2012 London Olympics, 2016 Rio Olympics and 2020 Tokyo Olympics. In 2013, Kolašinac was European Indoor Champion in shot put. He is coached by Mišo Đurić and Nikola Tomasović.

Career

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Kolašinac was a finalist at the 2010 European Athletics Championships, where he placed ninth overall. He has competed for Serbia in indoor track and field events, including the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships and the 2011 European Athletics Indoor Championships. Outside of major competitions, he won gold and silver medal at the 2010 and 2012 European Cup Winter Throwing, respectively.

He achieved a personal best throw of 20.50 m in Novi Sad in June 2011, becoming the first Serbian track and field athlete to achieve the "A" Standard for the 2012 London Olympic Games.[2][3] He primarily uses the spin technique.[4] He improved his best to 20.64 m at the 2012 Gugl Indoor Meeting in Germany in February.[5] In Olympic final he was placed 7th with a throw 20.71 m.

At the 2012 European Championship he won a bronze medal, at the 2013 European Indoor Championship he became European Champion and at the 2015 European Indoor Championship he won silver.[6] These are the greatest achievements in his career so far.

In addition to his personal best of 21.58 m outdoors and former national record of 21.06 m indoors, he achieved a personal best throw of 63.18 m in the javelin.[7]

Personal life

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Kolašinac is an ethnic Bosniak, and practising Muslim.[8] His parents, Spaho and Muradija, lived briefly in Skopje where he was born, but then returned to their hometown of Sjenica in southwestern Serbia.[9] He is a supporter of FK Partizan.[8] He is currently studying at the University of Sport and Physical Education in Sarajevo.

Statistics

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Outdoor
Season Performance Place Date
2015 21.58 m (70 ft 9+12 in) Belgrade, Serbia 27 June 2015
2014 20.79 m (68 ft 2+12 in) Prijepolje, Serbia 7 August 2014
2013 20.80 m (68 ft 2+34 in) Belgrade, Serbia 3 August 2013
2012 20.85 m (68 ft 4+34 in) Rijeka, Croatia 22 July 2012
2011 20.50 m (67 ft 3 in) Novi Sad, Serbia 4 June 2011
2010 20.38 m (66 ft 10+14 in) Bajina Basta, Serbia 8 July 2010
2009 20.41 m (66 ft 11+12 in) Celje, Slovenia 2 September 2009
2008 19.99 m (65 ft 7 in) Novi Sad, Serbia 7 June 2008
2007 19.30 m (63 ft 3+34 in) Banja Luka, Bosnia 5 May 2007
2005 16.95 m (55 ft 7+14 in) Leiria, Portugal 18 June 2005
Indoor
Season Performance Place Date
2015 20.91 m (68 ft 7 in) (NR, EL) Novi Sad, Serbia 15 February 2015
2014 20.67 m (67 ft 9+34 in) (NR) Novi Sad, Serbia 1 March 2014
2013 20.62 m (67 ft 7+34 in) Gothenburg, Sweden 1 March 2013
2012 20.64 m (67 ft 8+12 in) (=NR) Linz, Austria 3 February 2012
2011 20.12 m (66 ft 0 in) Budapest (Syma Hall), Hungary 13 February 2011
2010 20.52 m (67 ft 3+34 in) Linz, Austria 4 February 2010
2009 18.88 m (61 ft 11+14 in) Sarajevo, Bosnia 7 February 2009
2008 18.99 m (62 ft 3+12 in) Budapest (Syma Hall), Hungary 26 January 2008

International competitions

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Year Competition Venue Position Notes
Representing  Serbia and Montenegro
2005 European U23 Championships Erfurt, Germany 16th (q) 15.66 m
Representing  Serbia
2007 Universiade Bangkok, Thailand 6th 18.90 m
2008 Olympic Games Beijing, China 33rd (q) 19.01 m
2009 Universiade Belgrade, Serbia NM
World Championships Berlin, Germany 21st (q) 19.67 m
2010 World Indoor Championships Doha, Qatar 9th (q) 20.10 m
European Cup Winter Throwing Arles, France 1st 20.15 m
European Team Championships — 2nd League Belgrade, Serbia 2nd 20.20 m
European Championships Barcelona, Spain 8th 19.77 m
2011 European Indoor Championships Paris, France – (q) NM
European Team Championships — 2nd League Novi Sad, Serbia 2nd 20.09 m
World Championships Daegu, South Korea 10th 19.84 m
2012 World Indoor Championships Istanbul, Turkey 12th (q) 19.70 m
European Cup Winter Throwing Bar, Montenegro 2nd 20.50 m
European Championships Helsinki, Finland 3rd 20.36 m
Olympic Games London, United Kingdom 7th 20.71 m
2013 European Indoor Championships Gothenburg, Sweden 1st 20.62 m
European Team Championships — 2nd League Kaunas, Lithuania 1st 20.37 m
World Championships Moscow, Russia 10th 19.96 m
2014 World Indoor Championships Sopot, Poland 13th (q) 20.04 m
European Team Championships — 2nd League Riga, Latvia 1st 20.15 m
European Championships Zürich, Switzerland 5th 20.55 m
2015 European Indoor Championships Prague, Czech Republic 2nd 20.90 m
European Team Championships — 2nd League Stara Zagora, Bulgaria 1st 20.75 m
World Championships Beijing, China 7th 20.71 m
2016 European Championships Amsterdam, Netherlands 5th 20.43 m
Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 15th (q) 20.16 m
2017 European Indoor Championships Belgrade, Serbia 11th (q) 19.96 m
2018 World Indoor Championships Birmingham, United Kingdom 15th 19.34 m
European Championships Berlin, Germany – (q) NM
2019 European Indoor Championships Glasgow, United Kingdom 13th (q) 19.82 m
European Team Championships — 3rd League Skopje, North Macedonia 1st 20.01 m
World Championships Doha, Qatar 27th (q) 19.86 m
2021 European Team Championships — 3rd League Limassol, Cyprus 2nd 20.45 m
Olympic Games Tokyo, Japan 29th (q) 19.68 m
2022 World Indoor Championships Belgrade, Serbia 11th 20.64 m
Mediterranean Games Oran, Algeria 2nd 20.37 m
European Championships Munich, Germany 8th 20.15 m
2023 European Indoor Championships Istanbul, Turkey 11th (q) 19.63 m
World Championships Budapest, Hungary 19th (q) 20.01 m
2024 European Championships Rome, Italy 18th (q) 19.19 m

References

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  1. ^ "Kugla konačno preletela 21 metar". 29 June 2015.
  2. ^ "Asmir Kolšinac ostvario "A" olimpijski normu". Archived from the original on 23 May 2012. Retrieved 8 August 2011.
  3. ^ "IAAF: Asmir Kolasinac - Profile".
  4. ^ Sportski zurnal (8 June 2011). "prvi i drugi pokusaj Kolasinac Novi Sad Kup 2011.avi" – via YouTube.[dead YouTube link]
  5. ^ Gordon, Ed (2012-02-03). Jones edges Lewis in Linz face-off. IAAF. Retrieved on 2012-02-03.
  6. ^ "European Athletics - Event Website". la.sportresult.com. Archived from the original on 4 May 2013. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
  7. ^ "Asmir Kolašinac". Tilastopaja. Archived from the original on 24 August 2011.
  8. ^ a b "Asmir Kolašinac: Neću da pevam himnu Srbije!". Kurir-info. 7 August 2012. Retrieved 16 August 2013.
  9. ^ "Spaho i Muradija Kolašinac: Hvala ti, sine!". Archived from the original on 24 September 2013.
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