Saška Sokolov

Saška Sokolov

Personal information
National team	Serbia
Born	(1995-05-15) 15 May 1995 Pirot, FR Yugoslavia
Sport
Country	Serbia
Sport	Javelin throw
Disability class	F46
Medal record Women's para athletics Representing Serbia World Championships 2023 Paris Shot put F46 2023 Paris 200 m T47 2024 Kobe Javelin throw F46 2024 Kobe 100 m T47 2024 Kobe 200 m T47

Saška Sokolov (born 15 May 1995) is a Serbian athlete who competed for her nation in the javelin throw at the 2016 Summer Paralympics, and 2020 Summer Paralympics.

Career

Saška Sokolov was born in Pirot, Serbia, the daughter of football coach Sasha Sokolov. As a child, she began to participate in football, but as Pirot did not have a women's team, she switched to handball where she played for ŽRK Pirot. In 2013, she moved to Belgrade, where she attended the Faculty of Special Education and Rehabilitation. She had moved to the capital to study defectology. While there, she took up javelin throw, and became Junior European Champion within three months. She also won the gold medal in the shot put. Within a year, she had qualified for the 2016 Summer Paralympics with a personal best throw of 34.8 metres (114 ft).

While at the 2016 Games, she was one of the youngest competitors. Sokolov competed in the F46 class of the women's javelin throw where she finished in sixth place with a longest throw of 33.26 metres (109.1 ft). She afterwards spoke of her desire to win the event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan.

She competed at the 2018 European Championships, where she won a bronze medal.