Nationality Serbian | Height 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) Name Dragutin Topic | |
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Weight 77.0 kg (169.8 lb; 12.13 st) | ||
Dragutin topi world junior record 2m37cm1990 world junior championships plovdiv bulgaria
Dragutin Topić (Serbian Cyrillic: Драгутин Топић, born March 12, 1971 in Belgrade, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia) is a Serbian high jumper.
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- Dragutin topi world junior record 2m37cm1990 world junior championships plovdiv bulgaria
- Dragutin topi zakucava iza le a
- Biography
- International competitions
- Doping
- Personal life
- References
Dragutin topi zakucava iza le a
Biography
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 2012, 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 (2.28, set in 2012).
He has competed at six Olympic Games between 1992 and 2012, as well as at seven World Championships.
International competitions
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Doping
2 of 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.
Personal life
His wife is Serbian triple jumper Biljana Topić. He is also her personal trainer.
