Krešimir Račić
Croatian hammer thrower
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| Born | 15 August 1932 Karlovac, Yugoslavia | |||||||||||
| Died | 19 June 1994 (aged 61) Zagreb, Croatia | |||||||||||
| Height | 185 cm (6 ft 1 in) | |||||||||||
| Weight | 100 kg (220 lb) | |||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||
| Event | Hammer throw | |||||||||||
| Club | Partizan Beograd | |||||||||||
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| Personal best | 63.89 m (1960)[1] | |||||||||||
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Krešimir "Krešo" Račić (15 August 1932 – 19 June 1994) was a Croatian hammer thrower. He competed for Yugoslavia in the 1956 and 1960 Summer Olympics and placed sixth in 1956.[2] He won a gold medal in the 1959 Mediterranean Games and a bronze in the 1959 Summer Universiade. During his career Račić had a strong domestic rivalry with Zvonko Bezjak, with Račić winning the Yugoslav title in 1954, 1955, 1957, 1959, 1961, 1962 and 1964 and Bezjak in 1956, 1958, 1960 and 1963.[3]
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Mediterranean Games champions in men's hammer throw
- 1951–1955: Teseo Taddia (ITA)
- 1959: Krešimir Račić (YUG)
- 1963: Zvonko Bezjak (YUG)
- 1967: Not held
- 1971: Georgios Georgiadis (GRE)
- 1975: Srećko Štiglić (YUG)
- 1979–1983: Giampaolo Urlando (ITA)
- 1987: Lucio Serrani (ITA)
- 1991: Raphaël Piolanti (FRA)
- 1993: Not held
- 1997: Christophe Épalle (FRA)
- 2001: Nicola Vizzoni (ITA)
- 2005: Eşref Apak (TUR)
- 2009: Nicola Vizzoni (ITA)
- 2013: Mostafa El Gamel (EGY)
- 2018: Not held
- 2022: Özkan Baltacı (TUR)
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