Dragutin Topić

Dragutin Topić
Драгутин Топић

Personal information
Nationality	Serbian
Born	(1971-03-12) 12 March 1971 Belgrade, SR Serbia, Yugoslavia
Height	1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)
Weight	77.0 kg (169.8 lb; 12.13 st)
Sport
Sport	Track and field
Event	High jump
Club	Partizan
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	Outdoor: 2.38 m Indoor: 2.35 m
Medal record Representing / Yugoslavia and Serbia World Indoor Championships 1997 Paris High jump European Championships 1990 Split High jump European Indoor Championships 1996 Stockholm High jump 1992 Genoa High jump 2000 Ghent High jump Mediterranean Games 2009 Pescara High jump World Junior Championships 1990 Plovdiv High jump Universiade 1995 Fukuoka High jump

Dragutin Topić (Serbian Cyrillic: Драгутин Топић, born March 12, 1971 in Belgrade, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia) is a Serbian high jumper.

Career

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 2011, 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).

Topić tested positive for norandrosterone on February 2, 2001 at a meet in Wuppertal and was banned for two years.

He has competed at six Olympic Games between 1992 and 2012, as well as at seven World Championships.

Personal bests

Outdoor

Event	Performance	Date	Location
High jump	2.38 m	August 1, 1993	Belgrade

Indoor

Event	Performance	Date	Location
High jump	2.35 m	March 10, 1996	Stockholm

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Notes
1990	World Junior Championships	Plovdiv, Bulgaria	1st	2.37 m
1990	European Championships	Split, Yugoslavia	1st	2.34 m
1991	World Championships	Tokyo, Japan	9th	2.28 m
1992	European Indoor Championships	Genoa, Italy	3rd	2.29 m
	Olympic Games	Barcelona, Spain	9th	2.28 m
1994	European Championships	Helsinki, Finland	5th	2.31 m
1995	World Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	8th	2.25 m
1996	European Indoor Championships	Stockholm, Sweden	1st	2.35 m
	Olympic Games	Atlanta, Georgia	4th	2.32 m
1997	World Indoor Championships	Paris, France	3rd	2.32 m
2000	European Indoor Championships	Ghent, Belgium	3rd	2.34 m
2004	Olympic Games	Athens, Greece	10th	2.29 m
2005	World Championships	Helsinki, Finland	9th	2.25 m
2008	World Indoor Championships	Valencia, Spain	6th	2.27 m

Personal life

His wife is Serbian triple jumper Biljana Topić. He is also her personal trainer.

See also

• Serbian records in athletics
• List of junior world records in athletics
• List of sportspeople sanctioned for doping offences

External links

• Dragutin Topić at World Athletics