Darko Kralj

Darko Kralj
Personal information
Born	6 June 1971 (age 52); Garešnica, Croatia, Yugoslavia
Sport
Country	Croatia
Sport	Paralympic athletics
Event	Shot put
Coached by	Ivan Ivančić
Medal record
Representing Croatia
Track and field
Paralympic Games
IPC Athletics World Championships
IWAS World Games

Darko Kralj (born 6 June 1971 in Garešnica) is a Croatian Paralympic athlete competing mainly in shot put events. He lost his left leg in a missile attack in 1991.^[1]

At the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, he won a gold medal in the men's F42 shot put event improving his world record with 14.43 metres.^[2] At the 2011 IPC Athletics World Championships held in Christchurch, Kralj won a silver medal.^[3]

The King, a Croatian-language film about Kralj's life directed by Dejan Aćimović, was released in 2012.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "Overcoming Adversity, Partly Through Athletics". New York Times. 23 November 2012. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
^ "Sjajan dan u Pekingu". Sportnet.hr (in Croatian). 10 September 2008. Retrieved 15 August 2012.
^ "Na zlatni izazov djevojaka dečki odgovorili srebrom". Sportnet.hr (in Croatian). 25 January 2011. Retrieved 15 August 2012.

External links

Darko Kralj at the International Paralympic Committee
The King (2012), a documentary about Kralj directed Dejan Acimovic

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[The_King-1] "Overcoming Adversity, Partly Through Athletics". New York Times. 23 November 2012. Retrieved 21 January 2013.

[2] "Sjajan dan u Pekingu". Sportnet.hr (in Croatian). 10 September 2008. Retrieved 15 August 2012.

[3] "Na zlatni izazov djevojaka dečki odgovorili srebrom". Sportnet.hr (in Croatian). 25 January 2011. Retrieved 15 August 2012.

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