Dorian Çollaku
Appearance
Personal information | |
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Nationality | ![]() |
Born | Tirana, Albania | 2 June 1977
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) |
Weight | 96 kg (212 lb) |
Sport | |
Sport | Athletics |
Event | Hammer throw |
Club | Espoon Tapiot (FIN) |
Achievements and titles | |
Personal best | Hammer throw: 76.96 m (2008) |
Dorian Çollaku (born June 2, 1977) is an Albanian hammer thrower.
Çollaku was born in Tirana. He competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics]. He was placed thirty-first in the qualifying rounds of the competition, with a throw of 70.06 metres. At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, he successfully threw the hammer into the field on his third and final attempt, at 70.98 metres. Collaku, however, failed to advance into the hammer throw final, as he placed twenty-eighth overall in the qualifying rounds.[1]
Competition record
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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1996 | World Junior Championships | Sydney, Australia | 17th (q) | Hammer | 59.72 m |
1997 | European U23 Championships | Turku, Finland | 16th (q) | Hammer | 63.06 m |
1999 | European U23 Championships | Göteborg, Sweden | 10th | Hammer | 68.58 m |
2002 | European Championships | Munich, Germany | 30th (q) | Hammer throw | 67.47 |
2004 | Olympic Games | Athens, Greece | 31st (q) | Hammer throw | 70.06 |
2005 | European Cup Winter Throwing | Mersin, Turkey | 1st (c) | Hammer throw | 72.17 |
World Championships | Helsinki, Finland | 28th (q) | Hammer throw | 58.83 | |
2007 | World Championships | Osaka, Japan | 27th (q) | Hammer throw | 66.63 |
2008 | Olympic Games | Beijing, China | 28th (q) | Hammer throw | 70.98 |
2012 | European Championships | Helsinki, Finland | 30th (q) | Hammer throw | 59.92 |
References
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Dorian Çollaku". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2016-12-04. Retrieved 23 December 2012.
External links
Categories:
- Albanian hammer throwers
- Male hammer throwers
- Living people
- Olympic athletes of Albania
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- People from Tirana
- People from Kuortane
- 1977 births
- Albanian emigrants to Finland
- Albanian male athletes
- Albanian sportspeople stubs
- European athletics biography stubs