Kemal Mešić
Appearance
Personal information | |
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Born | Rogatica, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia | 4 August 1985
Height | 2.00 m (6 ft 6+1⁄2 in) |
Weight | 125 kg (276 lb) |
Sport | |
Country | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Sport | Athletics |
Event | Shot put |
Updated on 15 August 2012 |
Kemal Mešić (born 4 August 1985, in Rogatica[1]) is a shot putter and discus thrower from Bosnia and Herzegovina.
He competed at the 2012 Olympic Games, but without reaching the final.
His personal best throw in shot put is 20.71 meters, achieved in May 2012 in Tucson, Arizona, United States, and 55.17 meters in discus throw, achieved in March 2008 in Split, Croatia.
He is currently a coach at the University of Virginia, where he has led a talented group of young throwers to great heights. While at UVA he has coached Filip Mihaljević to a personal best of 20.87 meters which Filip recently recorded at the 2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Portland.
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Categories:
- 1985 births
- Living people
- Bosnia and Herzegovina male shot putters
- Bosniaks of Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes of Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Bosnia and Herzegovina male discus throwers
- World Championships in Athletics athletes for Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2015 European Games
- European Games competitors for Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Bosnia and Herzegovina expatriates in the United States
- Bosnia and Herzegovina sportspeople stubs
- European athletics biography stubs