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Dragutin Topić

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Dragutin Topić
Topić in 2009
Personal information
NationalitySerbian
Born (1971-03-12) 12 March 1971 (age 53)[1]
Belgrade, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia[1]
Height1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)[1]
Weight73 kg (161 lb; 11.5 st)[1]
Sport
SportTrack and field
EventHigh jump
ClubAK Crvena zvezda, AK Partizan
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)Outdoor: 2.38 m
Indoor: 2.35 m
Medal record
Representing Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia/Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Yugoslavia
and  Serbia
World Indoor Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1997 Paris High jump
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 1990 Split High jump
European Indoor Championships
Gold medal – first place 1996 Stockholm High jump
Bronze medal – third place 1992 Genoa High jump
Bronze medal – third place 2000 Ghent High jump
Mediterranean Games
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Pescara High jump
World Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 1990 Plovdiv High jump
Universiade
Gold medal – first place 1995 Fukuoka High jump

Dragutin Topić (Serbian Cyrillic: Драгутин Топић, born 12 March 1971) is a retired Serbian high jumper, former European champion and world junior record holder.

Biography

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Topić is a world junior record holder with 2.37 m, which he set while winning the 1990 World Junior Championships, three weeks before his win at the senior European Championships. In the same year, Topić received the Golden Badge award for best athlete of Yugoslavia. Topić set five national records and claimed four Yugoslav national championships in the men's high jump event. He is a former member of AK Crvena zvezda, where he spent the majority of his career.

Topić competed until 2012, and had one of the longest careers in high-level high jump, since he holds not only world junior record with 2.37 m, but also world masters record for the ages over 35 (2.31 m, set in 2009), and over 40 years of age (2.28 m, set in 2012).

He competed at eight World Championships,[2] and at six Olympic Games (between 1992 and 2012),[3] which is an Olympic record for high jump, and he also shared the record for most appearances at the Olympics by a male track and field athlete with distance runner João N'Tyamba and race walker Jesús Ángel García,[4] who later broke the record. In 2024 he received Coaching award at the Golden Tracks awards organized by the European Athletic Association (EAA).[5]

Personal bests

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Event Performance Date Location
High jump (outdoor) 2.38 m 1 August 1993 Belgrade
High jump (indoor) 2.35 m 10 March 1996 Stockholm

International competitions

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Year Competition Venue Position Notes
Representing  SFR Yugoslavia
1989 European Junior Championships Varaždin, Yugoslavia 4th 2.20 m
1990 World Junior Championships Plovdiv, Bulgaria 1st 2.37 m
European Championships Split, Yugoslavia 1st 2.34 m
1991 World Indoor Championships Seville, Spain 11th 2.24 m
World Championships Tokyo, Japan 9th 2.28 m
1992 European Indoor Championships Genoa, Italy 3rd 2.29 m
Representing International Olympic Committee Independent Olympic Participants
1992 Olympic Games Barcelona, Spain 8th 2.28 m
Representing  FR Yugoslavia
1993 Universiade Buffalo, United States 8th 2.21 m
World Championships Stuttgart, Germany 26th (q) 2.20 m
1994 European Championships Helsinki, Finland 5th 2.31 m
Grand Prix Final Paris, France 3rd 2.30 m
1995 Universiade Fukuoka, Japan 1st 2.29 m
World Championships Gothenburg, Sweden 8th 2.25 m
1996 European Indoor Championships Stockholm, Sweden 1st 2.35 m
Olympic Games Atlanta, United States 4th 2.32 m
1997 World Indoor Championships Paris, France 3rd 2.32 m
World Championships Athens, Greece 22nd (q) 2.23 m
1998 European Indoor Championships Valencia, Spain 6th 2.22 m
European Championships Budapest, Hungary 9th 2.24 m
1999 World Championships Seville, Spain 4th 2.32 m
2000 European Indoor Championships Ghent, Belgium 3rd 2.34 m
Olympic Games Sydney, Australia 21st (q) 2.20 m
Grand Prix Final Doha, Qatar 3rd 2.25 m
Representing  Serbia and Montenegro
2003 World Indoor Championships Birmingham, United Kingdom 4th 2.30 m
2004 Olympic Games Athens, Greece 10th 2.29 m
2005 European Indoor Championships Madrid, Spain 5th 2.30 m
World Championships Helsinki, Finland 9th 2.25 m
Representing  Serbia
2007 World Championships Osaka, Japan 31st (q) 2.19 m
2008 European Cup — 2nd League Banská Bystrica, Slovakia 1st 2.24 m
World Indoor Championships Valencia, Spain 6th 2.27 m
Olympic Games Beijing, China 17th (q) 2.25 m
2009 European Indoor Championships Turin, Italy 8th 2.25 m
European Team Championships — 1st League Bergen, Norway 1st 2.29 m
Mediterranean Games Pescara, Italy 3rd 2.26 m
World Championships Berlin, Germany 30th (q) 2.15 m
2012 European Championships Helsinki, Finland 30th (q) 2.10 m
Olympic Games London, United Kingdom — NM
Notes:
  • (q) Indicates overall position in the qualifying round.
  • At the 2012 Olympic Games, Topić had three failures at the opening height of 2.16 m in the qualifying round.

Doping

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On 2 February 2001, after a meeting in Wuppertal, Germany, he was tested and his urine sample showed the presence of norandrosterone in concentrations slightly higher than allowed. He was tested positive to norandrosterone and suspended for two years.[6][7]

Personal life

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His wife is Serbian former track and field athlete and national record holder in triple jump, Biljana Topić (née Mitrović), and he served as her coach while he was still an active competitor. Their daughter, Angelina Topić, won the high jump event at the 2022 European U18 Championships and also holds the national record in high jump, as well as equal world U18 best.[8] During the 1990's, Topić was a member of the Yugoslav Left (JUL) political party.[9]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Dragutin Topić". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
  2. ^ Most appearances Archived 2011-06-05 at the Wayback Machine; p25
  3. ^ Olympic results
  4. ^ "London 2012 Olympics: Topic's record appearance at Olympics is the result of a bet". athleticsweekly.com. 26 July 2012. Archived from the original on 28 July 2012.
  5. ^ "Mahuchikh and Duplantis crowned 2024 European Athletes of the Year in Skopje". European athletics. 26 October 2024. Retrieved 28 October 2024.
  6. ^ "Serbian Government >> News >> Sports >> Yugoslavian High Jumper Fails Test".
  7. ^ Druga strana medalje - Both sides clean By Marija Midžović p.157
  8. ^ "Topic equals world U18 high jump best with 1.96m at Serbian Championships". European Athletics. 27 June 2022. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
  9. ^ "NIN / Skok u mestu". www.nin.rs. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
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Awards
Preceded by The Best Athlete of Yugoslavia
1990 		Succeeded by
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