Emir Bekrić (Serbian Cyrillic: Емир Бекрић, born 14 March 1991) is a former Serbian hurdler who specialises and holds the Serbian national record for the 400 metres hurdles. He is coached by Mirjana Stojanović. In 2013, Bekrić became the first male track and field athlete from Serbia to win a medal at the IAAF Outdoor World Championships. In the same year he won the award European athletics rising star, as well as golden badge for Serbian athlete of the year.
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Nationality | Serbian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1991-03-14) 14 March 1991 (age 33)[1] Belgrade, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 88 kg (194 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Track | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | 400 metres hurdles | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | AK Partizan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Personal best(s) | 400 metres: 46.49[2] 400-m hurdles: 48.05[2] (NR) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Born to a Bosnian Muslim father and a Serb mother, Emir has a sister named Sena. He is an Orthodox Christian, and has said that religion and Orthodoxy are very important for him and have helped him in his career.[3][4]
Bekrić won a bronze medal at the 2011 European Athletics U23 ChampionshipsinOstrava.[5] At the 2011 Summer UniversiadeinShenzhen he broke the national record in semifinal for the 400 meter hurdles, breaking 50 seconds and beating Jeshua Anderson who later won the gold medal in the finals.[6] At the 2012 European Championships he again broke national record in semifinals. In the final he won a silver medal. At the 2012 Summer OlympicsinLondon, Bekrić broke the Serbian national record for the 400m hurdles for the third time with a time of 49.21 seconds.[7] At the 2013 World Championships in AthleticsinMoscow he won the bronze medal and posted the new national record with a time of 48.05 seconds.[8]
Event | Best | Location | Date |
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400 metres | 46.49s | Belgrade, Serbia | 4 August 2013 |
400 metres hurdles | 48.05s | Moscow, Russia | 15 August 2013 |
Event | Best | Location | Date |
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400 metres | 47.17s | Prague, Czech Republic | 25 February 2014 |
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Preceded by | Men's European Athletics Rising Star of the Year 2013 |
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Preceded by | The Best Athlete of Serbia 2013 |
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