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Darko Kralj

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Darko Kralj

Personal information

Born

6 June 1971 (age 53)
Garešnica, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia

Sport

Country

Croatia

Sport

Paralympic athletics

Event

Shot put

Coached by

Ivan Ivančić

Medal record

Representing Croatia

Track and field
Paralympic Games
	2008 Beijing	Shot put – F42
	2012 London	Shot put – F42–44
IPC Athletics World Championships
	2011 Christchurch	Shot put – F42
IWAS World Games
	2009 Bangalore	Shot put – F42
	2011 Sharjah	Shot put – F42

Darko Kralj (born 6 June 1971) 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 ParalympicsinBeijing, 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[edit]

^ ^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. Archived from the original on 21 May 2015. Retrieved 15 August 2012.

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

External links[edit]

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

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