Darko Kralj Explained

Birth Date:1971 6, df=yes
Birth Place:Garešnica, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia
Country:Croatia
Sport:Paralympic athletics
Event:Shot put
Coach:Ivan Ivančić

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 Paralympics in Beijing, 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]

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Notes and References

  1. News: Overcoming Adversity, Partly Through Athletics. New York Times. 23 November 2012. 21 January 2013.
  2. News: Sjajan dan u Pekingu . 10 September 2008 . Sportnet.hr . Croatian . 15 August 2012 . 21 May 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150521011914/http://www.hrsport.net/vijesti/365089/ostali-sportovi-paraolimpijci/sjajan-dan-u-pekingu/ . dead .
  3. News: Na zlatni izazov djevojaka dečki odgovorili srebrom . 25 January 2011 . Sportnet.hr . Croatian . 15 August 2012.